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- From: umhaugh0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bruce A. Haugh)
- Subject: Re: SOUND CARDS: Which is the best?
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <1992Nov30.124329@cs.utwente.nl> <ByJqvA.G7L@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> <ByJs7I.5o1@news.udel.edu> <Orakel.45@sarpih.no>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 01:24:05 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In <Orakel.45@sarpih.no> Orakel@sarpih.no (Jens Kr. Kirkeb) writes:
-
- >In article <ByJs7I.5o1@news.udel.edu> jon@chopin.udel.edu (Jon Deutsch) writes:
- >>In article <ByJqvA.G7L@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran) writes:
- >>|>In article <1992Nov30.124329@cs.utwente.nl> waardenb@cs.utwente.nl (Jerry van Waardenberg) writes:
- >>|>>
- >>|>
- >>|>Here is my quick rundown:
- >>|>
- >>|>These cards are at the upper end of PC audio. They use wavetable synthesis
- >>|>or derivatives thereof to generate their sweet sounds. I can't afford
- >>|>these buggers, so I can't tell you much more than that they are of
- >>|>professional calibre. Those that do have the MT-32 and the GUS testify
- >>|>that the GUS sounds better. Those who have heard the SCC-1 and GUS
- >>|>say that the SCC-1 is the better sounding card. All three sound tonnes
-
- >>|>better than any FM-based card (i.e. SB/SBPro/PAS16/Adlib/etc.). The
- >>|>GUS is $150, and the two Rolands are hovering around $500 or greater,
- >>|>I think.
- >>|>
-
- >> MT-32s can be had for $195 these days. Not much more than
- >> the Gravis. But, Gravis is more of a "game board" whereas
- >> the MT32 is more of a 'synth module'.
-
- >You'll also need the MPU-IPC interface which is around $100 I believe.
- >Also remember that the MT-32 does not have a DAC, so you'll miss all
- >those nice digitized sound effects and the speech. If you'll get a
- >Roland, get a cheap, used SB to go with it so you'll have a DAC.
-
- There's also the Roland LAPC-1 which sounds as good as the SCC-1(which is
- supposedly not as flexible as the LAPC-1 programming wise but contains more
- sounds) and is MT-32 compatible. That is to say, a bunch of games support
- it, unlike the SCC-1.
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