Roland SCB-55 (aka SCD-15)
Roland SCB-7 (aka SCD-10)
Turtle Beach Rio
Turtle Beach Cancun-FX
Turtle Beach Homac
Ensoniq Sound Scape DB
Aztech Sound Galaxy Wave Power
Korg Audio Gallery AG-WB
Korg TopWave 32
Terratec ProMedia Dream GSWave
Diamond MX80/M80DB 0.5mb
Diamond MX80/M80DB 2mb
Diamond MX200/Dream 4mb
Creative WaveBlaster I
Creative WaveBlaster II
Creative/CPS WaveBlaster 32 Basic
Creative/CPS WaveBlaster 32 Pro
Miditemp Wavetable DS-48
MediaVision Professional Wavetable Upgrade
Oberheim OP-1 piano card
WaveBooster 2
WaveBooster 4
WaveBooster 4 FX
Pine Technology PT-202
Spacewalker Soundsystem Wavetable
Terratec WaveSystem Mini
Terratec WaveSystem
Terratec WaveSystem Professional
Terratec Wave XTable
Trust Super Sound Module
Yamaha DB50XG
Yamaha DB51XG
Yamaha DB60XG
Yamaha DB70XG(?)
Yamaha OPL4-ML
Compaq 004824-001 (ESS based, proprietary incompatible DB connector)
Pro32aw (Qdsp based, Manufacturer unknown)

And many others, i think.

😳 😳

That's a lot of DB cards!

Are there any particularly good ones to look out for?

Good for which person?
For example i like very much Waveblaster I primitive synthesis and OPL4-ML hybrid FM+wavetable drum set synthesis.
Objectively best is Roland, Yamaha, TB, Ensoniq, Korg and Terratec DBs + one Diamond daughterboard which based on 4mb Dream chip.
Yamaha DB50XG, Roland SCB-55 and TB Rio is the best of the best in opinion of the majority of people.

Did anyone test the Terratec Wave XTable? It is probably the most recent one so it might be good.

Thanks very much for the quality appraisal of DB cards.

Miditemp DoX-1 (32 Mb Korg soundset) is the best sounding DB I know of. Terratec Wave XTable (16 Mb soundset) is kinda so-so. Sound tests are available if you google some.

5 years too late bristlehog 😀

I recently picked up a Creative Waveblaster II

Not sure what it sounds like yet. I assume similar to an Awe 32.

rgart wrote:

5 years too late bristlehog 😀

I recently picked up a Creative Waveblaster II

Not sure what it sounds like yet. I assume similar to an Awe 32.

Waveblaster II is using the same tech behind AWE32 and AWE64.
Complete with 1MB ROM 😜

Get your facts straight, AWE-junkie. 2 MB 😁

Wait, for real? 2 MB ? So it doesn't sound the same as a stock AWE32. It will sound the same as an AWE32/64 with a 2MB soundfont.

It has the GS/MT-32 patches as well in the ROM, so that's why it's 2 MB.

Miditemp DoX-1 (32 Mb Korg soundset) is the best sounding DB I know of

A very questionable statement. Roland/Yamaha > all. 😀 (in terms of instrument balancing for most DOS games at least...)

Well, to my ears that is. DoX-1 is well balanced (unlike Terratec X-Table, for instance), and more bass-heavy than both SCB-55 and DB50XG. From my experience (based on hearing others' test recordings, not owning the DB itself) I can think of no drawbacks for DoX-1, set aside insanely high price.

Well I've listened to some recordings... in Descent I would have never thought it's a Korg synth, sounds straight like a SCB-55 with more bass as you said. Other games can be a bit more experimental, especially with the guitars... seems to be a pretty good DB for gaming purposes nevertheless.

One more to add to that list, its actually and internal DB housed in external casing. AVM Summit 1994.

More info here ;

www.midi-classics.com/p3477.htm

A while ago I started listing all the MIDI DBs I could find on the internet. There were over 90... and I don't believe that's all of them.

At this time a friend of mine is actually making a brand new MIDI DB. I hope to provide more details soon...