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How close to the SB16 is the FM801?

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First post, by JimZ

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The Forte Media FM801 is a PCI sound card that contains an OPL 2/3 compatible synth, according to the site http://dev.kewl.org/fm801/Doc/. My question here is, how close to the actual OPL3 is it, and if anyone owns a card like this, is it compatible with DOS games and programs?

To any owners of FM801-based cards:
1 Download the attached exe
2 Open it and get the midi
3 Play the first 30 seconds or so of the song
4 Record (mp3 or ogg, wav if you must) and upload it in a reply
That would help me in comparing the outputs of the synths

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    onestop.exe
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    Can also be found in C:WINDOWSmedia
    Comes with every Windows (R) installation
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    Fair use/fair dealing exception
  • FM801-AU.jpg
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    The FM801 card
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    Fair use/fair dealing exception
Last edited by JimZ on 2010-05-30, 01:56. Edited 2 times in total.

Reply 2 of 5, by elianda

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I own this card: http://mail.lipsia.de/~enigma/neu/pics/fortemedia.jpg
Though I just tried it once if it is in working condition. So at the moment it is not equipped in a running system.

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Reply 4 of 5, by Great Hierophant

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According to the 3dss review, this card emulates a Sound Blaster Pro, just like every non-Creative PCI sound card seems to emulate. So, the answer to the topic question is "not very."

As far as OPL2/3 support, unless the card is from Yamaha or licensed the OPL core/design from Yamaha, it is highly unlikely to sound true.

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