Mastodawn

me talking to 2 twentysomethings about how i have a soundcard in a box from the 90s that was so old it fit in an isa slot and took two sticks of ram, because it was functionally a fancy keyboard without keys and it made dooms music sound better because it had 'the better midi instruments'

@Viss *pours one out for the homies*

rk: it’s hyphen-minus actually Mar 20

There was a video of...one of the Space Quest intros...played on PC speaker, then some random sound card, SoundBlaster, and then the Roland MT-32 or similar and the Roland was a goddamn revelation.

@rk roland! that was the one! i couldnt remember who else it was other than soundblaster

Aprazeth Mar 20

Roland SC-55 probably, or a MT-32 if memory serves me, was used in particular for the music of doom (again, if memory serves me)

Just checked Wikipedia, and yep. Memory served me well

Will Dormann Mar 20

@rk @Viss
Was more of a Gravis Ultrasound person myself.

@wdormann @rk oh shit! them too!

rk: it’s hyphen-minus actually Mar 20

@Viss @wdormann

https://youtu.be/0-uAf_xMQSQ

Space Quest 3 opening music - Adlib vs Roland MT-32

YouTube

@Viss I had completely forgot about adding RAM to sound cards but I definitely did it 😆

Paul_IPv6 Mar 20

sure, grandpa. let's get you back to your room... :)

SIEM Shady Mar 20

@Viss Awe yiss. I needed the CD Rom controller for my mitsui drive too.

J.P. Stewart Mar 20

@CDubbs @Viss ahh, yes. This. Should’ve scrolled. :)

J.P. Stewart Mar 20

@Viss But does it have the cdrom controller onboard too? ;)

(I think I have our ps2 sound blaster around somewhere.)

@jpsays both formats!