SB 16 Vibra vs. BTC 1820 Mozart for Midi \ VOGONS

SB 16 Vibra vs. BTC 1820 Mozart for Midi

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First post, by kawe-dus

Posted on 2022-01-04, 04:32

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Hi,
I just purcased an Roland RA-50 Realtime Aranger to use them in the MT-32 Mode for some old DOS Games.
I am owning two ISA Soundcards at the Moment which i am planing to use in my retro system:

Soundblaster 16 Vibra
BTC 1820 Mozart

Which of this cards shoud i use for my setup ?
What are the advantiges for purcharsing an AWE32 or 64 card instead of using the cards i am allready own ?

Reply 1 of 2, by Eep386

Posted on 2022-01-05, 01:25

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Probably the ViBRA, though mainly due to the fact that Creative's drivers tend to be much better (and far less fuss-prone) than Oak's.

AWE32 will buy you a "wavetable", but is otherwise just a fancy SB16.
AWE64 is for the most part more of the same, but tends to be a little less buggy than earlier SB16 cards. Some may not like the CQM synthesis that AWE64 features instead of genuine OPL3.

Life isn't long enough to re-enable every hidden option in every BIOS on every board... 🙁

Reply 2 of 2, by kawe-dus

Posted on 2022-01-07, 04:47

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Hello Eep386,
Ok. Then i go with the vibra.

Thank you

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