AsimCDFS or CacheCDFS or AmiCDFS

[Matt_H]

Been a while since I ran a 2.1 system, but I also recommend Asim.

[Matt_H]

Just tried AsimCDFS 3.10 but when I enable "Amiga Audio" in its CD player program, it can't transfer music to Amiga well

What that option does is transfer the CD audio over the data cable (SCSI) rather than the analog outputs on the drive. There's some CPU-intensive data conversion required, which is why you're getting choppy output and a slow system.

If you can capture the analog audio directly from the CD drive then that option won't be necessary. And you'll be able to get CD audio from applications other than AsimTunes as well (i.e., games). I think this thing from Amigakit will do the trick and mix the Amiga audio and CD audio into one set of outputs. Amigakit sells another cable that just gives you RCA outputs from the CD drive so you can connect CD audio externally to an existing mixer.

If you've got a lot of audio sources, something like this Rolls mixer might be a good choice. I use one to merge Paula, a Sunrize 516, and a OneStopMusicShop. There's also a cheaper unpowered version that might work. You'll need a lot of Y-cables, though

[Matt_H]

@ spudmiga

The "Amiga Audio" option in AsimTunes is really just a workaround for listening to music CDs in that program only. To really integrate a CD drive into your system (i.e., to enable CD audio for every program that supports it), you need to connect the audio output of the CD drive to speakers or a mix it with your Paula output. Unfortunately, it looks like the mixer solution from AmigaKit that I mentioned in my previous post is no longer available. But this and this seem to be the successors to the powered and unpowered mixers I mentioned previously. If you fix things at the hardware level then it doesn't matter which CDFS you use--they all support analog CD audio.

If your heart's set on AsimCDFS, though, try over at EAB (which has a more liberal policy towards sharing discontinued commercial software) or eBay. I see several copies on there at the moment.

[Matt_H]

@ spudmiga

Depending on how Vesalia configured the unit, there might be an adapter like this inside the case, which has an audio-out plug. Then you could hook up a cable and route it outside. Unfortunately, you'd probably need to modify one end of it to hook up RCA jacks or a 3.5mm stereo connector--I can't seem to find any pre-built cables like that. Or maybe Amigakit could do a custom one for you, since they used to sell them.