sean1978 wrote:

I'm into making music now and have been using my old computers in that manner the most. The first thing I did was got a CT1350B Sound Blaster card and started learning how to use programs like Voyetra sequencer plus. I learned that I could also use my old computer to sequence other instruments externally via the MIDI out.

Ah yes, Voyetra Sequencer Plus --the one that came with Sound Blaster Pro. I remember creating music with that too, but soon switched to MODEDIT.COM, because tracker sounds better than FM.

sean1978 wrote:

Since diving back into this I now have 2 PS/2 model 25's (a NEC V30 and 286), an Amiga 500, an Atari 1040STF, an Atari 520ST, a […]
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Since diving back into this I now have 2 PS/2 model 25's (a NEC V30 and 286), an Amiga 500, an Atari 1040STF, an Atari 520ST, a mid 90's Pentium 150 greybox, and a late 90's IBM Aptiva.

I have been documenting my repair , restoration, and musical experiments on my YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLxoVzIzuIN1tQ7DRO7gB6g

Anyway I'll be a bit more active here now.

Welcome aboard.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

tracker sounds better than FM.

Ah ah ahh! Not so fast. Stuff made with Adlib Tracker II can kick sampled music's butt big time.
Examples:
https://youtu.be/DEhbdVYSVMQ
https://youtu.be/EtYOZRarQDs
https://youtu.be/2lEPH6Y3Luo
https://youtu.be/xFpf00BVXPk
https://youtu.be/oNhazT5HG0E
The list goes on.

🤣 I'm not trolling you here, just reflexively defending my favorite music synthesis chip 😊 Don't get me wrong, I love tracker music. I can spend hours just listening to playlists on YouTube.

And Sean, welcome to the forums!

keenmaster486 wrote:

Ah ah ahh! Not so fast. Stuff made with Adlib Tracker II can kick sampled music's butt big time. Examples: https://youtu.be/DEhb […]
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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

tracker sounds better than FM.

Ah ah ahh! Not so fast. Stuff made with Adlib Tracker II can kick sampled music's butt big time.
Examples:
https://youtu.be/DEhbdVYSVMQ
https://youtu.be/EtYOZRarQDs
https://youtu.be/2lEPH6Y3Luo
https://youtu.be/xFpf00BVXPk
https://youtu.be/oNhazT5HG0E
The list goes on.

🤣 I'm not trolling you here, just reflexively defending my favorite music synthesis chip 😊 Don't get me wrong, I love tracker music. I can spend hours just listening to playlists on YouTube.

Yes, FM sounds so good when programmed properly, and this one is one of my favorites. But we're talking about Voyetra Sequencer Plus here, where you cannot program the FM waveform itself, and you have to settle with default FM "sound bank", which is not that good.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

But we're talking about Voyetra Sequencer Plus here, where you cannot program the FM waveform itself, and you have to settle with default FM "sound bank", which is not that good.

Yes, I completely agree. What's more, I believe that Voyetra only uses OPL2 - is that correct? In that case it would have even less potential since with OPL3 you have extra channels and more waveforms to work with.

I have been searching so hard for a DOS program that would allow me to use my PS/2 Soundblaster FM synth multitimbrally like a MIDI sound module. Everything I have found that can do that seems to only work a single channel at once, mostly because the function was intended for someone to input note data via a MIDI keyboard. The Cubase sequencer on my Atari is legendary and my goal is to sequence on that and use the PS/2 for its sounds rather than a sequencer.