--On Friday, August 9, 2002 11:30 AM -0500 Jim Leonard
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>> I also have two questions left: I won't be able to plug _both_ to my
>> sound system, will I?
>
> If your stereo has multiple inputs on your receiver, of course you can.
> No game will use both of them at the same time so you can switch as
> necessary. If you only have one connection on your stereo, you can use a
> Y-cable, but this reduces the sound output of both devices by half and I
> don't recommend it. For both devices to a single output, you would be
> better off with a simple mixer. I use the MidiMan multimixer 10
> (http://www.midiman.net/products/m-audio/multi10.php) but something as
> simple as the multimixer 6
> (http://www.midiman.net/products/m-audio/multi6.php) should work too. I
> bought my 10 for $99 at www.audiomidi.com, so the "street" prices are
> lower than the MSRP you see on the manufacturer's website. And using a
> mixer means that you can hook up a Sound Blaster as well and hear them
> all at the same time -- Sound Blaster for sound effects playing at the
> same time you hear wonderful music (some games allow you to choose
> different devices for effects and music). Wing Commander 1 and 2 in
> particular use this to great effect, especially if you have the Speech
> Pack. It's cool hearing cinematic music taking a turn for the worse as
> your damage mounts, and your radio crackles with your enemies mocking you
> and your wingmen screaming as they go down :-)
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.
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.
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.
> 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.
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. :)
--
Edward Franks
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