Improving Sound Quality In DOS Games On Real Hardware?

[Vishera]

I have a Realtek ALC887 sound card and use SoundFX 2000 for sound in DOS applications.

Currently this is how it sounds:

 

But i want it to sound like this:

 

[8tg]

This sound youre hearing is less the Sounblaster 16 and more the yamaha DB60XG, or NEC XR385. Theyre midi daughterboards that really effect the sound of the music.

A soundblaster 16 on its own sounds like absolute dogshit compared to higher end options of its era. 

I would be playing around with midi daughterboard emulation if thats something soundFX 2000 can do, i havent use that program myself. 

That kinda bass heavy sound:

Is mostly due to the daughterboard. The card on its own is: 

Not nearly as impressive. This is the case for a lot of these sound cards, their additions can really make or break them.

[Vishera]

17 minutes ago, 8tg said:

This sound youre hearing is less the Sounblaster 16 and more the yamaha DB60XG, or NEC XR385. Theyre midi daughterboards that really effect the sound of the music.

A soundblaster 16 on its own sounds like absolute dogshit compared to higher end options of its era. 

18 minutes ago, 8tg said:

Not nearly as impressive. This is the case for a lot of these sound cards, their additions can really make or break them.

Thanks for the info!

14 minutes ago, 8tg said:

I would be playing around with midi daughterboard emulation if thats something soundFX 2000 can do, i havent use that program myself. 

Unfortunately there is no such option:

 

[Vishera]

On 6/7/2023 at 3:53 AM, 8tg said:

This sound youre hearing is less the Sounblaster 16 and more the yamaha DB60XG, or NEC XR385. Theyre midi daughterboards that really effect the sound of the music.

So there are good news and bad news, I found the YAMAHA S-YXG50 a software MIDI device from YAMAHA which is pretty close to the DB60XG in sound,

Problem is i don't know how to make it work in games, i have seen some people on YouTube who managed to do that but there are no tutorials that i know of.

 

I just recorded the DUKE3D Garbbag MIDI file from the OP on the YAMAHA S-YXG50:

 

 

 

Not the same as the DB60XG but it's close enough.

[Vishera]

I solved the issue!, Went with VDMSound instead of SoundFX 2000 and that solved the issue!