The Sound Blaster was my first sound card on my first compatible PC, and adding the Korg extension board just blew my mind. However, the sound chip is now part of a motherboard these days. So what was a cool add-on is now a commodity.
@marcelofrau8818
2 ай бұрын
I still remember having such good days with an Creative Sound Blaster 16.. then I upgraded to a Sound Blaster AWE32.. It was so nice.. not to mention those CDROM kits they were selling back then loaded with a lot of fun games. I miss this. RIP Sim Wong Hoo. those were very good old days..
@c0wg0d
8 ай бұрын
Well made video! I am still rocking an X-Fi Titanium. One of the biggest issues with Creative was always their driver support. Their software has also traditionally been pretty garbage since the Windows Vista days. I see they have a new software suite now that may be better, not really sure. I think one of the biggest changes in the PC gaming space is that everyone uses either 2 channel "studio" speakers or headphones. Nobody is setting up surround sound anymore, which is a real shame. I still use and love my Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speaker setup.
@lapean111
8 ай бұрын
I love when the nerdiness of something lines right up with the nerdiness I am looking for. Keep it up!
@JFD62780
8 ай бұрын
Funny thing; I just bought a Sound Blaster Katana V2X soundbar, for the simple reason of my current monitor, the Sony Inzone M9, having speakers weaker than the typical smartphone speakers of today! What happened to the Sound Blaster? In my case, it grew out of the PC into the Real World! :p
@Uhfgood
4 ай бұрын
Didn't know they were still around. I don't need much nowadays, since I don't tend to play games as much, and I don't have much reason for outputting to speakers any way.
@Junktown-Tech
4 ай бұрын
That’s fair. Really the only use is for audiophiles and musicians imo. I do think the interface included with the upper offerings is real clever, much more affordable than similar pro audio gear
@puffthecatpuff8931
7 ай бұрын
If it wasn't for integrated audio, our first PC with audio wouldn't have had audio. My Dad didn't want to buy an extra card.
@TonimanGalvez
7 ай бұрын
It is a shame, Sound Blaster Pro and the other FM Sound Blasters could not use the sample capability for music instruments like Megadrive does, because the use of Midi format. They needed a special format for that.
@Scalibq
Ай бұрын
They didn't use MIDI. They used FM, which doesn't use samples for instruments. Digital instruments could be done via the digital channel, but multiple instruments had to be mixed on the CPU. Games tended not to use the digital channel for music, but for sound effects. A game such as DOOM plays music on the FM chip, and mixes up to 8 sound effects at a time on the digital channel. There have been some music formats that support both FM and digital instruments at the same time. Zone 66 is probably the most wellknown game title that uses this. It was developed by the demoscene group Renaissance, who wrote their own tracker for it, and had also used it for a few demos before releasing Zone 66. kzitem.info/news/bejne/qK5uzYJrppOLkno
@TonimanGalvez
Ай бұрын
@@Scalibq yes, the use of the Sound Blaster is pretty limited and never use it's full potential in most of the games.
@Dezzasheep
8 ай бұрын
Sound blasters went to silicone heaven, along with all the calculators.
@Junktown-Tech
8 ай бұрын
Heaven has a hell of deal on Texas Instruments preloaded with DOOM
@Supernerdland
8 ай бұрын
Great job mate! Concise but detailed history here. Keep this up for sure! I remember in the day getting my first Soundblaster card and upgrading from the awful late 90s onboard audio I was working from. Forget what exact model it was but it was swank for me at the time and such an upgrade. Now I am rocking a Sound BlasterX G6 external DAC/Amp and it does lovely for its pricepoint.
@zedamex
8 ай бұрын
I remember when EAX was all the rage but then the next windows release stopped it in its tracks due to how the card interfaced as a whole. Windows own audio layer kinda broke it.
@summerlaverdure
7 ай бұрын
> "the sound of the OPL chips is so iconic, that modern clone cards are still being made to this day to properly capture the sound of the 90's " > proceeds to a clip of tracker music that takes absolutely *NO* advantage or utilization of the OPL chips ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@Junktown-Tech
7 ай бұрын
Mistakes happen I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@summerlaverdure
7 ай бұрын
@@Junktown-Tech I guess you didn't really grow up with this stuff and you're just going off your own research to get into the retro trend, it's all good 👍
@Junktown-Tech
7 ай бұрын
That’s exactly the case, I’ve gotten a few things wrong in this video. I’m thinking of getting a beta viewer list going to pre view so they can let me know if there are details I missed.
@JasperTedVidalTale
7 ай бұрын
Kings Quest's IBM PC Speaker music is NOT digitized.
@Junktown-Tech
7 ай бұрын
What is the correct term for it?
@JasperTedVidalTale
7 ай бұрын
@@Junktown-Tech Kings Quest's pc speaker music is using the Intel PIT's square-wave mode (mode 3). But there are pc speaker games that are truly digitized: 1. Superman: The Man of Steel makes Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) music on IBM PC Speaker: kzitem.info/news/bejne/ln-Hs4Chb6Jyq20 2. Grand Monster Slam makes Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) music on IBM PC Speaker: kzitem.info/news/bejne/oniQ0p6Nh5ypdIo
@Junktown-Tech
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for letting me know and for the examples. That is a huge difference. In the future I will scrutinize my sources more thoroughly.
@JasperTedVidalTale
7 ай бұрын
@@Junktown-Tech You're welcome
@Geardos1
8 ай бұрын
soundblaster live was cool, in windows 98 you could install hacked drivers to give it much of the abilities of some EMU professional audio cards, that were based on similar hardware. Gave a sweet software mixer setup with accelerated realtime effects.
@XXB4XX
8 ай бұрын
You got a new sub my dude.
@antonharmacinski276
8 ай бұрын
This was literally my childhood. Having a joystick/pad port was game changing as a kid. It was like the next level. It's so weird to me now how WADS and mouse are so popular when back when I was a kid all you wanted to do was use a joystick so it was more like the arcade experience. The evolution of tech and the way it's used and adopted over the years has been so interesting and amazing.
@Junktown-Tech
8 ай бұрын
I have never been able to use one but I yearn to play a flight /space sim with a thrustmaster. I’ve had my eye on the old Xwing and Tie Fighter games since LGR did a video on them like 10 years ago
@antonharmacinski276
8 ай бұрын
@@Junktown-Tech FTR I have the Turtle Beach Velocity 1 stick now and I should have went with the trusty Thrustmaster ;)
@Uhfgood
4 ай бұрын
I often wonder where are the joysticks today? You can get a flight stick for flight sims, but I don't need any sim-accurate device, I just need a stick with some buttons.
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