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First post, by retro games

Posted on 2008-04-12, 16:26

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Everytime SCC-1 or even MT-32 appears on ebay, I can't afford it.
But I managed to get an AWE64 Gold with extra ram (8MB in total). I know Roland (and hardcore DOS) purists will scoff at this but will this be satisfactory for most DOS games?

I only want to play DOS games from the advent of CD-ROM onwards, nothing earlier. So I guess we are looking at approx circa 92 till I guess no later than 97.

(My ideal/ultimate goal is to get SCC-1 + MT-32, but the prices are just too high.)

Reply 1 of 4, by Dominus

Posted on 2008-04-12, 16:51

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That's just not answerable 😀
Yes, for most games this is good enough. But if a game offers MT-32 music then the quality of the music almost always exceeds that of any SB.

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Reply 2 of 4, by Jorpho

Posted on 2008-04-13, 04:59

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Isn't there still an MT-32-enabled version of DOSBox out there?

Reply 3 of 4, by collector

Posted on 2008-04-13, 19:07

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I believe 0.63

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Reply 4 of 4, by Silent Loon

Posted on 2008-04-14, 12:59

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If you're living in europe this card may also be an alternative. No SB16 support of course, but the rest of the common standards if fulfilled (see the specs):
http://cgi.ebay.de/Original-Terratec-Maestro- … 1QQcmdZViewItem

Midi sound should be better than with Creative's AWEs, very similar to a roland SCB-7 daughterboard. There should be also a way to get the card into MT32 emulation mode, but this could sound weird, and some (early) games just won't accept the card as a MT32. But when it comes to General Midi you should be fine.
I remember gerwin has used this card, maybe you can ask him or look up this thread:
Sound cards - from best to worst

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