Agree with the preference for the Soundblaster. The SC-55 does sound great and the reverb is definitely nice but the FM synthesizer makes the track sound so chunky and I love it. I just found this video while searching for what Blackthorne sounded like on the GUS because I thought it would be awesome but it's actually my least preferred of the two LOL. Thanks for posting the comparison.

I still like the Sound Blaster version best. Probably because that's what it always sounded for me. The Roland version may be closer to real instruments, but it seems "off". Thanks for the comparison, Bob.