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First post, by SamsungASUS

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Hi, I am very interested in the OPL3 Creative Music Synthesizer MIDI, but don't have any desktops that support ISA. I was wondering if I could request a FLAC or WAV audio rip of a Sound Blaster AWE64 using the Creative Music Synthesizer to play this MIDI file from Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions called DREAMY.MID. It also doesn't matter the type of AWE64 card. To make things easier, I'll add a link to the MIDI file. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ndIOxby1_SIe … iew?usp=sharing

Reply 1 of 5, by subnet_zero

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I can't handle those specific needs, but how about youtube?
pc-sound-legacy has a very nice channel with all sorts of soundcards playing midis: https://www.youtube.com/user/B20A916VDOHC/videos
This video seems very similar to the thing you are curious about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP8ZSjJ5WrU

Reply 2 of 5, by SamsungASUS

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subnet_zero wrote on 2021-02-02, 19:47:

I can't handle those specific needs, but how about youtube?
pc-sound-legacy has a very nice channel with all sorts of soundcards playing midis: https://www.youtube.com/user/B20A916VDOHC/videos
This video seems very similar to the thing you are curious about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP8ZSjJ5WrU

Sorry, but when I requested the song, he deleted my comment.

Reply 3 of 5, by Kamerat

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SamsungASUS wrote on 2021-02-01, 02:28:

Hi, I am very interested in the OPL3 Creative Music Synthesizer MIDI, but don't have any desktops that support ISA. I was wondering if I could request a FLAC or WAV audio rip of a Sound Blaster AWE64 using the Creative Music Synthesizer to play this MIDI file from Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions called DREAMY.MID. It also doesn't matter the type of AWE64 card. To make things easier, I'll add a link to the MIDI file. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ndIOxby1_SIe … iew?usp=sharing

You can find it here, recorded off my AWE64D. 😀

DOS Sound Blaster compatibility: PCI sound cards vs. PCI chipsets
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Reply 4 of 5, by SamsungASUS

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Kamerat wrote on 2021-02-03, 22:33:
SamsungASUS wrote on 2021-02-01, 02:28:

Hi, I am very interested in the OPL3 Creative Music Synthesizer MIDI, but don't have any desktops that support ISA. I was wondering if I could request a FLAC or WAV audio rip of a Sound Blaster AWE64 using the Creative Music Synthesizer to play this MIDI file from Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions called DREAMY.MID. It also doesn't matter the type of AWE64 card. To make things easier, I'll add a link to the MIDI file. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ndIOxby1_SIe … iew?usp=sharing

You can find it here, recorded off my AWE64D. 😀

Hi, I like the recording you did and thank you very much for it, but I have a few questions. Was the MIDI recorded with the Creative Music Synthesizer/Creative Stereo Music Synthesizer in Windows 95/98, or did you use another MIDI Synthesizer or another OS? Does the card come with the Creative Music Synthesizer/Creative Stereo Music Synthesizer? If it doesn't, then is there another Yamaha OPL3 type MIDI Synthesizer? I am just asking because the MIDI Synthesizer doesn't sound like the Creative Music Synthesizer/Creative Stereo Music Synthesizer commonly found in the Sound Blaster 16/AWE 32. Another coincidence is I had purchased a AOpen AW744L PCI sound card with a Yamaha OPL3 chip and FM synthesis, but it didn't sound like the Creative Music Synthesizer/Creative Stereo Music Synthesizer. But in no way am I saying I don't like the recording or effort put in the recording, as I do.

Reply 5 of 5, by Joseph_Joestar

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AWE64 cards don't use OPL3 for FM synthesis. They use CQM instead, which is Creative's proprietary FM synth solution. CQM sounds different from Yamaha OPL3.

Here's some material for comparison, if it helps: OPL3 vs. ESFM vs. CQM vs. SBLive

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Athlon64 3400+ / Asus K8V-MX / 5900XT / Audigy2
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 970 / X-Fi