Doom played on various soundcards

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12 жыл бұрын

0:00 - SoundBlaster AWE32
1:37 - Gravis Ultrasound
3:15 - SoundBlaster Pro
4:52 - Roland SC-55
(All soundcard records are from "real" hardware, none of them were emulated via dosbox or other sw method)

Пікірлер: 37

@Rubyofthedead 8 жыл бұрын

If I had to describe the sounds each of these cards uses for notes, it would go like this: SB AWE32: Snap Gravis Ultrasound: Buzz SB Pro: Honk Roland GC-55: Actual instruments

@emperorgrieferus106 7 жыл бұрын

4 is SC-55. Not GC.

@XPERT518 4 жыл бұрын

@@emperorgrieferus106 4 Pro Patches Lite (Gravis UltraSound)

@alandunaway3000 4 жыл бұрын

If there was the SPC700, it would be Farts.

@Chubzdoomer 8 жыл бұрын

I grew up with a Soundblaster card and still love its "raw" sound, but the Roland is definitely in a league of its own.

@DBob01 8 жыл бұрын

+Chubzdoomer I grew up with the common Creative Cards as well and I have to say, there are some examples, where they were performed better then the Roland cards. Just some examples: - Dune: Stéphane Picq and Philippe Ulrich did an amazing job with the OPL2. They weren't just putting raw notes inside the cards, but they utilized most of the Yamaha IC at it's best. In the meantime, the Roland port was just awfully created. - Lotus III: As an ~100% Amiga port, they tried to somehow recreate the 4ch PCM music from Amiga on the Roland MT-32, which requires a completely different approach. They failed. But any wave-table sound card had no problem with the concept. - Warcraft: Maybe the only game, which has actually used the OPL3 capabilities very well, meanwhile they messed up the Roland music. Almost any game which I've played, stuck somehow at OPL2 level, mostly for compatibility. That way, the sound engineer / composer did not had to create two version of the same song for two very similar Yamaha ICs. Interesting fact, that the Warcraft II music which can be found on the CD (and of course was preferred to the OPL music) was recorded from an Roland SC-88.

@josephfrye7342 6 жыл бұрын

yes indeed.

@jackbower9830 8 жыл бұрын

The SoundBlaster Pro sounds so bad it's actually good!

@TC64X 8 жыл бұрын

+Jack Bower It's not bad, it's just not realistic.

@alandunaway3000 4 жыл бұрын

SPC700 is way worse.

@brendonross6363 Жыл бұрын

Yep bad as in good

@Duvmasta 4 жыл бұрын

Sound Blaster sounds the best

@povelitel3d 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Sound Blaster Pro has it's own charm. I didn't know that SC-55 rules in Doom 2.

@evajohansson9985 10 жыл бұрын

roland SC-55 is the best one >:D ROCK ON!

@Roxor128 10 жыл бұрын

The ones I remember from my youth would be the SB Pro (I had an SB16, but the FM guitar still sounds the same) and the GUS (I used its MIDI patches with Cubic Player on the previously-mentioned SB16).

@SproutyPottedPlant 10 жыл бұрын

Sounds pretty good on a Roland XV-2020!!

@linkthehero8431 2 жыл бұрын

The SoundBlaster Pro sounds like if the 32X version of Doom had good music.

@chaleeman 11 жыл бұрын

that's the Sound Blaster I used to hear.. Without a doubt the Roland Sound Canvas sounds much better than the others

@SergioDiaz-xg6gr 4 жыл бұрын

I prefer roland SC-55

@toretronio9030 6 жыл бұрын

Simple Soundblaster is the classic I remember

@wrestletube1 7 жыл бұрын

Seems like the tune was programmed for Doom using a Roland Midi Keyboard and all the others other than Ultrasound just did emulation of the Roland version whilst the Ultrasound had to have a fresh version made as it couldn't emulate the original.

@RetroReviewYT 8 жыл бұрын

I've played Doom and doom 2 on my 2001 no name laptop, with a ATI mobility 128 and a Maestro 2e, it's great for the midi version, but not for the sound blaster emulation, otherwise it plays both flawlessly.

@tshai 11 жыл бұрын

Oh and also, the SYNTHGMS.sf2 file that you get with SynthFont, sound very similar to the AWE32, so it might even be the same soundfont

@DBob01 11 жыл бұрын

Because that's the Sound Blaster you used to have ;] It not an emulated card, but pure opl2 midi from a CT1600.

@coondogtheman 10 жыл бұрын

3:15 nostalgia (SB Pro)

@Renegade666 10 жыл бұрын

soundblaster pro is actually OPL

@hangemhighhilton 7 жыл бұрын

Soundblaster Pro doesn't sound so pro. XD

@tsvtsvtsv 11 жыл бұрын

I just like the SNES version of this song because of the strings on the melody :D

@stexes007 10 жыл бұрын

AWE32 is so mainstream:D Roland is the superior and SB Pro is the pure retro:))

@gabberz_ 4 жыл бұрын

gravis ultrasound be like *xbox 360 gamers rise up*

@TheIronSavior 5 жыл бұрын

Doot

@tshai 11 жыл бұрын

Lol the PS3 port of both Doom 3 BFG and Doom Classic Complete use a Gravis Ultrasound emulation. (doesn't sound to great on E1M1)

@germanblog6617 7 жыл бұрын

the simple sound blaster is better than the pro

@JTCPingas 11 жыл бұрын

Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth is based off a Roland Sound Canvas, yet it doesn't sound as good as a real Roland Sound Canvas. lol

@ShwappaJ 2 жыл бұрын

The Soundblaster Pro literally just sounds like a lazy Genesis port... smh

@DBob01 11 жыл бұрын

Sure thing. Back than, you had to pay lot of money for a good PC (or something else, like Amiga for example). Nowdays, you can buy a top computer for a bargain...