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>Not hooking up a Sound Canvas to your machine for DOS games

You're really missing out.

>> No.637515

>>637432
Not just filtering the midi controls to another screen and listening to the orchestra in your mind.

>> No.637581

I'm emulating an MT-32 in Dosbox SVN. That's enough.

>> No.637619

>>637581
MT-32 can't into Metal.

>> No.637632

>>637619
Then use the Sound canvas emulator or VSTi.

>> No.637637

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuscS1nmmvE

yes

>> No.637649

>>637619
Better yet is using fluidsynth with DOSBOX and using decent soundfonts. Some more than others.

>> No.637669

>>637632
>Implying anything matches the authenticity of the Sound Canvas

>> No.637689

Sometimes MT-32 is better than SC-55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vOWA2mf3Bs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIdL6jdImus

>> No.637702

I'm happy with my Gravis Ultrasound + SB Pro 2 setup, too bad MT-32 or Sound Canvas are quite rare in my country.

>> No.637734

Are Gravis Ultrasound cards worth it?
Music is better than OPL, but that's quite pointless if the SC-55 is used anyway.
I'm more interested in PCM playback, is it better than Sound Blasters?

>> No.637751

>>637734
I've got 2 of them for like ~5$ each, so that's worth it for me. About sound quality: yes, I think that they sound much nicer, especially if demo/game mixes it using it's hardware - it has 32 independent mixers.

>> No.637759

it's not like the music from DOS games is particularly important... just soundblaster and let your soundcard handle it!

>> No.637774

>>637432
What happens when the game only supports speaker sound?

>> No.637776

>>637759
What.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmJiHuNx3s
vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n4nOiURgzg

>>637774
Nothing. It uses the speaker.

>> No.637837
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637837

>>637432
I would but those seems to be (somewhat?) rare.

But SB and PC speaker is good enough for me

>> No.637854

>>637837
>That image
Absolutely disgusting.

>> No.637861

>>637759
>it's not like the music from genesis games is particularly important... just hook it up to one dollar tin speakers and let your monophonic poorly rated speaker handle it!

>> No.637867

>>637837
Grody.

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637874

>>637854
>>637867
I did get rid of that fucking sticker, but Im lazy to take new pic

>> No.637875

>>637861
Even old Gameboy games sound better hooked up to an external speaker where you can properly hear the bass

>> No.637884

Personally I just can't stand the way the SC-55 sounds. Doesn't help that it's one of the most overused sample sets in history, to the point of being the default for MIDI on PCs these days.

>> No.637916

>>637884
Well that's the point. It was popular, thus composers designed music with that in mind.

>> No.637921

>>637874
Yes, it's the sticker that's the problem with that image.

>> No.638686

I have a D-110, which is a superset of the MT32, it sounds bretty good with Ultima and stuff.

>> No.640063

B-but I love my FM music. ;_;

>> No.641583

All these plebs using Roland MT-32 or Sound Canvas... Yamaha XG master race reporting in!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLdO9mZ-RpY