Welcome to the Descent Network Music Article! Here you can get samples of how the Descent MIDI soundtracks sounds on various soundcards (to check what is worth buying)...
| Descent MIDI soundtracks |
Descent 2 Soundtrack (137 kB)
The D1 Shareware Soundtrack was an early version of the D1 Commercial soundtrack, it sounds different. FM-improved versions sound a bit funny under wavetable soundcards :)...
| Comparison of various sound cards |
Here we have compared some sound cards. We took the MIDI title theme of Descent 2 and recorded it as MP3 files. So here you can compare the quality of the cards for yourself to decide what card you buy next... By the way, we recommend the Terratec cards, but convince yourself... BTW, all files are about 2,5-2,8 MB, so you should use an ISDN or faster connection...
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| 0001 | Terratec Audio System EWS64 XL - Using standard 5 MB Waveset in MPU401-mode | Terratec site |
| 0002 | Terratec Maestro 32/96 - Onboard 4 MB MPU401-Wavetable (2592 kB) | Terratec site |
| 0003 | Terratec Maestro 16/96 - Onboard 1 MB MPU401-Wavetable | Terratec site |
| 0004 | Terratec Maestro 16 - Using the bundled 2 MB MPU401-Wavetable | Terratec site |
| 0005 | Roland SCD-15 - Add-on 2 MB Wavetable card (2920 kB) | Roland site |
| 0006 | Creative Labs SoundBlaster AWE64 - Using standard 4 MB Waveset in AWE-mode | CLabs site |
| 0007 | Creative Labs SoundBlaster AWE32 - Using standard 4 MB Waveset in AWE-mode | CLabs site |
| 0008 | Creative Labs SoundBlaster 32 | CLabs site |