One thing I don’t get. You said: “Crystal-based cards, for example, have worse OPL3 implementation“. But the sound card I see/mentioned (not sure if you looked at my pics) are crystal based but have the yamaha fm chip tooas the “real” Yamaha one?? Yes, it does, and it's a fairly cool card by itself …

One thing I don’t get. You said: “Crystal-based cards, for example, have worse OPL3 implementation“. But the sound card I see/mentioned (not sure if you looked at my pics) are crystal based but have the yamaha fm chip tooas the “real” Yamaha one?? Yes, it does, and it's a fairly cool card by itself …

There are typically 4 main points you need to consider when buying a soundcard: 1) OPL3 implementation If you plan to use OPL3/AdLib standard for music, then you need to look at the way your card implements it. Creative cards have three options: a real Yamaha chip (it's usually visible on the board …

Yamaha made the original OPL series FM chips, Crystal, OPTi, ESS, Creative and possibly others eventually made their own mostly compatible variations but they don't sound the same as original. Right, thing is the cards I’m looking at have their own chip (ess, crystal, etc) but also the yamaha 262 …

So I’m looking to get a soundcard for a P100 build ( maybe more than one to test or for other builds too). The main goal for now will be DOS stuff. I was convinced I wanted a Sound Blaster until I read some and saw thing like the nasty bugs, or how some other cards may have better quality, etc. …

"LabWay" LWHA151A00 with a Yamaha YMF719E-S chip This. - it will have real OPL3 as well as decent software wavetable synthesis (Windows only); - its Windows drivers are really easy to use (DOS drivers are another story, unfortunately); - it should have nice sound quality. Hi there, would you mind …

Ok, thanks it’s clear now! However, now I have more questions than before :D Considering the goal of this machine is a retro-dos-machine, that I want compatibility for that and its games, and that I think it just jas ISA slots... - Is there any reason why I would buy a SB16 other than that I read on …

At the moment I can only get a 2910, which has the FM I want but that has the bug... In the games that have the option can you just select a non-bug combo at least? Or are there cases that only have a bug combo as an option? Sure, the standard mode for an SB16 is to use OPL3 and samples. You can …

Bottom line is if you want midi dont go Sound Blaster 16. Ok help me out here because I’m a bit rusty remembering the old days... MIDI is the best type of music you will get then? If so, was just choosing MIDI enough (if the game supports it of course) and it will play out the SB card without need …

Regarding this bug, I have a big doubt... I read everywhere that it's rleated to MIDI music, on some places that it is when used with a daughterboard on the waveblaster connector, on others that it doesn't matter if it's on that connector or elsewhere, however, all places I read reference another …

Regarding this bug, I have a big doubt... I read everywhere that it's rleated to MIDI music, on some places that it is when used with a daughterboard on the waveblaster connector, on others that it doesn't matter if it's on that connector or elsewhere, however, all places I read reference another …