ESS Solo-1 - is it any good? \ VOGONS

ESS Solo-1 - is it any good?

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First post, by Yasashii

Posted on 2013-09-07, 13:07

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I have a CMI8738 currently plugged into my windows 98 machine but I also have an ESS Solo-1. The question is, is it better than the CMI-based card or not?

Will it work with DOS games on win98? Does it have OPL3 and all the stuff you'd need to play DOS games properly?

Reply 1 of 3, by bjt

Posted on 2013-09-07, 18:14

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Don't think any ESS has a real OPL. I hear ESSFM isn't too bad though. What about a PCI Yamaha card?

Reply 2 of 3, by swaaye

Posted on 2013-09-07, 20:07

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ESFM is pretty good and often extremely similar to OPL3. I'd just try it and see if you like it. Solo 1 had a lot of focus on DOS legacy support and that's why it has FM hardware.

I have some OPL3 (SBPro2) and ESFM (ES1869) recordings.
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/uc37ntgrkgxhr … Card_Recordings

Reply 3 of 3, by Yasashii

Posted on 2013-09-09, 18:46

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It should be good enough, then. Thanks.

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