First post, by ElementalChaos
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I want to upgrade my 486 with General Midi capabilities. I've been on the fence for the past few days over two possible setups; the ever popular Yamaha Audician 32 + Dreamblaster S1 combo, or a Roland UM-ONE mk2 USB to MIDI adapter paired with a laptop running an MT32/CM-32L/General MIDI emulator. The latter process is demonstrated here on PhilsComputerLab.
Both would cost approximately the same ($50). Am I right to assume the UM-ONE is the better choice as it lets you emulate a wide variety of modules and soundfonts? Is there anyone here with experience on both methods that can recommend one over the other?
Pluto, the maxed out Dell Dimension 4100: Pentium III 1400S | 256MB | GeForce4 Ti4200 + Voodoo4 4500 | SB Live! 5.1
Charon, the DOS and early Windows time machine: K6-III+ 600 | 256MB | TNT2 Ultra + Voodoo3 2000 | Audician 32 Plus