First post, by TheAdmiralty
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Howdy!
Got a follow-up on an old question I asked.
I was playing Daggerfall the other day, when I noticed that the included HMI Setup was playing MIDI over an SB16 that sounded nothing at all like an OPL3. I finally realized that this was due to a set of .bnk files that are used by the program - melodic.bnk and drums.bnk. Now, I have a very basic understanding of how both MIDI and FM Synthesis work, but my question is if there is any way possible for Win95 (or the SB16 driver, or anything else, for that matter) to make use of the same .bnk files for all MIDI playback?
The reason I ask is this:
This is the HMI setup's sample rendered through their own banks.
This is the same file through a raw OPL3.
Granted, the system used for the second recording couldn't quite keep up with both Audacity and Win Media Player at the same time, but you get the point. I'm actually playing around with Win95 on DosBox right now just because I don't feel like digging out my testbed at the moment, and it's working remarkably well... makes it easy to test things out. Any ideas? Is what I'm asking possible? I've got two cards with actual OPL3 chips onboard (SB16 CT1740 + Telewave Audio 32) and another two with an OPL3 core embedded somewhere in there (AWE32 CT3990 + Logitech Soundman Wave OPL4), and I intend to do a lot of digging around with each of them to see what I can come up with. I'm just impressed that it's possible to make the lowly OPL3 sound so much better than its typical self... sadly, sound cards from before 1995 are beyond my expertise right now.
Much appreciated,
-Matt
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