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Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 14:24:05 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: CRAP Poll: My Mouse Is... Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:24:05 -0400 Message-ID: <n8bm5j9lhp2fdgfukdmerhv8fd6rhloohd@4ax.com> References: <gjec5j97luheot48j35sa6suk5v7hdq6j5@4ax.com> <ObadnfAzuLMp5Mr7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <slrnv5f80v.18rf.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <bPqdnc1TYpJvKMr7nZ2dnZfqnPQAAAAA@earthlink.com> <attg5jh4s2dhp7g1mp615bitronsh3tr4q@4ax.com> <v3c68o$25uv1$2@dont-email.me> <rmjj5j1q4amv0b7ka1afciha353uuhtb8o@4ax.com> <pLGcnRP62PyGK8f7nZ2dnZfqnPYAAAAA@earthlink.com> <rl6m5j5dbvuspj7rcitaijemh4u0gn57ni@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 39 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-oykh0LoFEXSn1E2bmuKmjPaj+J3/EdGupolXjjxVWkgc/IqFSjitIDVjAOcFaua0Tagdi2D9MpE1Rs3!A28kjRLwWgG44NZiY64wYNi9ThzukarJG+zCL0EFp2zKJNq8lcEP88xCdn5HeK2dtCtee9c= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3159 On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 08:58:29 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote: >On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 05:48:11 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: > >>I had a SB16 ISA with Creative's WaveBlaster daughter card. Ha! > >I remember the Waveblaster. If I didn't have the Roland card, I think >I would have had that instead. I remember looking at the Waveblaster with some envy. Don't mistake me, I was quite happy with my Gravis Ultrasound, but it was undeniably falling behind the times, and compatibility issues were /always/ a problem. While I was confident at the time that the GUS was superiour technology -at least conceptually- it was getting harder to deny that the Waveblaster offered better sound. The only reason I never purchased one was that I never actually saw it sold in stores. But by the time I was seriously considering switching, MIDI was already on its way out, and MIDI 'softsynth' emulation was becoming increasingly good, with the major downside being its uselessness outside of the Windows environment. Over the years I purchased several MIDI emulation packages (at least one from Yamaha, and one from Roland that I recall), and they definitely sounded a lot better than my Gravis. Ultimately, even the Gravis became moot when TiMIDIty (a Gravis Ultrasound soft-synth) was developed. It's still pretty good when paired with 200MB patch-sets (although its limited effects mean it's definitely inferior to 'proper' soft-synths). Of course, these days the retro community is all about re-creating the rough, artificially sounds of FM synthesis. Who wants music that sounds like actual instruments when you can have something that recreates the beeps and boops of yesteryear? ;-)