X2TE - X2 Tiny Edition

X2 Third Edition / Tiny Edition :  a smaller version of the DreamBlaster X2 waveblaster board, featuring USB-C connector and waveblaster header.
It is suitable for DOS gaming, als wel as integration in music products. It is 100% compatible with DreamBlaster X2.

If you want to use X2 TE for gaming only, please have a look at the X2GS SE  : you might want to consider
this one instead as it has a special licensed soundbank.

Have a look at the X2 user manual which also applies to X2TE.

- Tiny formfactor midi PCB : 35mm x 25mm size
- Green color high quality PCB
- Dream 5000 series synth chip with 81 voices polyphony, high quality effects engine
- Waveblaster compatible connector for use on soundcards (such as Soundblaster 16, Audician 32, ESS AudioDrive, Aureal Vortex 2 and many others...) and DIY projects.
- It will also work on instruments that accept waveblaster cards, such as Oberheim MC2000, Korg NS5R and Terratex Axon AX 100
- Super low latency <1ms
- 64mbyte flash for soundbank data
- USB MIDI in (Class compliant midi device, works on windows XP and higher, without drivers)
- high quality 24 bit stereo DAC    
- Preloaded with a high quality 16 megabyte Dream General MIDI soundbank or the High end 50 myte Buran bank.
- Advanced MIDI commands spec available.
- DreamBlaster preset editor / USB uploader tool for advanced customization/tweaking.

Downloads available at http://serdaco.com/downloads/X2/
More unofficial soundbanks available here : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=65873
Find information here and here  how to convert your own soundbanks using Awave Studio.

Sound Demo's here on soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/dreamblaster

Please note: There are some older soundcards with a Waveblaster compatible header but don‘t have an MPU401 interface. Instead there is only the SoundBlaster MIDI standard supported so the games that run with the X2 TE module are limited. Also you need SoftMPU to emulate the MPU401 interface in this case. Visit http://bjt42.github.io/softmpu/ for further information and a list of compatible games.

Below you can find some videos of X2, which is 100% compatible with X2 TE :

Some MIDI game tracks played on the X2 :

Review by Phil's Computerlab :

 

Use X2 with the excellent free MIDI player from Falcosoft !

And here you can see how Salvo installed his X2 into his Oberheim MC2000

 
Demo of different soundbanks :

Here's a video by Retro Erik on X2 :

Demo by PC Sound Legacy
 

Example project using X2 as sound engine : Harmonium Expresseurisé + video