That original is the Gravis ultrasound version, which wasn't that good compared ...

jchw · on July 12, 2023

I thought in general, MIDI on Soundblaster was rendered via OPL2/3 whereas GUS had wavetable synthesis with customizable patches. Would you not generally expect it to be better?

justsomehnguy · on July 12, 2023

Depends on the composer.

To this day I prefer ugly, but fun, ESSFM to GUS in DOOM/2.

Duke3D sounds better on a wavetable board but AWE32/64 version (at least with a stock bank) is meh.

ADD: if you never heard "Asphyxiated Soul": https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01865

lofaszvanitt · on July 12, 2023

Well, it's a matter of preference. That's like amiga music vs c64 music. C64 music was much more closer to my heart.

jchw · on July 12, 2023

Okay, that's a fair point. Truth be told, I actually really do like the sound of those FM chips like the Yamaha OPL2, and the SID.

lofaszvanitt · on July 12, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EcgruWlXnQ

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoGFV_xxR64

And Matt Grey did an awesome job with the remasters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrxPzxOwI_4