Glad you got it working 😁
ratfink wrote:Now I can try to work out whether the AWE64 is better than the SB16 - it sounds a lot "duller" somehow
Strange - Normally SB16 are the "dull" sounding ones, at least when compared to a AWE64. If you route the AWE64 output through the SW60XG (this seems to be a very nice feature of that card, btw), playing around with the AWE64 mixer settings would perhaps help a bit - specifically the "output gain" setting comes into mind here...
ratfink wrote:and whether the SW60XG/AWE64 combination is better or worse than an EWS64XL.
A very interesting question, at least for me, because I have an unused EWS64XL (ver 1.2) lying around. I didn't try it out in my old gaming rigs yet. In terms of overall sound quality, the EWS certainly is superior, but I'm not so sure about using it for games (the card seems far too sophisticated for that purpose). Terratec claims it's SB Pro compatible, but no sign of a SB16 emulation, instead it has a WSS codec and a high-end MIDI synth. Tough decision 🤣