Goldfinch is actually a standalone Wavetable/General MIDI device. Basically AWE32 without a Soundblaster and other features. So there is no point using it together with AWE64. Also I don’t think there’s any way for AWE64 to access the memory of Goldfinch.

Ideally just pair Goldfinch with some SoundBlaster 16 or a clone and use an AUX cable to route Goldfinch’s output into SB16’s line in.

Hi jheronimus, thank you for your reply. I'm going to try it with an Audician and see how they get along.

Yes, Audician should be a perfect match — better than your AWE64 in many regards.

jheronimus wrote:

Also I don’t think there’s any way for AWE64 to access the memory of Goldfinch.

Yes. AFAIK The whole point of the on-card memory here, is to avoid the ISA bus when accessing soundfont samples during midi music generation. The ISA bus is too slow for this.

If you have a wavetable expansion header on your sound card, you can use a simple ribbon cable to connect them internally. That way you don't use up your CD audio connector, if you only have one and want to use it with a CD-ROM.