Comment on System Shock remakeparentComments−lofaszvanitt3yThat original is the Gravis ultrasound version, which wasn't that good compared to the basic soundbaster midi.−jchw3yI thought in general, MIDI on Soundblaster was rendered via OPL2/3 whereas GUS had wavetable synthesis with customizable patches. Would you not generally expect it to be better?−justsomehnguy3yDepends on the composer.To this day I prefer ugly, but fun, ESSFM to GUS in DOOM/2.Duke3D sounds better on a wavetable board but AWE32/64 version (at least with a stock bank) is meh.ADD: if you never heard "Asphyxiated Soul": https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01865−lofaszvanitt3yWell, it's a matter of preference. That's like amiga music vs c64 music. C64 music was much more closer to my heart.−jchw3yOkay, that's a fair point. Truth be told, I actually really do like the sound of those FM chips like the Yamaha OPL2, and the SID.−lofaszvanitt3yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EcgruWlXnQorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoGFV_xxR64And Matt Grey did an awesome job with the remastershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrxPzxOwI_4
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That original is the Gravis ultrasound version, which wasn't that good compared to the basic soundbaster midi.
I thought in general, MIDI on Soundblaster was rendered via OPL2/3 whereas GUS had wavetable synthesis with customizable patches. Would you not generally expect it to be better?
Depends on the composer.
To this day I prefer ugly, but fun, ESSFM to GUS in DOOM/2.
Duke3D sounds better on a wavetable board but AWE32/64 version (at least with a stock bank) is meh.
ADD: if you never heard "Asphyxiated Soul": https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01865
Well, it's a matter of preference. That's like amiga music vs c64 music. C64 music was much more closer to my heart.
Okay, that's a fair point. Truth be told, I actually really do like the sound of those FM chips like the Yamaha OPL2, and the SID.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EcgruWlXnQ
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoGFV_xxR64
And Matt Grey did an awesome job with the remasters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrxPzxOwI_4