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LGR - Evolution of PC Audio - As Told by Secret of Monkey Island

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Computer audio has come quite a way since 1981. Here is a short video I made comparing the major steps from the PC speaker to Adlib on up to today's chips! At least, from the perspective of the Lucasarts classic, The Secret of Monkey Island.
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Monkey Island was chosen due to its having a wide breadth of versions of the same song, as compared to many other games which didn't support this many cards. The final version of the song is from the recent "Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition" on PC/360/PS3 - recorded using live instruments, NOT the CD-ROM version from the early nineties. See the menu it was taken from here: • Monkey Island: Special...
Some clips recorded by me, others from Crossfire Designs
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@aarorasilainen 10 лет назад

That PC speaker really has some charm to it. Maybe I just like square waves.

@robotsnake9374 10 лет назад

Yeah, to me, it sounded a bit like there was a guitar playing some notes of the background.

@TankdozerCavalry 5 лет назад

You're such a square, gosh~~

@MrDeeg05 4 года назад

I see why

@kidwolf0015 4 года назад

Honestly, most things that come out of those speakers are downright painful... There was a ton of effort, resources, and talent put into Monkey Island's PC Speaker Theme. Keep in mind that only 1 voice was available for it (the PCjr had 3 voices for comparison). This is one of the best pieces composed with it in mind. Honestly, I wouldn't call it a fair example of the average IBM PC speaker experience. I personally love the Speaker version of Monkey Island, but almost everything else that uses them I would stay clear from.

@larsjj2794 3 года назад

Real audio has curves

@LGR 14 лет назад

@pozzo1979 The first CD audio version was indeed MIDI equipment captured in a studio. The final clip in the video is from the 2009 game's menu, recorded with real instruments (admittedly I could have chosen the better "Introduction" music....)

@EarFarce4 8 лет назад

Roland LAPC-1/MT-32 is my favorite. :)

@diamondburned5229 8 лет назад

still it's luxury

@DJCureTunezMusic123 7 лет назад

Mine too :O This quality is magnificent!

@McGuinty2 7 лет назад

That's because the MT-32 is the hardware that the game was intended to use in the first place. In fact, there are some sound effects in the game that use particular features and quirks of the MT-32's engine that don't exist on later hardware which means that it only truly sounds right if you either own that hardware or emulate it with Munt.

@clayh254 7 лет назад

McGuinty2 FM Synthesis is my favorite. You know, the Adlib and the Sound Blaster.

@CaptainStrannik 7 лет назад

McGuinty2 I like pc speaker and SB16 AWE 32

@Real_Retrophilia 5 лет назад

Who else thinks the Roland still sounds better than the CD audio version? 2019 and I'm still watching this on a regular basis. Love the story of music and soundcards in computer. And the MT32 will always be king... :D

@siliconecheese697 4 года назад

I agree, the M32 has some of the best sound, but I also like adlib, something about it I like.

@Alianger 2 года назад

There's another CD version from 1992 which I think sounds better than this one. But it uses similar instruments to the MT-32 one anyway

@reanimationxp Год назад

@@siliconecheese697 same, probably just nostalgia bc we had a sound blaster original, but same i like both equally

@alliedmastercomputer5407 Месяц назад

eh....why would this even be a debate? MT32 is the original and isnt bad quality in terms of what it does.

@Irisfantasies 8 лет назад

AdLib 1987 sounds amazing...

@Schwarzorn 3 года назад

It’s the harmonies. It makes it possibly the best rendition of the song. Tho the arrangement of the CD version is pretty much just as good, but for different reasons.

@saladedemais 2 года назад

my fav too

@alliedmastercomputer5407 Месяц назад

Adlib for some things actually sounded better than the Mt32 but overall the mt32 is the better one to own. Sometimes Adlib in some games just sounded better, whereas the Mt32 sounded a bit fake or hollow

@stevemaherart 7 лет назад

Hey LGR I just wanted to let you know I feel this is one of the most culturally significant things you have done, I hope your proud of it, keep up the great work.

@LGR 7 лет назад

Thanks!

@stevemaherart 7 лет назад

No, actually, thank you. I mean it man, I found your channel about a fortnight ago, the more I explore through things the more great computer historical stuff I find, fair play.

@geekycoon 7 лет назад

I have to agree. I've been watching LGR for a while now, and only just found this one. What an excellent piece indeed!

@TerryLondon Год назад

True! For the last 12 years, I have come back here from time to time just to listen to those fine bleeps and bloops of Monkey Island soundtrack turning into awesome spacious CD-quality digital audio instrument sounds.

@The8BitGuy 14 лет назад

Pitty the Amiga wasn't included, Monkey Island was also made for that one.

@natashaestes154 3 года назад

Welp, I can stop watching now. That's the one we had.

@xanshark 3 года назад

I have found The 8-Bit Guy

@GreyfoxNL 3 года назад

The amiga version was great. .but this video is called Evolution of PC Audio ;)

@WhoLover 3 месяца назад

Well hello David!

@LGR 14 лет назад

It does have its charms, to be sure! I'm partial to the Adlib version myself. Always have been.

@hanro50 6 месяцев назад

You should remaster this video. Include things missed in the original.

@sirstrongbad 12 лет назад

I love how much they were actually able to get out of a PC Speaker, when so many games the first thing I would do is turn off the sound as it usually just sounded like grinding noise

@delatroy 9 лет назад

Evolution in hardware in the 80s and 90s was amazing to witness. Leaps and bounds that blew your mind over and over. Never again will it be experienced :)

@WR3ND 7 лет назад

Didn't Apple just recently invent the headphone jack? lol

@yashasvalmikam9498 5 лет назад

@@WR3ND You mean uninvent?

@WR3ND 5 лет назад

It's secret technology, I'm sure. They're probably saving it up for a big reveal.

@dnebdal 5 лет назад

@@litjellyfish Maybe it helps to group it as "allows new things" vs "incrementally improvements"? In that spirit, I guess "allows 4k gaming" is a newish change, and raytracing may end up being interesting, while going from a 980 to a 1080 only let you add a bit more of the same.

@outofrhythm9670 4 года назад

Nvidia rtx

@MikeMayer 3 года назад

Ten years later and I still come back to this video every so often. The Monkey Island theme is infectious in every form. Thanks Clint!

@TheTurnipKing 2 года назад

"We were stricken with a melody. A diabolical song I shall never forget. lalalalalalala lalalalalalalala"

@danielm2142 9 лет назад

i like the sound of the Roland LAPC-1/MT-32 the most.

@andy23r 8 лет назад

+Daniel M agreed

@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii 8 лет назад

The timbres coming out of the Roland synths were more interesting.

@AudieHolland 8 лет назад

Big deal. Nobody could afford that card back then. Only professional musicians and companies could buy them. Poor students had to make do with the early Ad Lib and Soundblaster cards. For comparison: an Ad Lib was quite cheap in the early 1990s. A Sounblaster Pro 2 was not cheap but not that expensive either. But a Roland... It cost more than your entire computer.

@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii 8 лет назад

AudieHolland I don't see a problem with that. That Roland card was rightfully marketed as a professional product and delivered good value. The SoundBlaster Pro cards weren't pro in any sense of the term. They offered marginally better performance than competing cards costing less.

@AudieHolland 8 лет назад

Jean Kuhl-Cuomo Of course you wouldn't have had a problem if you were rich. But back in the days, most gamers were rather poor (students) who, if they could afford a Roland, would buy a car instead I guess. I loved my 8-bit Soundblaster Pro 2 so much, I kept using it untill high quality sound was standard in PCs. The deciding fact for choosing it was that it was supported by all games that I wanted to play.

@bolttracks 10 лет назад

Wow the Roland LAPC-1 sounds like an actual 80s music production including reverb & everything! Pretty impressive for a PC card!!

@AudieHolland 10 лет назад

I've heard it was the same hardware that went into the Roland musician's keyboards.

@Roxor128 3 года назад

It's actually called the LAPC-I. That's an 'I' as in "IBM PC". There was also an LAPC-N for NEC PC-98 computers.

@Kipperlab 2 года назад

@@AudieHolland and was true! I had one and WOW...

@Kergari 5 лет назад

It's amazing that this music keeps its identity through the ages and sound systems

@LGR 14 лет назад

I couldn't agree more, that's one of my favorite puzzlers from the time... it's actually on the shelf behind me at the moment, along with the sequel/update to that, Mad Monk's Revenge.

@LGR 11 лет назад

Correct! Quite a few wavetable sound cards did, to allow for higher amounts of and more complex sound samples to be loaded into it at once.

@ibm5155 9 лет назад

Still one of the best LGR video!!!

@Arda-qd7cy 4 года назад

@ladawg81 Agreed.That's why I'm replying years later!

@LGR 14 лет назад

@pdoja Most came from a site called Crossfire Designs in an article about the history of sound cards. Just google it, should be the top result

@LGR 14 лет назад

As far as I can tell, it was never available at retail, and was certainly not supported by Monkey Island so it wasn't even considered (along with the Covox Speech Thing and several others). But it's one awesome sound device, and incredibly rare.

@Devilot91 8 лет назад

Glad to hear this still from my SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 :)

@T3KNUG3T5 8 лет назад

im using a SB Audigy 2 5.1

@Devilot91 8 лет назад

***** I can't remember the whole series of soundcards, but I think your soundcard is even newer than my Live! 5.1 (that is already "modern" by itself too for W98) Anyway, you should search for DOS drivers (I have them on my original cd, but they should be aviable also on the net) then set up the IRQ.. that's the real pain part, It tooks days of hard work for me to manage to work even under real dos, all you have to do is to set an IRQ for your soundcard from the bios, then add them in your autoexec file... if you need more help just contact me and we'll see what I can do for you

@Catishcat 8 лет назад

Roland is THE BEST.

@Phenom98 6 лет назад

Кэтишкэт yeah but expensive AF

@abandonedaccount6878 6 лет назад

i feel like the pixelated graphics don’t go together with smooth audio, so #adlib

@GuybrushThriftweed 6 лет назад

I totally agree

@Redacted-mi4rm 4 года назад

thankee sai

@adenarrington7607 4 года назад

And THE MOST EXPENSIVE

@Vitalka325 9 лет назад

Это просто погружение в беззаботное детство... Кто вырос в 80-90 поймет меня, как после безусловно великого zx spectruma отвисала челюсть от принца персии, х винга да и конечно же Индианы джонс с адлипом коваксом или соундбластером...

@llmntd242-offline5 8 лет назад

Такая же хрень ;(

@papilloneffect4015 4 года назад

I love this video so much. I've watched it just to hear the variation throughout the years.

@TerryLondon 4 года назад

I was happy to discover that video when it was released. And I was lucky to find it again. More than 10 years later. It's good to see the video is by LGR. I had no idea back then. Probably he neither :D

@tossabaddle 4 года назад

Still stands as one of the best videos on youtube... I`ll never get over this

@nvlis 10 лет назад

Roland всегда к музыке подходил серьезно, за что ему огромное спасибо. автору спасибо за отличную нарезку разных каноничных эпох звука на PC

@bolttracks 9 лет назад

I really want the full Roland LAPC-1 version, sounds so impressive for the time!!! Almost like an actual 80s music production.

@CeruleanDragon1 14 лет назад

Oh man this brings back so many memories... I still remember bringing my new AdLib card over to my friend's house and plugging it into his dad's "high end" 486 PC and playing Civilization 1. The sounds as it loaded were awesome! (despite being MIDI, until then we'd only had PC speaker beeping)

@ayime12 5 лет назад

Is nice to hear all the evolution. Thanks for this video!!

@patrick-aka-patski 8 лет назад

I used to play this with PC Speaker sound. Daymnn!

@HolyKhaaaaan 6 лет назад

Wow, that was really an option?! I always thought it was only included in SCUMM-VM for shits and giggles! I like it!

@Slay1337pl 9 лет назад

Game blaster. Now that's what i call retro!

@ConnorR.mp3 7 лет назад

Mmmmm, that's a lot of square waves.

@meanmole3212 6 лет назад

Gameblaster had the most epic sound imo

@RetroPCUser 6 лет назад

Quick. Someone make a modern version of the GameBlaster ISA card.

@39zack 6 лет назад

Chicken Tendie don't worry, it is hip to be square 😀

@theostephenson 6 лет назад

Slay I know

@biboKralle Год назад

Searching for one of the things I have the most nostalgic memories for - Monkey Island - brought me to your channel for the first time about 10 years ago… ever since the, both have been amongst my favorite things. Thanks for everything, Clint!

@lennystudios3.14 Год назад

Honestly I loved the old ibm versions, despite how primitive they are, the beeps and bloops do have a charm.

@LGR 13 лет назад

@1xWertzui Yes, it's amazing how much different the real hardware can be! One of the reasons I collect hardware as I do. The GUS music is one of the Monkey Island CD-ROM editions, as far as I know, one of those which came in the early nineties. I could be wrong, the sample came from Crossfire Designs.

@alexnasla 7 лет назад

Geez those Roland's sounded WAY better than anything else I remember at the time 0_0

@trisymphony 7 лет назад

darn, uploaded 7 years ago, almost to the day! and i'm still loving this one. this video actually made me subscribe to LGR, all those years ago. keep up the great work, Clint!

@Mellence 5 лет назад

This was the first LGR video I saw, and I've been a loyal follower ever since. Sometimes I like to just randomly come back and listen to it. It's fantastic.

@ThePikmania 8 лет назад

I love the AdLib

@Roxor128 8 лет назад

Hell, yeah. FM guitars are awesome.

@q306005 10 лет назад

That GameBlaster had some bitchin' stereo! I'd say it was my favorite by far.

@speedyblupi 10 лет назад

Stereo is only good if the music coming out is good, and with gameblasters it generally isn't.

@lazavideoz 10 лет назад

speedyblupi It depends on what your style is, the gameblaster may be good to others but not you.

@HunterVS 10 лет назад

Roland is best

@EvilMaxWar 10 лет назад

MT-32 FTW, but I really like the GameBlaster 8 bit-ish synth sound :)

@dnebdal 10 лет назад

Max War Goddamn the MT-32 must have been fantastic in its time.

@mRahman92 Месяц назад

Still one of the best videos about computer sound cards out there.

@LGR 13 лет назад

@HoneycombAgent Haha, who is that, the official sound card police? I don't need to explain anything, this is just a simple video showing a sample of the major sound cards for a game. It is not meant to be a comprehensive study or an in-depth review or anything at all but a diversion...

@tivikemajom 9 лет назад

Hey Clint, as this is my all time favourite video, any chance of you doing some nostalgia best game tunes of all times clip by your choices? If it catches your interest, I'd be delighted and I think many of us, humble followers :) Keep up the good work :)

@DragonEvgeniy 9 лет назад

Это божественная музыка с душой аудио-чипов.

@FastStyx 7 лет назад

Да нет. Это не пиздец. Пиздец - это та же музыка, сыгранная на восьми флопповодах. Вот это точно пиздец.

@carl_the_ 7 лет назад

FastStyx Sorry to rain on your Russian parade, but English pls

@gormless-idiot 5 лет назад

Vodka

@Pr0Blackmagic 13 лет назад

Wow, well done! Love the progression over time!

@LGR 13 лет назад

@HoneycombAgent Nope. This is meant to show the main cards PC Monkey Island officially supports music for. I've never even seen a specific 18-voice OPL3 version of the song in any of the MI games, much less the rarely-used OPL4. If I wanted to include those, I could have also included any number of other formats and wavetables and whatever the crap else. This is just a selection of well-known steps in sound card history, other stuff would crowd things up. If you want those, make your own video.

@smokermegadrive 8 лет назад

That roland scc 1 sound like pure glory is damn great DX

@50MGG 9 лет назад

Do this with Doom please! The electric guitar rock with a Gravis ultrasound! In my opinion the best cards for Doom!

@mark12358 5 лет назад

Indeed!

@gormless-idiot 5 лет назад

Are you crazy it sounds like the 32x version on a GUS

@RuffyT1 9 лет назад

Merely hearing this brings back such awesome feelings. Thx Clint

@KurtisBarnes 4 года назад

ive watched this video so many times, it gets better every time.

@captainviggo4575 10 лет назад

Meanwhile, on Amiga...

@EvilMaxWar 10 лет назад

4 audio channels and no evolution in over 5 years xD.

@gnoink 10 лет назад

Max War There were module formats developed that, through software mixing, enabled more than 4 simultaneous voices. Take TFMX for example, used in the Turrican games. 7 voices. And wasn't there OctaMED with 8 voices? Also, I have always felt that General-MIDI sound banks offer little personality compared to sample-based music. Comparing game music between the Amiga and the PC during the pre-CD-audio-era - well there is no competition really.

@EvilMaxWar 10 лет назад

gnoink True, there is not competition, The MT-32 and sound canvas owned everything.

@gnoink 10 лет назад

I guess it boils down to what one thinks is most important. Character or sound quality.

@EvilMaxWar 10 лет назад

TBH I think FM synthesis has the most character. Just listen to Dune sound track on Adlib or Cybersphere on OPL3. I also really like SID( although not FM ) and megadrive. I do like Amiga sound but so many games on it are lackluster.

@maximal10 9 лет назад

The Roland cards sound impressive! Also forgot some of the creative cards had expansion slots. From chirps and farts from a small speaker to impressive audio (nostalgic either way)

@Sandata64RD 10 лет назад

love the Gravis Ultrasound part. Those high yet low sounding flute noises are just so awesome.

@MrOreo76 8 лет назад

Adlib is my favorite! Great video

@estjaydee3000 8 лет назад

Ask me about LOOM

@knocks42 8 лет назад

Well, what is LOOM™?

@estjaydee3000 8 лет назад

Mae Cheque You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilm's™ Brian Moriarty™? Why it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface on magic... stunning, high-resolution, 3D landscapes... sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!

@nartin9 9 лет назад

how does someone hate this video

@Nikku4211 8 лет назад

+nartin9 People have different tastes...

@yashasvalmikam9498 5 лет назад

At the moment, 69 people hate this video.

@rgilles42 5 лет назад

9 years later it's still a great video thanks :)

@coolie4u 14 лет назад

Great video, very good work. I've been growing up through this whole era and I love to see stuff like this. I went from pc speaker to a 'Sound Blaster 1.5', when I got that card Adlib was the well known card in the sound card business. Nobody knew what sound blaster was, when I started using the card I knew that Creative would be a major player in the industry....

@AndersEngerJensen 10 лет назад

If you send me all the original recordings, I'll mix them into a seamless morphing track. I'd do the recording myself, but I haven't got a Tandy and some of the old cards. ;)

@herrabanani 10 лет назад

you can just convert this video into an mp3...

@AndersEngerJensen 10 лет назад

Not what I had in mind. I need the files in full lenghts so I could sync them and as the song plays along, I'd seamlessly fade between versions. ;)

@Filming_Scene 5 лет назад

guess you never got the files?

@cryptoAlgo 2 года назад

You could use DOSBox with sound card emulation, I've tried soundblaster and Roland mt32 emulation, its very close to actual hardware.

@jaekoff5050 7 лет назад

Adlib then, now, and forever

@LGR 10 лет назад

Because, as you said, the original CD audio version was just a recording of a Roland MIDI version. Since I already included the original Roland versions in this video, why be redundant? Besides, the remake's version was made using real instruments, which I felt showed off the capabilities of CD quality audio more effectively.

@hanro50 6 месяцев назад

You can really hear the leap from the 3 voice tandy to the adlib.

@AndrevusWhitetail 6 лет назад

The CD Quality is pretty damn good but it's just not the same without the recorder/flute that the SoundBlaster and MT-32 used.

@98of99 3 года назад

While the GUS and Roland cards add some extra effects I feel the AdLib has the fullest, most distinct and recognizable sound for vintage PC games. It had the largest impact on the PC sound scene, much that came after was incremental improvement at best with the exception of the GUS on games and demos that fully utilized it - which were few.

@tossabaddle 12 лет назад

I keep coming back to this! One of the best videos on youtube ^^

@John.B.Jenkins 4 года назад

THIS May be one of the rarest LGR Finds YET! MUSIC to MY EARS!

@Hotiechic101 10 лет назад

Please do a review of one if not all the monkey island games love your videos

@nerfiasjust4461 10 лет назад

why am I crying a little?

@ShiNDaizer 10 лет назад

Because you remembering the old good days

@RJSBrothers 7 лет назад

Because we are oldfags ;-((

@safetinspector2 9 месяцев назад

I wasn't expecting the gameblaster to sound so different from teh adlib. Also, I had a Tandy 1000HX and it sounded a bit better than the Tandy example you have in this video. One odball card (I still ahve in a drawer somewhere) was the Turtle Beach Maui sound card, which was an early wavetable synth card. It was lovely for MI2..

@metabog 12 лет назад

I love it when I discover a new awesome RU-vid channel with tons of awesome geeky PC videos.

@zalmo7993 8 лет назад

so nostalgic, no, i won't shed a tear... ... ... aw, whom am i kidding, cried like a baby, i still fight like a cow

@dbradford259 8 лет назад

Roland sounded amazing compared to anything else!

@fake12396 7 лет назад

and it was also amazingly expensive compared to anything else

@Phenom98 4 года назад

It was also expensive AF

@timblake5844 7 лет назад

Go PC speaker! Bring back those memories! Very nice video Clint! Keep up the great work!

@LGR 14 лет назад

@ChrisJCapel Because I wanted to show direct comparisons of the songs, and flowing from one to the next may have sounded nicer or less abrupt, but it wouldn't have accomplished exactly what I wanted to do, which was direct comparison of IBM PC standard sound cards

@nintendogurkan9055 8 лет назад

Roland MT-32 FTW! :D

@StevenOBrien Год назад

This comment section seems to just be Clint talking to himself, slowly going to insane.

@gatesbillou 4 года назад

Les vidéos intéressantes sur RU-vid sont si rares que celle ci mérite bien un "Like"

@yellowblanka6058 7 лет назад

You should do more of these man, great work.

@Catishcat 8 лет назад

Дмитрий опять послал меня меня сюда... A MT-32 И ПРАВДА ЗВУЧИТ

@lukariogod6881 8 лет назад

Я тоже от Дмитрия

@lukariogod6881 8 лет назад

А мне Адлиб понравился

@MrLeo6241 8 лет назад

+Lukario God Roland рулит

@lukariogod6881 8 лет назад

+Арье А У роланда звук самый красивый.Но мне почему-то АдЛиб больше нравиться

@MrLeo6241 8 лет назад

+Lukario God просто у меня в 90-ом появилась Roland LAPC-1 и все ходили в гости ее прослушать, звук был божественным. Плюс все выводилось на аудио систему Hitachi.

@8bits59 7 лет назад

My favorite has to be the game blaster

@LGR 13 лет назад

@Zanik99 The SCC1 is based on the Sound Canvas specification (the Roland SC-55) while the MT32/LAPC-I uses Linear Arithmetic synthesis (like the Roland D-50). The SCC1 *could* emulate the MT32, however.

@astrahcat1212 10 месяцев назад

I remember the SB16 Waveblaster / AWE32! For creating midi files this was the best sounding one for sure, and low latency driver.

@Kem1kal13 8 лет назад

Dat Sound Blaster 16. UGHHHHHh such a good card for its time. I loved mine.

@AudieHolland 10 лет назад

You left out the Amiga. That machine had incredible sound quality.

@LGR 10 лет назад

Nope! This is a comparison of PC sound devices. As in, IBM PC compatibles, which the Amiga is not at all.

@AudieHolland 10 лет назад

Lazy Game Reviews Ah, you're correct. And I was quite content with my Soundblaster 8-bit because it was COMPATIBLE with everything.

@alecday3775 9 лет назад

Lazy Game Reviews Hell even today's on-board audio has improved quite a bit too. even to the point of where built in speakers aren't really a thing anymore. motherboards are coming with 7.1 surround sound hookups built in and the built in sound chips have such a good quality that you don't really need a sound card anymore. the sound setups the motherboards are coming with are as good as any modern sound card on the market. Even in O.E.M. machines come with the Realtek Audio chipset and it sounds as good as any modern sound card. only if you are a discerning audiophile you need one. But in all reality, you really don't. just a decent set of speakers like your Logitechs or my Klipsch ProMedias and you are set.

@illegalquantity 9 лет назад

+AndrewNewZealand I agree, the Amiga music was way better than PC speaker or OPL3 music. The two type of music isn't comparable in my opinion. Amiga music is module, PC music is midi (at that time FM sythesis). Both are good formats for game tune, but completely different sounding. I like both formats, but the module format is closer to my heart, because I made a lot of music on Amiga and also on PC with trackers like Protracker and Fasttracker2 :) Of course the Monkey Island music is better on PC with a good wavetable soundcard ;)

@MetallicBlade 8 лет назад

+Alec Day I agree on most of everything you say, however as far as when using headphones with built-in audio, most of the time you would be restricted in using the more power efficient headphones (lower impedance). Most boards with built-in audio simply lack the power to drive higher impedance rated headphones, as such, some dedicated sound cards come with built-in headphone amplifiers to alleviate the problem. Sure, you could just keep the built-in audio and grab a headphone amplifier on its own. But wheres the fun in that? Still... just my 2 cents.

@theresin 9 лет назад

The jump from PC speakers to a Game Blaster literally blew minds. I'll never forget listening to all my old favorites in a whole new way.

@LGR 14 лет назад

Thanks for the compliment! I don't yet post videos to any other sites, though I've seen them ripped and posted one or twice but not by me. I pretty much rely of word-of-mouth at this point and hope they get directed here

@NUBAS12345WoT 9 лет назад

Roland 88-го прекрасен

@VengefulNonsense 8 лет назад

I Kinda like the IBM PC speaker for some reason

@thescream7777 14 лет назад

Thankyou for doing this. Having been playing games on pc since the 80's, this was very nostalgic and I almost cried a little with joy at seeing some of my old sound cards.

@LGR 13 лет назад

@waytostoned The purpose of this was only to show "major steps" in IBM PC sound card history, as played through MI's theme song. I certainly wouldn't mind doing a much more involved video sometime, showing like a hundred sound cards or something :D

@term-827 8 лет назад

my favorite is still the roland mt32.

@NickoBlayde 10 лет назад

wow gameblaster sounds amazing

@theresin 10 лет назад

Oh man ... I love this so much. Keep in mind many of us didn't follow this evolution, instead we skipped ahead ... I went from IBM PC Speakers to a Game Blaster ... talk about blowing my mind at the time.

@LGR 13 лет назад

@Scrooj1 That is exactly why I chose to do it this way instead of crossfading. A direct comparison is what I was going for, and I find this method worked better when creating the video.

@klermon7 8 лет назад

кто от бачилы лукаса сюда

@vladi_g 8 лет назад

Нивапрос )) 2016 рулит!

@vladi_g 8 лет назад

Кстати, а игру то делал "лукасфилмс"

@user-cg2fz7fc8e 6 лет назад

чувак!

@sgt.vernex6378 10 лет назад

The roland from 1988 an 1992 are almost the same quality but proccest diffirently and i think the one from 1988 is better than that cd quality crap

@LGR 13 лет назад

@LaukkuTheGreit Hmm, that is quite possible, I didn't think of that... I still feel it should be included, as the GUS I feel was a major player in the sound card battles of the time.

@LGR 14 лет назад

@chinitosoccer1 Correct - A correct correction I noticed needed correcting after I was able to correct it.

@user-is3ut1wd7g 8 лет назад

hi from Russia :D

@strawberryjam3670 8 лет назад

Hi from Germany :D

@HCHittCliff 7 лет назад

Кто от Дмитрия?

@user-tb5fe2vo2o 3 года назад

@soralapio 14 лет назад

Awesome video. As someone who lived through all that (well, from the advent of the sound card onwards, but I still remember the good old PC beeper!) it's amazing to think how far we've come in such a short time.