Re: New "Grand Piano" instrument bank for MIDIsynth

[treiter@comet.net (Toby Reiter)]

In article <4i2mq1$q56@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, cjredwolf@aol.com (CJ
RedWolf) wrote:

>>Thanks for the updated "Grand Piano BAnk" file.  I know I have been
>waiting
>>patiently for the updated version ever since I d/led the original.
>>All avid GS owners eventually show off the great sound qualities of the
>GS
>>to the PC users world, and delight in the knowledge that this ol dinasour
>>can beat the pants off of a "multimedia" computer in the sound dept.
>>This is only one reason that I will keep my GS forever.
>
>Whoa.. what fantasy world are you living in? Obviously you haven't heard
>any of the new "multimedia" computers that you are referring to.. The
>ensoniq chip in the GS was awesome for its time, and even many years
>afterwards.. but you just cannot compare it to the new PC cards.. its not
>even CLOSE.. you cannot compare a GS with a 64k ram sound chip on it to
>wavetable cards with 8 megs of ram on them.. 5 years ago I would agree the
>GS would beat any PC in sound, but times have changed big time. Next thing
>you will be telling me is that the Second Sight card has faster VGA than
>the latest PC video cards. :) I have a GS and a Pentium system.. the GS
>just doesn't compare anymore in sound... its still very good, but you
>cannot say it "blows the pants off" any new PC.. it just doesn't.
Unless I'm grieviously mistaken, 8 meg wavetable cars just do not come
with any old (well any new) multimedia computer.  Especially since many
moden PC's come with just 8 megs of ram anyway....

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