First post, by stanwebber
i'm not trying to replace an mt-32/lapc-1 or play any of the handful of games that didn't use sysex commands to program custom instruments. i'm just curious which soundcards had this feature (and how it was implemented) as a matter of record. i know the soundblaster awe32/64 line of cards could use a tsr to load soundfonts that remap to gm, gs or mt-32 instrument presets. as i recall the mt-32 soundfont added 2 new instruments and rearranged the rest from the awe set. (this sort of begs the question of how closely the gm and mt-32 sets match up for non-awe cards...how many instruments in common?)
what other wavetable cards were capable of this feat in dos?