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What kind of sound device do you mostly use for DOSBOX? Gravis Utlrasound is a bit too muffled, the Roland SC-55 doesn't sound good outisde of DOOM engine games. And the Roland MT-32 sound is only good for a few games.

>> No.2391207

SB16 because that's what I had.

>> No.2391214

>>2391207
I should have said for music.

>> No.2391226

adlib because fm is cooler than pcm samples

>> No.2391527

Yamaha DB50XG for general midi.

>> No.2392356

>>2391194
You have hearing problems if you think muffled.

>> No.2392383

>>2391226
Most DOS games are obviously designed to have midi and sound lame in FM.

>> No.2392413

I had this card. As far as I remember, I'd check the "Roland" box for midi on my SSI games. By the time I really got into PC, most games had CD soundtracks, but some of my older ones still had midi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW979XLxY4Q

>> No.2392431

>>2392383
Not necessarily true at all. For a better part of the late 80s and very early 90s most games usually had options for both. It depended on the composer, if they had any experience with FM synths, if the music was good or not. Obviously sampled audio is good for things like string instruments but FM was better at percussion and effects.

>> No.2392440

>>2391194
Roland MT-32 is still the best option for me.

>> No.2392582

>>2392383
you are know manually realizing that because the midi music in dos games was composed to be played with toy synthesizers, game-midi is a chiptune

>> No.2392594

>>2392582
first off, learn english, second off, no one has ever said that DOS game music wasn't chiptunes, wtf are you even going on about?

>> No.2393117

OPL3 which is adlib/sb. Whenever I hear the Amiga version of a game it just doesn't seem right.

>> No.2393145

>>2392440
You realize the MT-32 isn't designed for midi right? Only games that natively support its feature set can bring out its true abilities.

>> No.2393538

>>2393145
There is quite alot of games that do support MT-32 like the Sierra adventure games. I really like how the Roland MT-32 has that 80's synth sound to it

>> No.2394157

>>2391194
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=27975&sid=e1f1dfebbe781dba2538a58a3b0a1f64

use bassmidi and make them sound any way you like them to sound. assuming you find a soundfont(s) you like. or you create your own damn samples.

>> No.2394273

>>2391194
Whatever sound card is in the machine I use to run those few utilities that I need dos box for. Since they're text only I don't think they even touch the sound card except maybe for the pc speaker beep.

I have a keyboard plugged into my DOS gaming machine for MIDI on that.