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Pen...@primenet.com (Penalty Shot) wrote:

>I'm getting my hardware ready for Quake (and Quake-like) games.  Besides 
>getting a Rendition-based 3D card in the near future, the only other weak spot 
>in my system is the Sound Blaster 16 SCSI-2 card.  I like it because it's so 
>multifunctional -- in addition to just functioning as a sound card, I hook 
>all of my MIDI keyboards to the card, and it's also my NEC SCSI CD-ROM drive 
>controller, plus my Sidewinder joystick port.
>
>But the FM sound is getting old.  I know about the old WaveBlaster 
>daughtercard, and wonder if this would be a viable upgrade.  I do have a 
>Roland MT-32, but a lot of games don't support it properly anymore.  My ISA 
>slots are pretty filled up (I have one left).  Does anyone have any 
>suggestions for upgrading?
>
>Thanks
>Mark

A friend of mine who has a Roland sound canvas (SCC-1) keeps elbowing
me to buy a better (I have a soundblaster 16 VE) sound card. He seems
to think that Roland has a sound canvas type board that will fit onto
the SB16, just like the waveblaster upgrade does. If this is true, you
may want to look for Roland's web site and see if it is available. It
would offer MUCH better midi music, and would not need to take up
another slot. It sounds like the perfect thing for your situation.