what sound card do you use in your old pc?

[Soviet Conscript]

Even if it is only for a few games, the design means it isn't a drain on system resources (ie, it's not taking up an ISA slot, or hogging an IRQ), so it's easier to justify.

I notice a lot of games have an option for "General MIDI"... is that something best done through an MT-32? Or would that sound exactly the same coming out of an AWE32?

--Zero

i wouldn't quote me on this but i beleive GM midi and roland mt-32 are two diffrent midi standards. i don't think a mt-32 can do general midi well (or at all) and you would need something like a Roland SC-55 to do general midi, though i'm pretty sure the sc-55 can emulate mt-32

here, i found this thread about this very topic here when i was trying to figure all this out. http://www.gamehourz.com/Roland-soun...ict232728.html

For a side-by-side comparison of how most of the best sound cards sound, you can check out my short video here. It compares Secret of Monkey Island themes on the sound devices it was ported to.

Evolution of PC Audio as told by Monkey Island

neat link. i still like the sound from the MT-32 best