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From: ftw33616@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster and Sound Cards
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Date: 16 Sep 90 17:00:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!ftw33616    Sep 16 12:00:00 1990


I myself have a Adlib card, bought with the Personal Music system.

I like it quite a bit, & it sounds quite nice, though most of the sounds
are still metallic, though quite recognizable.  A whole truckload of games
support the adlib, in fact, every major game manufactorer sold games with
adlib support last year.

However, I bought the adlib to program in guitar music.  Though the adlib
did not have a classical guitar instrument file (sound file) I used jazz

guitar which worked quite satisfactorily.  However, the music program has
a number of flaws, though they can be worked out easily.  The format of your
music is set from the beginning.  number of beats per measure, number of divisions per beats.  Therefore, changing from 4 ticks a beat to 3 ticks a beat to
4 beats again, (quite common) can only be done by readjusting the tempo in the
middle.  It's quite annoying.  

I do have one more thing to say.  When you register, you get a registration 
bonus, a disk with some more songs on it.  When I got it it didn't work at all.
The 5 1/4" disk had errors everywhere, & not a single file was readable.
When I phoned in & told them, they mailed it to me again, and even on 3 1/2"
this time!

By the way, the sound blaster is a popular choice.  It supports digitized 
sound, & other nice things, & is 100% compatible with the adlib.  However
it does cost twice as much.

If you are loaded, you can buy the Roland MT-30, the mercedes of sound cards
but expect to pay for it.  Like 300 or so.  It supposedly sounds like you've
shoved a CD in your computer though.

					Frank