RetroGamer4Ever wrote on 2022-01-23, 12:21:
5716 gets you the Roland GS sound-bank, so I'd go with that. 5708 is GM-only. I don't know if there is any difference between the 16MB sound-bank you licensed for the X2GS and the one that comes with the 5716, as there is no information regarding the GS implementation on the 5716, apart from it being part of the package. I would assume that it is a 16MB bank, like the GM one offered by Dream and the GS bank in your X2GS. Is it possible to route the SPDIF output of the chip through mini-TOSLINK, without causing too much design trouble?
No no, both 5708 and 5716 can do GS for sure.
I'm looking for larger banks, and will encourage soundbank development.
I made a board with toslink output already : the original X8 : see DreamBlaster X8
for all these projects, i'm still in the process of further software development and acquiring larger banks.
So while i really enjoy making prototypes and see it work for the first time, it still
makes no sense to release a 1gbyte synth board as a product, with only 16mbyte - 64mbyte soundbanks available, right ?
That's been holding me back for quite some time. I will do another effort, this year..
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