Re: [SWCollect] Re: The World of Roland

[Pedro Quaresma]

Sorry, sent this message by mistake for Edward only. Here it is for the entire list.


>                 I have both an MT-32 and an SC-55.  I went with external units so that I
>could plug and unplug as needed for games.  I used a midi cable to connect
>the midi port on my SB Audigy (was an AWE64, later a SB Live!) to the
>Roland unit and then fed the outputs of each Roland via a reverse splitter
>back into the LineIn jack of the soundcard.

Adding a question here Edward: can you too be a bit more descriptive about the cables? I don't understand a thing about audio audio cables, unfortunately.

>                 Once I built my retro-gaming PC (MS-DOS 6.22/WfW 3.11/Win98) I just
>duplicated the setup on that machine.  Now if I want to play the more
>finicky games (Ultima VII) I don't have to move hardware around.

But you didn't port either your AWE64 or your SB Live! to your retro-gaming PC too, did you?

>                 Of course, I can get away with this because my wife and I have set aside a
>bedroom as a dedicated 'computer room'.  Having the space for multiple
>computers is really nice.

I have one PC by the other and bought a data switch so I can just plug both to the same monitor/mouse/keyboard.

>> Let me know how it goes, and what games you feel are more significantly
>> enhanced by the music, I'm curious...

>                 The MT-32 definitely enhances Ultima VII (the main game I bought it for),
>plus the Sierra titles such as Quest for Glory 1 are much nicer with the
>full Roland support over the simpler Adlib.

QfG1 EGA or the VGA version? It's a game I'm bound to try as it was the game that made me fall in love with RPGs.

>                 I will say, however, that if you've gotten used to the music of one type
>of soundcard anything else will sound odd at first.  Once the music burns
>itself into your cerebral cortex variations are unsettling.  :)

I've noticed this when trying MT32 emulation with my SBAWE64 playing Ultima 6 actually :) I'll let you all know how it sounds with the "real thing".

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