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

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

@Viss @rk

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