1987 IBM Music Feature Card: Is it really worth $3000?

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The IBM PC Music Feature is one of the rarest, most collectible sound cards for DOS PCs. Sure, you can get a Yamaha FB-01 FM synthesizer that does practically the same thing, but the IMFC! It's a legend! Is it worth nearly $3,000 for one complete in box? Let's unbox and set this one up to find out.
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00:00 The First Sound Card! Sort of
00:37 $3,000? Is it worth it?
01:12 Pre-IMFC sound devices
01:56 Music Feature vs AdLib
04:04 A sound card for composers
05:33 Unboxing the thing
07:51 FM synth sound chips, card features
09:11 Installing & setup in an IBM PC AT
10:13 In-store demo music
11:37 Yamaha Compose & Playrec software
13:38 The games! Sierra On-Line games
15:21 Yamaha FB-01 MIDI tone generator
16:45 Summary & Outroduction
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@Scalibq Год назад

A fundamental difference between the AdLib and IMFC is that the AdLib exposes the OPL2 chip directly to the host PC, so you can program every aspect of the chip. The IMFC is literally a MIDI interface connected to an FB-01-like device. As such, there is no way to acces the OPP chip directly. Any sound has to be programmed via MIDI SysEx commands, so you're limited to programming parameters through the SysEx commands implemented in the firmware.

@LGR Год назад

Now that’s a fascinating distinction. Thank you for the insight, Scali! Your work proved extremely useful and fun to experiment with throughout making this video :)

@TheMovieCreator Год назад

That being said, Yamaha exposes most of the native parameters of the OPP chip through SysEx extended controller-change messages. You might not have cycle-perfect timing over the registers, but you could at least set them to what you want. Pretty much bypassing most of the limitations from ordinary MIDI. Also, I should totally use my IBM Music Feature more!

@Toonrick12 Год назад

In layman's terms, the AdLib can communicate with other parts of the computer, while the IMFC can't?

@FuzzBucket69 Год назад

computers are kewwwl

@Stoney3K Год назад

@@Toonrick12 Pretty much it. On the AdLib, the OPL-2 is connected directly to the ISA bus, so you can program specific registers to manipulate the sound directly and you can read the status of the chip, while the IMFC is connected through (on-card) MIDI and through the MIDI output port only, with a limited set of commands that allow you to edit patches but not direct control over the chip's sound generating features.

@chrisdakers3688 Год назад

Sound aside, you've really nailed quality video capture of a CRT screen.

@LGR Год назад

Thanks! I’ve got a good setup going lately and that helps.

Год назад

I came here to write this. It's not easy to record a CRT so well.

@WalrusFPGA Год назад

Agreed! I've been scouring the web for pics and footage of EGA monitors this week and this was a godsend! Amazing quality footage- and in 4K! 🤩

@RyanDeLaHaye Год назад

This times a million. So many videos of crt are cringeworthy at best. But this is amazing. Granted what you see irl must not be great if it looks that good to us. I’m sure the needed settings for clear video make irl rough.

@medes5597 Год назад

@@LGR you've managed to perfect what took Stewart Chaifet and the Computer Chronicles team about a decade, and even then they didn't capture it as well (they had to use full screen polarising lenses over the monitor in the mid 90s episodes!). I'm very impressed.

@jaysherman2615 Год назад

This is why I love LGR. Treating every item reviewed with the enthusiasm someone would have as if it were released yesterday.

@baby333 8 месяцев назад

exactlyyyyyy :)

@l-l Год назад

Jeff, thank you for allowing LGR to document this rare card! I know him opening and messing around with a pristine example is something most collectors wouldn’t do.

@MrJest2 Год назад

I imagine Jeff was fully planning on opening it up and installing it in a machine, at least for a bit, anyway and he knew it would be treated with care. But yes, many collectors (and that's really what this is these days; a collector's item rather than a usable piece of retro-tech) wouldn't even break the seal on the box...

@glitchedoom Год назад

Having it documented in a high quality video like this will do more to preserve this bit of tech than keeping sealed in plastic ever would, and I'm glad Jeff understands this.

@tharfagreinir Год назад

Sierra were truly ahead of their time during that brief window of time when they were putting more effort into their soundtracks than anyone else. They sound really nice on this card!

@joe--cool Год назад

Starting up the first Wing Commander with a MT-32 still blows me away like it did back then.

@bad.sector Год назад

Really depends on the game, for example Space Quest 3 really sounded bad on that card. However, Larry 3 probably sounded even better on the MFC: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zvfc0LidqFI.html

@krux02 Год назад

There is a video out there, where Roberta Williams apologizes for pushing people into buying ridiculously expensive audio equipment that was pretty much abandoned when games had CD-Audio.

@bsd107 Год назад

Sierra On-line not only heavily supported a wide range of music cards, they really wanted users to buy them to get the most out of their games. They really did believe in the experience. I STILL have an audio cassette tape that Sierra produced and sold (for basically shipping cost) that demoed the different sound cards with some of their games. I used that back in the day to decide that it was worth the insane amount of money at the time to splurge and get a Roland MT-32 instead of an AdLib (or Sound Blaster) card. The soundtracks were mind blowing played through a true stereo system at the time. (In fact, I had an IBM PS/2 Model 50, so I had to get the MicroChannel version of the MPU-401 card to interface with the MT-32, adding even more $$$….)

@bad.sector Год назад

@@bsd107 Interesting piece of info... I wasn't aware about the cassette shipping! I had a (used, for cheap) PS/2 model 50Z and was negatively surprised when I wanted to get a Logitech sound card installed... they told me the next day the bus wasn't compatible. Saved that money to invest it a year later in a P75 system with an original SB AWE32 instead.

@retropuffer2986 Год назад

New old stock IBM Music card getting installed in a new old stock IBM AT. Both of which were unboxed for our viewing pleasure. What a time to be alive! ☺

@Brogboolius_Maximus Год назад

The early days of sound cards were truly wild. I distinctly remember when my Dad upgraded our family computer to have a Roland sound card, and being absolutely blown away by how good game music sounded all of a sudden. Descent in particular. Great video!

@MrDuncl Год назад

Along with the prices. Unlike the Amiga 500 they were definitely aimed at the professional music studio as opposed to the casual gamer. I guess back then anything seemed cheap compared to a Fairlight synthesize. When will Clint review one of those ?

@fonesrphunny7242 Год назад

I remember trying all the MIDI / AdLib options, just to see how different they sound. When I got a newer soundcard, I'd try all my favorite games again.

@V1VISECT6 Год назад

Descent had an awesome soundtrack. The CD version of D2s soundtrack blew my mind when I was a kid.

@darthwiizius Год назад

I never played Descent but Foresaken (descent clone) has a rockin' electronic soundtrack. I just had to buy the remaster on Steam when I found out it was a thing just to relive those 90s days and to have dem toons in uncompressed form (I played it on N64 back then).

@devikwolf Год назад

Man, I heard about this ages ago and never thought I'd even see a video about it.

@Atlink Год назад

There is something about the sound of FM Synthesis that makes me all happy inside. I think it's due to the fact that you're not using instruments, but crude facsimiles of the *sound* of an instrument but are still able to make something incredible sounding from it. There are some music tracks that just sound better as FM Synth, and no Wavetable Synth is gonna tell me otherwise. I really wish more games leaned into it, especially since it's possible to emulate with pretty decent results.

@Roxor128 Год назад

Case in point: the entire soundtrack from Tyrian. Sounds amazing on FM, but a pale imitation on General MIDI. Especially tracks like "Gyges, Will You Please Help Me?", "One Mustn't Fall", "Sarah's Song", or "Tyrian, The Level". That FM guitar sound just can't be beat. Oh, and special mention to "X_EVIL.IMF" from Spear of Destiny. The MIDI version used in Doom 2's secret level 31 (D_EVIL.MUS) is pretty good, but the original FM version is even better. If anyone reading this is considering making a retro PC game, consider using S3M's FM support for the music. Powerful and well-documented format, even if the FM capabilities aren't used very often. You can even use both FM and samples together, though few playback programs support both at once.

@birdbrain4445 Год назад

As someone whose only exposure to the retro tech ecosystem is your content, this is yet another card I've never heard of. Interested to see what it's about, cool to touch on another AdLib Gold-style legend. EDIT: Man yeah, this thing sounds *pristine*, I love it. Warm and smooth, with a 'depth' to it. What a groundbreaking product. It's actually cool that the sound of it is not unique to the card; it makes experiencing that sound easier. I also knew immediately that the answer to the titular question would be a resounding 'no', lol, and actually for pretty similar reasons to the Gold which I thought would apply here. It's a case of economies of scale almost - this card was rare back then as it is now for a good reason.

@OldUKAds Год назад

It's not retro, it's a vintage piece of kit.

@acomingextinction Год назад

What an incredibly cool card. I love how beautifully over-engineered old 1980s IBM products could be. (That support bracket!) Also - Jeff, you're a legend.

@johndododoe1411 Год назад

I'm guessing that was a stock item for inserting any full length card in certain later IBM machines that lacked the row of brackets in the original PC/G, /XT and /AT. Once IBM stopped including brackets with machines, they would probably sell them separately and bundle them with all later sales of cards.

@joe--cool Год назад

@@johndododoe1411 Not many people needed 6 full size slots. My PC-AT clone has them though, even if the cards wouldn't fit due to components on the board.

@johndododoe1411 Год назад

@@joe--cool That's bad board design, eberything around the slots must have clearance for cards that extend backwards according to the specs, even if the case is too short.

@Fay7666 Год назад

The brackets are still a thing to this day, even if it's mostly a server / workstation thing.

@johndododoe1411 Год назад

@@Fay7666 Big modern GPUs are also full length cards that hang some weight on the brackets.

@chasebush09 Год назад

This is one more reason out of many why I love this channel: I've never heard of this card before, but now I'm learning all about this space of music production of the time. I love learning about this stuff through this channel. The music feature seems like a very interesting player in the IBM PC soundcard market. I would love to see even more videos of software, hardware, and peripherals related to music production of the 80s and 90s. Awesome work!

@BollingHolt Год назад

Dang. That stereo sound sounds pretty damn good. I never knew this card existed! I entered my sound card world with the Media Vision Thunder Board in the early 90s ;)

@MrWolfSnack Год назад

I had the SoundBlaster card that came stock with my Gateway Essential tower PC.

@BollingHolt Год назад

@@MrWolfSnack I think my first ever Sound Blaster card was an AWE32. I used that Thunder Board for years LOL.

@mikesol1162 Год назад

I only knew it existed from seeing it in Sierra's installers back in the day.

@BollingHolt Год назад

@@mikesol1162 I probably just read over it and never had it register since it was irrelevant to me LOL

@mikesol1162 Год назад

@@BollingHolt My first card was the Game Blaster which was the precursor to the Sound Blaster. I then got the Pro Audio Spectrum 16 from Media Vision.

@juandenz2008 Год назад

Interesting ! Big thanks to Jeff for letting you open up the packaging and demonstrate the card to the viewers !

@pianokeyjoe Год назад

You have made my day with this! The YM2164 is the same chip used in the following Keyboard synthesizers: Yamaha DX21,DX27,DX100,FB01(tone module),KORG DS8 and KORG 707. It is 4 operator FM and as such it is powerful and is a full featured synth that can be controlled and edited by midi sysex and compatible softwares and plugins!

@jfwfreo Год назад

The IBM card was basically a Yamaha FB-01 on an ISA card that you could send MIDI to.

@stereorealist9531 Год назад

@@jfwfreo Ah, so that's why those preset names at 11:38 seemed so familiar lol

@MrDuncl Год назад

Also the SFG05. A music cartridge made for MSX computers including Yamaha's own. I can't help wonder if a complete CX5M setup would have been cheaper than this card. Since the system was launched in 1984 by 1987 almost certainly on the second hand market. p.s. If you aren't familiar with the CX6M most of the Yamaha software cartridges were for things like a DX7 editor. Very handy for the professional musician.

@guardiane Год назад

Wow, it's weird for me to say this, but my heart dropped when you opened and removed the sound card from it's packaging for the first time...I can just imagine going back in time to when this sort of hardware was brand new and the idea itself was fresh and exciting...sigh...I miss those days of early computing. As troublesome as it could be (only because I didn't know anything about computers back then) it was still an amazing time worth re-living. This is why I love your channel and your style of reviewing/editing. It's like you're able to experience this old tech as if it were brand new today. Thanks for all that you do, LGR.

@JenniferinIllinois Год назад

Didn't even know this existed until now. In 1987 I was rocking the SID-chipped Commodore 64.😉

@JosepsGSX Год назад

LGR viewer Jeff, thanks man for sharing this gem. Awesome card and truly awesome owner.

@MontegaB Год назад

Amazing. These are the videos I love the most. Vintage PC experiences that almost no one had at the time. Great video, and props to Jeff for letting you defile that card lol

@Spidernick88 Год назад

Just wanted to say thanks for your videos. It takes me back to when I was a kid and wanted to get into computers, but it just wasn't in the cards. It's cool to see all the old tech.

@LGR Год назад

My pleasure, I hope you continue to enjoy!

@RetroGamingWithEdgarRivera Год назад

Very impressive and quite fascinating since I never heard this Soundcard before because most people already know the Sound Blaster or the Ad Lib with their FM synthesizer capabilities which both are iconic legendary cards but hearing this particular card for the first time and I'm quite impressed since I always love FM synthesizers that organic Chip Tone feel is just awww.

@pepperfish_ Год назад

I'll be honest the day that onboard audio came about I was actually pleased. Setting up IRQ's all the time and having conflicts with IDE controllers and VGA cards and a Modem. It's fun and novel to look at it now but this was a pain in the ass since all I really wanted to do was play quake and Warcraft 2 (Dial-up Multiplayer) Audio on PC's was an acceptable compromise .Most people only cared about having an Intel CPU and how big the hard disk was.

@rebeccaschade3987 Год назад

Oh my. Now I'm even more happy that I bought an FB-01 a while back. I wanted it for music production, as it's famous for certain sounds like the "Solid Bass" aka. "Lately Bass" sound for example, and I'm a big fan of '80s FM synths. But finding out that it's supported as a device for old games? Yikes, I never knew. Suddenly my side-by-side combo of FB-01 and SC-55 looks even cooler ^^

@rommix0 Год назад

For Lately Bass that would actually be the TX81Z

@Yanderexoxx Год назад

I’m absolutely addicted to this channel now. It’s so satisfying seeing you review old tech.

@glitchedoom Год назад

It's nice having about 15 years of backlog to marathon, isn't it?

@erichkohl9317 Год назад

Nice of you to show the FB-01; I happen to own one too. The fact that it has technical similarities to a sound card that goes for that much money on the used market caught me by surprise.

@GYTCommnts Год назад

I'm a big fan and user of soundcards. So, this is one of my favorites episodes of LGR! Top quality! Awesome! Thanks! 🍻

@CameronHuff Год назад

Having the letters IBM attached to the card is what made it pricey.

@daghtus Год назад

These days, the three letters changed to RGB

@brianmoore493 Год назад

My mom worked for computerland in the 80s, if only she saved some stuff, I remember seeing blue IBM boxes in crates wrapped in plastic. They were expensive then, and nothing has changed. Thanks for the upload. I also, was born in 87. The narrator is giving me Casey casum vibes.

@J.J.Spencer Год назад

I'd like to once again shout out Jeff for letting all of this be opened and aired for posterity like this. Digital historians of the future will thank you.

@ThePruts0r Год назад

Awesome card! I started making music in 1990 on a Atari 1040ST! Later on, 1992 I purchased an IBM PS1, 386SX with a 387 co-processor and a stunning 8MB of RAM! I also purchased a MPU-IPC card. This is a MPU-401 with the same MIDI adapter as this IBM card. Hooked up my Korg M1 and Roland D10 synthesizers and I was good to go! Awesome time, awesome era!

@FreihEitner Год назад

In 1987 that would have absolutely floored me. You wouldn't record an album with that sound, but for a PC at that time it would have been stunning to hear.

@camulodunon 7 месяцев назад

I mean, many of its sounds are quite usable in an album, especially if you pair them with some outboard effects.

@Amber_Oakheart Год назад

That card looked gorgeous. The pcb is so prestine it almost looks like a jewel. I personally liked the sound of the IBM card over the AdLib. :D

@MrDuncl Год назад

Definitely more depth, as you would expect from twice the number of FM operators.

@Pix3l_Pr1ncess Год назад

Does anyone else experience ASMR from LGR's voice or just me? I'm so relaxed

@Quazee137 Год назад

Thanks for bring back memories. Jerome Bixby was working on His "The Man From Earth" and the score. He used the IBM Music Feature Card and a wall of keyboards and synthesizers. He was asked to review MusicPrinter Plus by Temporal Acuity Products, Inc. He had me do some parts while he did others. It was a very fun time. It came out in Electronic Musician Dec 1990. I miss my friend. I have the MFC and it parts along with the disk for MusicPrinter Plus.

@thezood Год назад

I think this card sounds awesome, such a warm and rich sound! Much better than the plastic sound of adlib.

@bamboebahr2470 Год назад

I love these sound card reviews. It's cool to hear the differences between the special cards and whatever was the generic option of the time. I'm still hoping to find a roland MT-32 here on the European mainland one day 😁

@bipedal_earth_roamer Год назад

The blues demo track is really neat because you can hear the velocity so well on the standup bass instrument. Very cool.

@xenomorph9205 Год назад

Hi lgr first time commenting long time watcher ,just wanted to say thanks for all your videos,they help me relax when i need to be relaxed,thank you and keep up the good work,peace :)

@LGR Год назад

Awesome, I’m glad to hear they’ve been a positive thing :)

@stevewithab2367 Год назад

The interface of Playrec is just awesome to look at, especially on that monitor. The aesthetics are just something else.

@WalrusFPGA Год назад

This was an awesome watch/listen! The PC Music Feature is surprisingly very cool! I had only heard of it in those sierra configuration menus and always wondered what it sounded like. When you started with the Space Quest III intro it sounded pretty bad but the later part was better than the adlib! Very cool. I also appreciate the 4k EGA monitor footage! I've been looking this week specifically for pics/footage like this to compare some of my MiSTer filter experiments against. Thanks LGR!

@kirboaccordion4545 Год назад

Perfect video to watch on the weekend. Love your videos!

@DesertRainReads Год назад

An interesting product, can't believe how good it sounds for something this old. Amazing that even back then PCs were capable of being able to compose music with them. I absolutely enjoy seeing you fiddle around with old tech, you gain a true appreciation for it when you see it in action and see an older PC maxed out and pushed to its limits. Keep doing this, I thoroughly enjoy your content.

@RitzLazyArtist Год назад

This is one of the earliest consumer uses of the FM synth before the AdLib and the Sega Genesis came out.

@MrDuncl Год назад

Back in 1985 I bought a Toshiba HX-MU900 FM sound cartridge and matching keyboard when they were being sold off cheap. With animated instruments (and unfortunately no MIDI support) it was definitely a consumer product, (far more than this IBM card) possibly a bit ahead of its time at the original price. A demo (not mine) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vvXB7krWf9M.html

@Vermilicious Год назад

Apart from a lot of other vintage computer parts, this one certainly seemed very enjoyable. It sounded great.

@WorldFamousDJFish Год назад

Clint, your voice is so soothing. I could listen to you talk for hours.

@rpavlik1 Год назад

Wow, that is really warm and mellow sounding. Sounds lovely.

@thelastdruidofscotland Год назад

My School had a fully fledged "studio" in 1989, as this was Scotland, our pc's for this place were all IBM's, donated to the school directly from the Greenoch IBM factory, at that time, those were the only machines I knew off that had a dedicated sound card, and could record to a hard disk, it took another decade before this was even considered normal, so, in that sense, what IBM offered back then was truly groundbreaking.

@sinisterthoughts2896 Год назад

That did sound great. Back in its period that would sound extraordinary.

@AaronOfMpls Год назад

Always cool when you explore old hardware like this! I remember at least seeing Tandy sound and the Roland MT-32 listed in game setup menus, but never this IBM card. Thanks for showing this to us -- and thanks to Jeff for loaning it to you! 😎

@phoenixsixxrising Год назад

Amamzing feature of The Feature, Clint! Now this episode just needs to have an OST release since the music today was so awesome!

@oldschooldude8370 2 месяца назад

Absolutely love the late 80s tech. I was cutting my teeth in 91 so alot of this old hardware I am familiar with but never experienced it in a platform at the time. Excellent content as always.

@robertgijsen Год назад

Wow, I've always been intrigued by this card, since it's so rare. Finally a proper review! Thanks a million :-) I'd love to hear more gameplay footage though, especially compared to Adlib.

@marcel1463 Год назад

I am happy that todays sound cards are much cheaper. Great LGR video like always. Your channel is very informative and entertaining at the same time.

@AlexCBrandon Год назад

Don't even think I heard of this. Or maybe I forgot about it. Such a great deep dive on these cards man. Keep 'em coming!

@ICantStopMakingNoise Год назад

The IMFC is clean, but the AdLib (like the Genesis) has that wonderful grit and stank smeared all over every single note. I love it.

@cfjruth Год назад

Many of us dream of one day having a cool enough, rare enough piece of technology to have LGR review it. What a masterpiece!

@rogero8443 Год назад

man I am SO glad I put on headphones for this vid. Normally I put youtube on through an macbook air speaker. Some of the sample music was so fun! Even the background stuff you had on. Thanks much.

@JohnVance Год назад

When you pulled it from the ESD bag, I felt and smelled that so hard

@bevorules77 Год назад

I thought I knew all about vintage 80's IBM stuff, but once again LGR shows me something "new" and cool!

@NecroticFleshrot Год назад

@3:42 When Clint said, "O.P.P.", every single one of us sang, in our heads, "Yeah, you know me!"

@Jiggeer86 Год назад

Youre Videos are very interesting, and sometimes i watch it because of your calming voice

@silvenshadow Год назад

I can't put my finger on it but this is one of the most LGR videos ever. Love it. Thank you for taking me on this crazy journey

@17659817265781465781 Год назад

that Yamaha program is SO visually pleasing omg

@Dinnye01 Год назад

Thanks Jeff! Without you, I would never have known about this card.

@boarMcberry Год назад

this is amazing, takes me back to me early youth days when visiting local PC stores, had one of em playing midi demo on that IBM MIDI card, which was years before having my own sound blaster card that's sadly didn't have that old demo till decades later upon random finds on youtube. :D

@fuzzix Год назад

I hadn't seen that Mindscape Music Board before. Dual AYs, not bad! Looks like they were configured for mono only - would have been nice to have the option of a chip per-channel 😁 This is a beatiful kit - lovely condition, cheers for sharing! That "Rock" demo song had me tickled.

@MeisjeAndMe Год назад

Nice one.👍👍🙂 But really starting to mis the "Thrifts" 😁😁😁

@useitwice Год назад

The thumbnail is awesome, makes it looks like a forest against a blue sky

@D6isD6 Год назад

The sight of a fresh, dust-free green PCB will never cease to bring me joy.

@Kitteh.B Год назад

I LOVE the gradient color shift on the PCB, like pearlescent greens, it's glorious!

@sjdpfisvrj Год назад

Not to compare RU-vidrs, but it is a joy to see with what care you handle this unique historical relic.

@IntelliPocalypse Год назад

The condition is unheard of. So immaculate. Sealed in box all these years. Quite the time capsule

@nimrodlevy Год назад

Thanks for jeff that let you document this card and thank you for doing it. 🙏

@astrix_mvp Год назад

I'd love seeing you play through old sierra titles 😇 I'm not good at solving these games myself but they bring back fond memories of my first experiences with computer games. I especially remember the Kings Quest series, Police Quest 1 and 2 and a few of the Space Quest games. And of course Larry Laffer. The first one in the series i remember best.

@thejra-gon6991 2 месяца назад

Thanks for giving love to the *mostly* forgotten FB01. I use one for music production, i wanted something that sounded like the sega genisis and pcs of the time, sure doesn't disappoint ❤

@silentios7336 Год назад

That card was king back in my days, i had two of them in my system back then. And worked perfectly with FT and my Yamaha keyboard. Could throw anything at it and it would work.

@marccaselle8108 Год назад

I never knew this sound card existed. My first computer was a Packard bell legend something. I remember it had a sound blaster 16 card inside. I had loads of fun playing many computer games and enjoy the FM music I would hear from games at the time. Biomenace and megarace had good music tracks. I cannot forget the awesome soundtrack to star wars tie fighter.

@MaximilienNoal Год назад

Those CRTs look SHARP, oh my god ! Lovely !

@epluribusunum6622 Год назад

I busted out my tube DAC to listen to this and boy was I rewarded! That cannon in D is a masterpiece. That card is worth it. *Stares hard at Tandy 1000* I play colonels bequest all the time!

@Menleah Год назад

Ah jeez this was a great one, Clint. I'm sitting here getting very nostalgic about those old Sierra games and their wonderful soundtracks. :-)

@subynut Год назад

What a cool piece of history! You're right, it has a very nice sound to it. Wouldn't mind listening to some of my old MIDI files I have laying around on that synth. Very cool!

@nthgth Год назад

What an interesting piece! Especially that composing software; I had no idea what auch software looked like back in the day. Love me some Yamaha FM synthesis any day.

@valiantparagonvideos2383 Год назад

Getting your hands on New "old" stuff is truly a special moment and is like a weird localized time machine. Product that is forty years old but thanks to sitting in a box is itself as pristine and perfect as though it was made yesterday. At one point all of these cards and similarly old tech looked like this, but because we were only exposed to them after the ravages of time in our brains they all have that layer of wear on them. Really great to get to see something so pristine. kudos to Jeff for letting it happen and great job to LGR for showing it off.

@mrwonderful2081 Год назад

I’m 100% blown away 😮

@zickykane5206 Год назад

Amazing that such an old piece of tech would be so fascinating. Truly stellar. And seeing one in such condition! amazing!

@andersmmvfc.8376 Год назад

Lgr and MIDI As always Brilliant content!

@tobylifers3390 Год назад

Outstanding video as always, fine Sir. Your footage continues to wow me every time, with warm and inviting shots of gorgeous old machines being masterfully harnessed to their full potential! I'm building a Windows 95 machine at the moment with an AWE64 sound card and I'm really keen to play with MIDI stuff for my first time. Until now I've only had a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 in my Windows 98 PC. Do you have any tips for me on getting started? Thanks!

@mykolapliashechnykov8701 Год назад

If you want to get into a serious MIDI stuff, I'd recommend going with the AWE32 and pumping it up with 32 Mb of the onboard RAM. This way you get a fully autonomous wavetable synthesis and also the hardware OPL3 chip for the the best FM music quality. AWE64, if I remember correctly, is using the CQM emulation which can't really compare to the real thing.

@Soulintent95 Год назад

This vid captures what i love about lgr. Old computer stuff on full display. He actuslly owns the old stuff, installs it on old computers, and plays it on said old computers. Computers are so boring nowadays!

@tomenza Год назад

There is some great composition and lighting in this video

@LGR Год назад

Thanks!

@mikem.7155 Год назад

Amazing demonstration of the IMF, Clint! Back in 1987, I was lucky to have two of these (dad worked for IBM, apparently had an employer's discount); I had a PC XT with a 20MB hard drive, and the IMFs were in one of those 5160 expansion units with the huge system interconnect cable. That was one of my earliest setups for composing and playing music. I could beat myself up for getting rid of these, and I have no idea where they went. The only thing left I can find of them is one of the MIDI breakout boxes. Sigh.

@marcusdamberger Год назад

Well someone's missing a Midi breakout box for one of these, probably goes for good $$ to complete someone's setup 😄

@JamsterJules Год назад

Great video on many levels. Loved it.

@ogami1972 Год назад

Thanks, Jeff! Cool thingy!

@tubaterry Год назад

I appreciate that the first time I've seen your musical ability, you demonstrate it on a computer keyboard

@CreamPolo Год назад

Good old LGR is back. Love it, more like this please

@BrassicGamer Год назад

Thanks, Clint - you made my friday!

@codecthelios Год назад

You really lit the close ups on the monitors nicely.

@ClassicGameSessions Год назад

Wow, that's pricey then and now but it was revolutionary for the PC at the time!

@12opsynths Год назад

Great ep! I had one of these and made many sequences with playrec. Unfortunately my parents donated all the old stuff except for the midi breakout box and even that got $75 on ebay. As you've said, just get the fb01!

@klausbrieller Год назад

Thank you for the interesting and well made video 👍

@d_vibe-swe Год назад

It's something special with the OPL2 chip that I really love. It's not because of nostalgia, because I was (am) an Amiga guy back then (now), but because the really cold and hard sound one can get out of it.