Strange that it reminds you of LA synthesis and FM, because the Dream chipset uses the actual samples from the SC-55... atleast the 4mb version does. The main difference is in its effects, that's why it sounds different than the SC. I also have a card with the Dream chip and in my opinion it doesn't …

Well, there *is* a driver for it, but I haven't tested it myself. Just go to your control panel, press "add hardware". Tell the wizard you've already connected the device, in the next screen scroll down and then choose "add new device". Then choose to install the hardware manually from a list, once …

in which area the Roland is better? Orchestral instruments? Or maybe piano? Pfff, difficult question. I guess I like Roland's ordinary drum kit better, because it's very all-round, sounds quite good with any music style. So are the other sounds from Roland, they're very all-round actually. The DB50 …

I use an ordinary onboard Realtek. So it hasn't got a very good analog output, interference is clearly audible when turning up the volume. I read some more about Dolby Digital Live yesterday, interesting technology. Too bad it isn't implemented in alot of cards. The best card I could find which does …

what make model is yours? perhaps on ebay there is some I can get too.... It's an ATC-5040 from A-Trend, think the BIOS date is 1998 or something like that. Should accept your CPU as well.

The reason why most games will sound better on the Roland is because about every game was composed on a Roland SC-55 (which is the module of the SCD-15). So on the Yamaha, balance might be a bit off sometimes, because the songs weren't composed for it. Nonetheless, I like it very much and XG-mode is …

I have recently bought an external decoder and matching speakers, namely the Logitech Z-5400. I primarily bought it because it has multiple inputs and I have quite a few midi devices around here, which used to connect to the line-in of my sound card. Now I can listen to them independently of my pc. …

I don't think there would be any incompatibility with the pentium processor itself, as I use my LAPC-I in a pc with a pentium 233mmx. Your best guess would be to boot the pc before adding the LAPC and then check the device manager if there are any other cards which use the same I/O and IRQ. If that …