Hardware/emulator quirks

Discussion in 'Discussion & Q&A' started by Clownacy, Sep 10, 2015.

  1. JGamer2151

    JGamer2151 Well-Known Member/Lurker Member

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    I'm a bit two years late on this, but here you go:



    It may not be the best comparison out there, but hey, at least it works.

    Also, this is my 100th post overall. Took me four years to reach this!
     
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  2. Devon

    Devon Big-time, hard-line, bad luck, fist fuck! Member

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    Here's a funny thing I noticed while doing some audio recording tests for someone. I dunno if this applies to any other setup, but with my Sega Genesis USA NTSC VA3 and model 2 USA Sega CD, if I route the audio to be output from the MCD instead of the MD's AV out or headphone jack, then the audio's polarity will be inverted!

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    And yes, I did make sure that the MD's AV out and headphone jack output the same polarity, just to rule it out.
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    Devon Big-time, hard-line, bad luck, fist fuck! Member

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    Okay, so this is interesting. So, audio coming out of a model 1 MCD (thanks Chibisteven for the recording) is the same as if you output through a model 1 MD. But, output from a model 2 MCD or its audio going through a model 2 MD results in an inverted polarity.

    I also tested the polarity between a model 1 and 2 MD for non-MCD audio, and the polarity is the same.

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    And then, I did some further testing, and here's what I found from my end:

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    MD1 AV Out: FM normal, CD normal
    MD1 Headphone Out: FM normal, CD normal
    MD1 -> MCD2 Out: FM inverted, CD inverted
    MD2 Out: FM normal, CD inverted
    MD2 -> MCD2 Out: FM normal, CD inverted

    Unfortunately, I don't have a model 1 MCD of my own to test even further, but judging from the one test from Chibisteven, MCD1 out doesn't perform any inversion, at least on the CD audio.
     
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