First post, by kainiakaria
I will be using the Windows MIDI Test (Flourish.MID, Onestop.MID, Town.MID, Clouds.MID, Canyon.MID, Passport.MID) for my comparison since it works pretty well.
One sound card is the Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Value CT4520. This card uses the Creative CT8920-NBQ chip as well as the Creative CT1972-UAS (Creative EMU8011-01) which is a later revision of the Creative CT1971-PCQ (Creative EMU8000) chip that was used on the AWE32. The other sound card is a Yamaha YMF724E-V Sound Chip based sound card.
Played utilizing the AWE64 Synth for standard MIDI and Yamaha YMF724E-V for XG MIDI using Winamp V2.95 and recorded with the Creative Sound Blaster ExtremeMusic Sound Card. No extra audio effects other than EQ have been added. I have enabled Creative 3D Stereo Environment in the settings under Windows 98 SE in order to expand the spaciousness of sounds in a traditional two-speaker system. I think I may favor the Yamaha YMF724E-V as my sound card in Windows seeing as it has more options as a general use Windows sound card than the Creative AWE64 and plus it sounds better too. My main criticism is that the Yamaha YMF724 sound a little weak in comparison to the Creative