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Reply 20 of 24, by gdjacobs

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dr_st wrote:
Selecting AWE32 for music only works on a real AWE32/AWE64. However, as I said: […]
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oohms wrote:

Do you know of any games where selecting AWE32 for music would give drastically better results with a real AWE32 than another card with an external midi synth?

Selecting AWE32 for music only works on a real AWE32/AWE64. However, as I said:

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Every game I know that supports AWE synth, also supports General MIDI, and both of them will sound very similar

So, no, I do not know of games where AWE synth is strictly superior to General MIDI. Therefore the question remains:

dr_st wrote:

does SBLive expose the same General MIDI interface for DOS games running inside Windows?

I understand Hi Octane and Eradicator do some custom things with the EMU chip.

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Reply 21 of 24, by dr_st

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It would be nice if folks could add to the wiki list the games that they know for sure that use AWE. If there is something unique, that could be mentioned in the notes.

If someone wants to add items to the list, but doesn't have a wiki account for editing, mention it in the thread and I can add it.

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Reply 23 of 24, by Stretch

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My SBLive 0100 doesn't play some MIDI files properly like Doom 1 E1M3. But my Audigy2 and SB32 do. Maybe an earlier SBLive model is better.

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Reply 24 of 24, by dr_st

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leileilol wrote:

Yeah you'll be missing out on awesome sound effects from VOGONS' favorite catgirl game.. The Live will never do this.

Can I mention Eradicator and Terra Nova on the list of games using custom AWE fonts, based on this this thread?
https://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_xwing_and … ption_in_dosbox

And Hi-Octane which gdjacobs brought up, based on this?
MS-DOS AWE32 Games list

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