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Soundfonts for Descent, Descent II and Other DOS Games

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First post, by akula65

Posted on 2007-06-25, 20:14

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Holger Bredel has produced some Soundfonts designed to enhance the music in Descent, Descent II and other DOS games:

http://www.bredel.homepage.t-online.de/Soundf … ts-english.html

He has posted some examples for comparison between the default Creative Soundfont and his Soundfont as well.

Reply 1 of 5, by ChrisR3tro

Posted on 2007-06-26, 09:34

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I think, the improved version and the standard version don't really sound that different from each other.

Besides compared to a Yamaha DB50XG or Roland SC-55, Creative stuff just sounds like a joke.

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Reply 2 of 5, by Mike 01Hawk

Posted on 2007-06-26, 13:50

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Hahaha.. talk about irony, I was trying to find the link of sound card comparisons, and when I found it, I realized it was the same site that you worked on Locutus and posted on Quest.... 🤣

Why not post it up again? 😀

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Reply 3 of 5, by ChrisR3tro

Posted on 2007-06-28, 12:54

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Ok, just for the record. Here we go:

http://dos.skillreactor.org/soundcards/

Listen to Descent played by DB50XG and die. :-)

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Reply 4 of 5, by kreats

Posted on 2007-06-30, 11:49

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I actually prefer opl FM synthesis of the soundblaster over db50xg midi in descent. Not too sure about descent 2 though, as I don't play it that much.

Reply 5 of 5, by leileilol

Posted on 2007-06-30, 12:27

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descent's midi was good in opl3, but in descent 2 i always preferred the redbook score

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