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Reply 40 of 44, by misterjones

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Came across this thread just now and figured I'd chime in on it.

I've been looking at getting back into making music and I also just recently pulled all of my old hardware out of storage (we moved into a house with more space, yaaaaaaaaay!!!). The thought of building out a dual-purpose machine is now tantalizing. One that will satisfy my retrogaming desires as well as something that will work as a DAW for old sound modules I"m looking to pick up.

Anyways...

Thought I'd throw in the Boss DS-330 as a capable GM module.

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It's basically a Roland SC-33 with slightly fewer sounds in that wonderful tabletop package. I had one back in the mid-90's with my old Packard Bell Legend 2000 486 that we upgraded from an SX-25 to a DX-33 and brought it up to 8MB RAM. It was my primary synth back then but it was also my GM synth for games. I played EVERYTHING through that box. It really brought Tempest 2000 to life when compared to the sounds coming off of the craptastic SB16 clone Packard Bell included with the pc.

Reply 41 of 44, by shandavid

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10: Roland SC88Pro
9: Roland SC88, Yamaha MU80/90
8: Roland SC55/55MKII, Yamaha MU50, Korg NS5R
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4:MS GS Wavetable
3:Creative, GUS, Esoniq etc

Some Thunder Force IV/V midis played on SC88Pro
https://youtu.be/PRHtUNovfOc
https://youtu.be/7EELEph9p6s
https://youtu.be/WlCkP3IsYFg

Reply 42 of 44, by Retroit

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shandavid wrote on 2023-08-30, 11:23:
10: Roland SC88Pro 9: Roland SC88, Yamaha MU80/90 8: Roland SC55/55MKII, Yamaha MU50, Korg NS5R . . . 4:MS GS Wavetable 3:Crea […]
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10: Roland SC88Pro
9: Roland SC88, Yamaha MU80/90
8: Roland SC55/55MKII, Yamaha MU50, Korg NS5R
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4:MS GS Wavetable
3:Creative, GUS, Esoniq etc

Some Thunder Force IV/V midis played on SC88Pro
https://youtu.be/PRHtUNovfOc
https://youtu.be/7EELEph9p6s
https://youtu.be/WlCkP3IsYFg

Nice list, but I'm not cach your idia why they sorted in such oder. Wich createria do you use when making this list? Thank you that you shared midis thet is used as demo. I have to listen them on my different sound modules that I have.

Reply 43 of 44, by Salient

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rfnagel wrote on 2011-01-07, 10:54:

My own 10 points goes to the Wave Blaster 1. Now, that being said, (as others have seen me post here at Vogons) I used to drool over the SC-88/SC-88 Pro, but I've never had one... so's I can't comment fairly on them.

I happen to own the WB1 but also the EMU Sound Engine, which is a Wave Blaster 1 encased and with Chorus/Reverb effects. Although this makes things sound better (less tinny) I never got really accustomed to the WB soundset and prefer the SC-55 and alikes.
The WB1 _is_ a lot better than the WB2, that is true.
For me, the greatest issue with the original WB(1) are the weak drumset and the unbalanced sounds as a whole. I think that has to do with its heritage, the Proteus, which was never intended for General Midi in the first place. In that respect, they still made quite a decent result.

MIDI comparison website: << Wavetable.nl >>
(Always) looking for: Any Wavetable daughterboard, MIDI Module (GM/GS/XG)

Reply 44 of 44, by channelmaniac

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You can often find the Roland MV-30 cheap and it has a boot disk that can put it into MT-32 mode. I paid $30 for mine.

I learned to fix things to have things affordably.