Classic Sound Cards? (Re: Roland SCC 1 GS MIDI Card)

From: Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Mon Jan 12 21:08:53 2004

I have a SB 16, SB32 AWE, SB64... also have the "waveblaster" add on card.
Believe it or not, the grand piano samples from the waveblaster are pretty
awesome!

Also have a Midiman 4x4S, which I had a PCI version though.

J
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From: "Paul Berger" <sanepsycho_at_globaldialog.com>
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Subject: Re: Classic Sound Cards? (Re: Roland SCC 1 GS MIDI Card)


> I've have a couple soundblaster Pro's (CT1350Bs I think), Several
> variations of SoundBlaster 16, the soundblaster wavetable add-on board
> for the 16, a Gravis Ultrasound PnP, a couple MS Windows Sound System
> cards, and a "Game Blaster" card.
>
> Most my SB16s are in PCs since they work well enough for modern stuff
> and work with "classic" PC games that want a Sound Blaster or AdLib
> card.
>
> I would like to have an AdLib card, but have not run into any.
>
> Paul
>
> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 13:02, Jason McBrien wrote:
> > Anyone collect antique sound cards? What would be considered a
"Classic?"
> >
> > Here's my list:
> > E-Mu/Digidesign MacProteus - NuBus card for Mac, a whole Proteus sound
> > module on a card. One of the all time classic synthesizer modules.
> > E-Mu Drumulator - Early 80's drum machine with computer (Apple II!)
> > interface
> > Gravis UltraSound - Enough said...
> > Digidesign Samplecell - Sampler card, I've always wanted to play with
one of
> > these.
> > Ensoniq SoundScape - Early hardware wavetable card. 68000 controlled
(had to
> > load the firmware from DOS before booting into Linux to get it to work)
Nice
> > sounding samples for it's time.
> > Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16 - The old standard, now superceeded by
AC'97.
> > MediaVision ProAudio Spectrum - An early SoundBlaster competitor,
arguably
> > much better quality sound output
> >
> > My collection:
> > Ensoniq SoundScape ISA - The original model
> > Ensoniq AudioPCI - ES1370 model, interesting because you can use
> > SoundBlaster PCI64 drivers with it, it's the same card :)
> > MediaVision ProAudio Spectrum 16 NuBus - One of the first Mac sound
cards,
> > cool breakout box with PC joystick port
> > Creative Labs 3doBlaster - 3DO game console on an ISA card. No drivers
or
> > anything, but it's so wierd it's cool.
> >
>
>
>
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