> I disagree at this point. Moonsound is NOT professional. It's a simple OPL
> chip assembled in a cartridge! No MIDI interface, no sampling device, no
> mixer ....
I agree (Moonsound has a mixer tho, but only able to mix FM and WAVE)
> And sounds are good, but not enough to think OPL4 is professional. I'm a
> musician, I work with professional synthesizers and samplers every day,
> and I know the difference between professional and amateur instruments.
The Moonsound has a high quality output filter which makes it sound
okay. But it sounds very 'thin' compared to other synths due to lack
of an effect engine. Some of it's ROM patches are very good, others
very bad. With (lots of) RAM it can easily produce better music than,
say, an el-cheapo PC wavetable card, using the right samples/user
patches.
> But .... I think OPL4 is better than the other wavetable cards which can
> be found in PC. AWE and GUS are both pathetic.
I disagree. An AWE32/64 easily outperforms the Moonsound, _if used in
the right way_, because it has
- Far more detailed envelope settings
- Filters (cutoff/resonance)
- Effects (chorus/reverb/flanger/..)
- Tons of RAM (in a good configuration)
The default on-board ROM is crappy though. The Yamaha one is superior
because of size and quality.
> OPL4 sound is really good,
> and we have something that PC users can't enjoy: good musics, original
> melodies and this feeling that MSX provides :)
Yep!
Tristan
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