Thanks a lot, that was very helpful. I plan on getting an mt-32 and a sound canvas hopefully sometime in the future. So last week I was searching for Descent sound canvas recordings but couldn't find exactly what I wanted. Wonderful website.

Hi, I've got a 2meg Ensoniq Soundscape card and would more than happy to supply samples for this card, are you the person to email as I was unsure when having a quick look at the site.

In the few games I've tried it sounds superior to the AWE64 card I have, i.e Doom, Tie Fighter and System Shock with much better Drums and Instruments, I thought the chorus and reverb would make the AWE64 a better card in games that support it but its not the case, this card is not good for older games that don't have general midi support as the fm synthesis is played back by the boards onboard GM sounds, I have'nt tried that many games but it does'nt seem to work that well.

edit: Just checked and my assumed AWE64 is the value edition, I guess no one would expect great midi from a card like this, i'vw got no idea how the standard version would compare.

Roland CM-64 - The best of both worlds, MT32/CM32L + CM32P - both LA Synthesis and PCM GM Compatible Wavetable Synth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_CM-64

If you can find one, get it.

While the CM-64 is a good module - it doesn't replicate the exact same sound as the MT32. The CM32P portion isn't very useful either.

It's still probably best to have both a MT32 and a CM32L/CM64