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First post, by FalconFour

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Other than the Gravis Ultrasound, of course.

I've had it in mind for a while that I wanted to dust off the old Pentium Pro system and get a MOD player going on it, using my AWE64 and its memory to mix and play the samples. Thought it'd be a good, fun way to explore some of its lesser-used features. In my time using the AWE64 in its original vintage, it was only useful for Windows audio, occasionally playing with "haha that sounds cool, neat" sound fonts, and not much else. It seemed like a criminal waste of very capable hardware, that never was used remotely to its full potential.

I thought it'd just be a Google away, to find a MOD player that used ... AWE32 effects? No? AWE at all? No? Sound Blaster wavetable support? NO? No wavetable support at all? Nope, nope, nope. I came up completely blank.

Seems like the trackers were really mostly on the Amiga, perhaps, and only ever leaked lazily into the PC world.

Did it exist, and I just can't find it? Should it exist? Admittedly I've never been involved with MODs and I was looking for an entry point more than anything - dismayed to find a roadblock at the entry point. Ha.

Reply 1 of 3, by darry

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FalconFour wrote on 2023-12-31, 05:20:
Other than the Gravis Ultrasound, of course. […]
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Other than the Gravis Ultrasound, of course.

I've had it in mind for a while that I wanted to dust off the old Pentium Pro system and get a MOD player going on it, using my AWE64 and its memory to mix and play the samples. Thought it'd be a good, fun way to explore some of its lesser-used features. In my time using the AWE64 in its original vintage, it was only useful for Windows audio, occasionally playing with "haha that sounds cool, neat" sound fonts, and not much else. It seemed like a criminal waste of very capable hardware, that never was used remotely to its full potential.

I thought it'd just be a Google away, to find a MOD player that used ... AWE32 effects? No? AWE at all? No? Sound Blaster wavetable support? NO? No wavetable support at all? Nope, nope, nope. I came up completely blank.

Seems like the trackers were really mostly on the Amiga, perhaps, and only ever leaked lazily into the PC world.

Did it exist, and I just can't find it? Should it exist? Admittedly I've never been involved with MODs and I was looking for an entry point more than anything - dismayed to find a roadblock at the entry point. Ha.

Yes it did .

https://r3m.narod.ru/old/M_AWE_SB_Live_PAGE.htm

Reply 2 of 3, by FalconFour

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You are my hero for the night. Thank you! I will now go indulge. 🙏

Wow, hailing all the way from the year 2000 as well, no less!

Reply 3 of 3, by darry

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FalconFour wrote on 2023-12-31, 05:40:

You are my hero for the night. Thank you! I will now go indulge. 🙏

Wow, hailing all the way from the year 2000 as well, no less!

Have fun!

Happy that I could be of service.