That PC speaker really has some charm to it. Maybe I just like square waves.

@robotsnake9374

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, to me, it sounded a bit like there was a guitar playing some notes of the background.

@TankdozerCavalry

5 жыл бұрын

You're such a square, gosh~~

@MrDeeg05

4 жыл бұрын

I see why

@kidwolf0015

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, most things that come out of those speakers are downright painful... There was a ton of effort, resources, and talent put into Monkey Island's PC Speaker Theme. Keep in mind that only 1 voice was available for it (the PCjr had 3 voices for comparison). This is one of the best pieces composed with it in mind. Honestly, I wouldn't call it a fair example of the average IBM PC speaker experience. I personally love the Speaker version of Monkey Island, but almost everything else that uses them I would stay clear from.

@larsjj2794

3 жыл бұрын

Real audio has curves

Roland LAPC-1/MT-32 is my favorite. :)

@diamondburned5229

7 жыл бұрын

still it's luxury

@DJCureTunezMusic123

7 жыл бұрын

Mine too :O This quality is magnificent!

@McGuinty2

7 жыл бұрын

That's because the MT-32 is the hardware that the game was intended to use in the first place. In fact, there are some sound effects in the game that use particular features and quirks of the MT-32's engine that don't exist on later hardware which means that it only truly sounds right if you either own that hardware or emulate it with Munt.

@clayh254

6 жыл бұрын

McGuinty2 FM Synthesis is my favorite. You know, the Adlib and the Sound Blaster.

@CaptainStrannik

6 жыл бұрын

McGuinty2 I like pc speaker and SB16 AWE 32

AdLib 1987 sounds amazing...

@Schwarzorn

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the harmonies. It makes it possibly the best rendition of the song. Tho the arrangement of the CD version is pretty much just as good, but for different reasons.

@saladedemais

2 жыл бұрын

my fav too

Who else thinks the Roland still sounds better than the CD audio version? 2019 and I'm still watching this on a regular basis. Love the story of music and soundcards in computer. And the MT32 will always be king... :D

@siliconecheese697

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, the M32 has some of the best sound, but I also like adlib, something about it I like.

@Alianger

2 жыл бұрын

There's another CD version from 1992 which I think sounds better than this one. But it uses similar instruments to the MT-32 one anyway

@reanimationxp

10 ай бұрын

@@siliconecheese697 same, probably just nostalgia bc we had a sound blaster original, but same i like both equally

I love how much they were actually able to get out of a PC Speaker, when so many games the first thing I would do is turn off the sound as it usually just sounded like grinding noise

It does have its charms, to be sure! I'm partial to the Adlib version myself. Always have been.

@hanro50

4 ай бұрын

You should remaster this video. Include things missed in the original.

Hey LGR I just wanted to let you know I feel this is one of the most culturally significant things you have done, I hope your proud of it, keep up the great work.

@LGR

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stevemaherart

7 жыл бұрын

No, actually, thank you. I mean it man, I found your channel about a fortnight ago, the more I explore through things the more great computer historical stuff I find, fair play.

@whearp

7 жыл бұрын

I have to agree. I've been watching LGR for a while now, and only just found this one. What an excellent piece indeed!

@TerryLondon

Жыл бұрын

True! For the last 12 years, I have come back here from time to time just to listen to those fine bleeps and bloops of Monkey Island soundtrack turning into awesome spacious CD-quality digital audio instrument sounds.

@pozzo1979 The first CD audio version was indeed MIDI equipment captured in a studio. The final clip in the video is from the 2009 game's menu, recorded with real instruments (admittedly I could have chosen the better "Introduction" music....)

Evolution in hardware in the 80s and 90s was amazing to witness. Leaps and bounds that blew your mind over and over. Never again will it be experienced :)

@WR3ND

7 жыл бұрын

Didn't Apple just recently invent the headphone jack? lol

@yashasvalmikam9498

5 жыл бұрын

@@WR3ND You mean uninvent?

@WR3ND

5 жыл бұрын

It's secret technology, I'm sure. They're probably saving it up for a big reveal.

@dnebdal

5 жыл бұрын

@@litjellyfish Maybe it helps to group it as "allows new things" vs "incrementally improvements"? In that spirit, I guess "allows 4k gaming" is a newish change, and raytracing may end up being interesting, while going from a 980 to a 1080 only let you add a bit more of the same.

@outofrhythm9670

4 жыл бұрын

Nvidia rtx

Ten years later and I still come back to this video every so often. The Monkey Island theme is infectious in every form. Thanks Clint!

@TheTurnipKing

2 жыл бұрын

"We were stricken with a melody. A diabolical song I shall never forget. lalalalalalala lalalalalalalala"

@pdoja Most came from a site called Crossfire Designs in an article about the history of sound cards. Just google it, should be the top result

i like the sound of the Roland LAPC-1/MT-32 the most.

@andy23r

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel M agreed

@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii

8 жыл бұрын

The timbres coming out of the Roland synths were more interesting.

@AudieHolland

8 жыл бұрын

Big deal. Nobody could afford that card back then. Only professional musicians and companies could buy them. Poor students had to make do with the early Ad Lib and Soundblaster cards. For comparison: an Ad Lib was quite cheap in the early 1990s. A Sounblaster Pro 2 was not cheap but not that expensive either. But a Roland... It cost more than your entire computer.

@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii

8 жыл бұрын

AudieHolland I don't see a problem with that. That Roland card was rightfully marketed as a professional product and delivered good value. The SoundBlaster Pro cards weren't pro in any sense of the term. They offered marginally better performance than competing cards costing less.

@AudieHolland

8 жыл бұрын

Jean Kuhl-Cuomo Of course you wouldn't have had a problem if you were rich. But back in the days, most gamers were rather poor (students) who, if they could afford a Roland, would buy a car instead I guess. I loved my 8-bit Soundblaster Pro 2 so much, I kept using it untill high quality sound was standard in PCs. The deciding fact for choosing it was that it was supported by all games that I wanted to play.

Wow the Roland LAPC-1 sounds like an actual 80s music production including reverb & everything! Pretty impressive for a PC card!!

@AudieHolland

10 жыл бұрын

I've heard it was the same hardware that went into the Roland musician's keyboards.

@Roxor128

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually called the LAPC-I. That's an 'I' as in "IBM PC". There was also an LAPC-N for NEC PC-98 computers.

@Kipperlab

2 жыл бұрын

@@AudieHolland and was true! I had one and WOW...

It's amazing that this music keeps its identity through the ages and sound systems

Still one of the best LGR video!!!

@Arda-qd7cy

4 жыл бұрын

@ladawg81 Agreed.That's why I'm replying years later!

Correct! Quite a few wavetable sound cards did, to allow for higher amounts of and more complex sound samples to be loaded into it at once.

I couldn't agree more, that's one of my favorite puzzlers from the time... it's actually on the shelf behind me at the moment, along with the sequel/update to that, Mad Monk's Revenge.

Roland всегда к музыке подходил серьезно, за что ему огромное спасибо. автору спасибо за отличную нарезку разных каноничных эпох звука на PC

darn, uploaded 7 years ago, almost to the day! and i'm still loving this one. this video actually made me subscribe to LGR, all those years ago. keep up the great work, Clint!

Glad to hear this still from my SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 :)

@T3KNUG3T5

8 жыл бұрын

im using a SB Audigy 2 5.1

@Devilot91

8 жыл бұрын

***** I can't remember the whole series of soundcards, but I think your soundcard is even newer than my Live! 5.1 (that is already "modern" by itself too for W98) Anyway, you should search for DOS drivers (I have them on my original cd, but they should be aviable also on the net) then set up the IRQ.. that's the real pain part, It tooks days of hard work for me to manage to work even under real dos, all you have to do is to set an IRQ for your soundcard from the bios, then add them in your autoexec file... if you need more help just contact me and we'll see what I can do for you

@1xWertzui Yes, it's amazing how much different the real hardware can be! One of the reasons I collect hardware as I do. The GUS music is one of the Monkey Island CD-ROM editions, as far as I know, one of those which came in the early nineties. I could be wrong, the sample came from Crossfire Designs.

As far as I can tell, it was never available at retail, and was certainly not supported by Monkey Island so it wasn't even considered (along with the Covox Speech Thing and several others). But it's one awesome sound device, and incredibly rare.

Searching for one of the things I have the most nostalgic memories for - Monkey Island - brought me to your channel for the first time about 10 years ago… ever since the, both have been amongst my favorite things. Thanks for everything, Clint!

Wow, well done! Love the progression over time!

Roland is THE BEST.

@Phenom98

6 жыл бұрын

Кэтишкэт yeah but expensive AF

@abandonedaccount6878

6 жыл бұрын

i feel like the pixelated graphics don’t go together with smooth audio, so #adlib

@GuybrushThriftweed

5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree

@Redacted-mi4rm

4 жыл бұрын

thankee sai

@adenarrington7607

4 жыл бұрын

And THE MOST EXPENSIVE

I really want the full Roland LAPC-1 version, sounds so impressive for the time!!! Almost like an actual 80s music production.

@ChrisJCapel Because I wanted to show direct comparisons of the songs, and flowing from one to the next may have sounded nicer or less abrupt, but it wouldn't have accomplished exactly what I wanted to do, which was direct comparison of IBM PC standard sound cards

Is nice to hear all the evolution. Thanks for this video!!

Это просто погружение в беззаботное детство... Кто вырос в 80-90 поймет меня, как после безусловно великого zx spectruma отвисала челюсть от принца персии, х винга да и конечно же Индианы джонс с адлипом коваксом или соундбластером...

@llmntd242-offline5

8 жыл бұрын

Такая же хрень ;(

Pitty the Amiga wasn't included, Monkey Island was also made for that one.

@natashaestes154

3 жыл бұрын

Welp, I can stop watching now. That's the one we had.

@ethanmachac

3 жыл бұрын

I have found The 8-Bit Guy

@GreyfoxNL

3 жыл бұрын

The amiga version was great. .but this video is called Evolution of PC Audio ;)

@WhoLover

Ай бұрын

Well hello David!

This was the first LGR video I saw, and I've been a loyal follower ever since. Sometimes I like to just randomly come back and listen to it. It's fantastic.

@HoneycombAgent Nope. This is meant to show the main cards PC Monkey Island officially supports music for. I've never even seen a specific 18-voice OPL3 version of the song in any of the MI games, much less the rarely-used OPL4. If I wanted to include those, I could have also included any number of other formats and wavetables and whatever the crap else. This is just a selection of well-known steps in sound card history, other stuff would crowd things up. If you want those, make your own video.

Game blaster. Now that's what i call retro!

@ccr12345productions

6 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm, that's a lot of square waves.

@meanmole3212

6 жыл бұрын

Gameblaster had the most epic sound imo

@RetroPCUser

6 жыл бұрын

Quick. Someone make a modern version of the GameBlaster ISA card.

@39zack

6 жыл бұрын

Chicken Tendie don't worry, it is hip to be square 😀

@b-cone

6 жыл бұрын

Slay I know

I used to play this with PC Speaker sound. Daymnn!

@HolyKhaaaaan

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was really an option?! I always thought it was only included in SCUMM-VM for shits and giggles! I like it!

Still stands as one of the best videos on youtube... I`ll never get over this

@Scrooj1 That is exactly why I chose to do it this way instead of crossfading. A direct comparison is what I was going for, and I find this method worked better when creating the video.

Hey Clint, as this is my all time favourite video, any chance of you doing some nostalgia best game tunes of all times clip by your choices? If it catches your interest, I'd be delighted and I think many of us, humble followers :) Keep up the good work :)

I love the AdLib

@Roxor128

8 жыл бұрын

Hell, yeah. FM guitars are awesome.

You should do more of these man, great work.

@chinitosoccer1 Correct - A correct correction I noticed needed correcting after I was able to correct it.

Geez those Roland's sounded WAY better than anything else I remember at the time 0_0

Do this with Doom please! The electric guitar rock with a Gravis ultrasound! In my opinion the best cards for Doom!

@mark12358

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@cbtillery135

5 жыл бұрын

Are you crazy it sounds like the 32x version on a GUS

I love this video so much. I've watched it just to hear the variation throughout the years.

@TerryLondon

4 жыл бұрын

I was happy to discover that video when it was released. And I was lucky to find it again. More than 10 years later. It's good to see the video is by LGR. I had no idea back then. Probably he neither :D

Oh man this brings back so many memories... I still remember bringing my new AdLib card over to my friend's house and plugging it into his dad's "high end" 486 PC and playing Civilization 1. The sounds as it loaded were awesome! (despite being MIDI, until then we'd only had PC speaker beeping)

That GameBlaster had some bitchin' stereo! I'd say it was my favorite by far.

@speedyblupi

10 жыл бұрын

Stereo is only good if the music coming out is good, and with gameblasters it generally isn't.

@lazavideoz

10 жыл бұрын

speedyblupi It depends on what your style is, the gameblaster may be good to others but not you.

@HunterVS

10 жыл бұрын

Roland is best

@EvilMaxWar

10 жыл бұрын

MT-32 FTW, but I really like the GameBlaster 8 bit-ish synth sound :)

@dnebdal

10 жыл бұрын

Max War Goddamn the MT-32 must have been fantastic in its time.

The Roland cards sound impressive! Also forgot some of the creative cards had expansion slots. From chirps and farts from a small speaker to impressive audio (nostalgic either way)

This is an amazing upload! I have a great nostalgia for this music, and this is a nice presentation of its evolution. :) I grew up with the Amiga version, which had a different set of sounds as arranged for the Paula sound chip.

I keep coming back to this! One of the best videos on youtube ^^

That roland scc 1 sound like pure glory is damn great DX

Please do a review of one if not all the monkey island games love your videos

Go PC speaker! Bring back those memories! Very nice video Clint! Keep up the great work!

Merely hearing this brings back such awesome feelings. Thx Clint

If you send me all the original recordings, I'll mix them into a seamless morphing track. I'd do the recording myself, but I haven't got a Tandy and some of the old cards. ;)

@herrabanani

10 жыл бұрын

you can just convert this video into an mp3...

@AndersEngerJensen

10 жыл бұрын

Not what I had in mind. I need the files in full lenghts so I could sync them and as the song plays along, I'd seamlessly fade between versions. ;)

@Filming_Scene

4 жыл бұрын

guess you never got the files?

@cryptoAlgo

2 жыл бұрын

You could use DOSBox with sound card emulation, I've tried soundblaster and Roland mt32 emulation, its very close to actual hardware.

Adlib then, now, and forever

Great video, very good work. I've been growing up through this whole era and I love to see stuff like this. I went from pc speaker to a 'Sound Blaster 1.5', when I got that card Adlib was the well known card in the sound card business. Nobody knew what sound blaster was, when I started using the card I knew that Creative would be a major player in the industry....

@HoneycombAgent Haha, who is that, the official sound card police? I don't need to explain anything, this is just a simple video showing a sample of the major sound cards for a game. It is not meant to be a comprehensive study or an in-depth review or anything at all but a diversion...

The CD Quality is pretty damn good but it's just not the same without the recorder/flute that the SoundBlaster and MT-32 used.

Это божественная музыка с душой аудио-чипов.

@FastStyx

7 жыл бұрын

Да нет. Это не пиздец. Пиздец - это та же музыка, сыгранная на восьми флопповодах. Вот это точно пиздец.

@carl_the_

7 жыл бұрын

FastStyx Sorry to rain on your Russian parade, but English pls

@cbtillery135

5 жыл бұрын

Vodka

Awesome video. As someone who lived through all that (well, from the advent of the sound card onwards, but I still remember the good old PC beeper!) it's amazing to think how far we've come in such a short time.

Because, as you said, the original CD audio version was just a recording of a Roland MIDI version. Since I already included the original Roland versions in this video, why be redundant? Besides, the remake's version was made using real instruments, which I felt showed off the capabilities of CD quality audio more effectively.

Meanwhile, on Amiga...

@EvilMaxWar

10 жыл бұрын

4 audio channels and no evolution in over 5 years xD.

@gnoink

9 жыл бұрын

Max War There were module formats developed that, through software mixing, enabled more than 4 simultaneous voices. Take TFMX for example, used in the Turrican games. 7 voices. And wasn't there OctaMED with 8 voices? Also, I have always felt that General-MIDI sound banks offer little personality compared to sample-based music. Comparing game music between the Amiga and the PC during the pre-CD-audio-era - well there is no competition really.

@EvilMaxWar

9 жыл бұрын

gnoink True, there is not competition, The MT-32 and sound canvas owned everything.

@gnoink

9 жыл бұрын

I guess it boils down to what one thinks is most important. Character or sound quality.

@EvilMaxWar

9 жыл бұрын

TBH I think FM synthesis has the most character. Just listen to Dune sound track on Adlib or Cybersphere on OPL3. I also really like SID( although not FM ) and megadrive. I do like Amiga sound but so many games on it are lackluster.

how does someone hate this video

@Nikku4211

8 жыл бұрын

+nartin9 People have different tastes...

@yashasvalmikam9498

5 жыл бұрын

At the moment, 69 people hate this video.

Well, I know I'm spreading the word too...Pretty much all the stuff that you cover is the kind of stuff I grew up with, if not the exact things, so I'm always looking forward to more from you. Keep up the awesome work, man!

Adlib is my favorite! Great video

why am I crying a little?

@ShiNDaizer

9 жыл бұрын

Because you remembering the old good days

@RJSBrothers

6 жыл бұрын

Because we are oldfags ;-((

so nostalgic, no, i won't shed a tear... ... ... aw, whom am i kidding, cried like a baby, i still fight like a cow

@waytostoned The purpose of this was only to show "major steps" in IBM PC sound card history, as played through MI's theme song. I certainly wouldn't mind doing a much more involved video sometime, showing like a hundred sound cards or something :D

I admit, I kind of expected that as well, but I still loved your video and added it to my Favorites, so awesome job, and thank you for the upload! :) Also, absolutely best choice for music (am the biggest Monkey Island fan).

While the GUS and Roland cards add some extra effects I feel the AdLib has the fullest, most distinct and recognizable sound for vintage PC games. It had the largest impact on the PC sound scene, much that came after was incremental improvement at best with the exception of the GUS on games and demos that fully utilized it - which were few.

Ask me about LOOM

@knocks42

8 жыл бұрын

Well, what is LOOM™?

@estjaydee3000

8 жыл бұрын

Mae Cheque You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilm's™ Brian Moriarty™? Why it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface on magic... stunning, high-resolution, 3D landscapes... sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!

very nice video man ! you should post more !

Thanks for posting - excellent comparison!

Roland MT-32 FTW! :D

Roland sounded amazing compared to anything else!

@fake12396

7 жыл бұрын

and it was also amazingly expensive compared to anything else

@Phenom98

4 жыл бұрын

It was also expensive AF

Thankyou for doing this. Having been playing games on pc since the 80's, this was very nostalgic and I almost cried a little with joy at seeing some of my old sound cards.

I love it when I discover a new awesome KZread channel with tons of awesome geeky PC videos.

My favorite has to be the game blaster

Dat Sound Blaster 16. UGHHHHHh such a good card for its time. I loved mine.

@Zanik99 The SCC1 is based on the Sound Canvas specification (the Roland SC-55) while the MT32/LAPC-I uses Linear Arithmetic synthesis (like the Roland D-50). The SCC1 *could* emulate the MT32, however.

Nice video Clint!

Дмитрий опять послал меня меня сюда... A MT-32 И ПРАВДА ЗВУЧИТ

@lukariogod6881

8 жыл бұрын

Я тоже от Дмитрия

@lukariogod6881

8 жыл бұрын

А мне Адлиб понравился

@MrLeo6241

8 жыл бұрын

+Lukario God Roland рулит

@lukariogod6881

8 жыл бұрын

+Арье А У роланда звук самый красивый.Но мне почему-то АдЛиб больше нравиться

@MrLeo6241

8 жыл бұрын

+Lukario God просто у меня в 90-ом появилась Roland LAPC-1 и все ходили в гости ее прослушать, звук был божественным. Плюс все выводилось на аудио систему Hitachi.

You left out the Amiga. That machine had incredible sound quality.

@LGR

10 жыл бұрын

Nope! This is a comparison of PC sound devices. As in, IBM PC compatibles, which the Amiga is not at all.

@AudieHolland

10 жыл бұрын

Lazy Game Reviews Ah, you're correct. And I was quite content with my Soundblaster 8-bit because it was COMPATIBLE with everything.

@alecday3775

9 жыл бұрын

Lazy Game Reviews Hell even today's on-board audio has improved quite a bit too. even to the point of where built in speakers aren't really a thing anymore. motherboards are coming with 7.1 surround sound hookups built in and the built in sound chips have such a good quality that you don't really need a sound card anymore. the sound setups the motherboards are coming with are as good as any modern sound card on the market. Even in O.E.M. machines come with the Realtek Audio chipset and it sounds as good as any modern sound card. only if you are a discerning audiophile you need one. But in all reality, you really don't. just a decent set of speakers like your Logitechs or my Klipsch ProMedias and you are set.

@illegalquantity

8 жыл бұрын

+AndrewNewZealand I agree, the Amiga music was way better than PC speaker or OPL3 music. The two type of music isn't comparable in my opinion. Amiga music is module, PC music is midi (at that time FM sythesis). Both are good formats for game tune, but completely different sounding. I like both formats, but the module format is closer to my heart, because I made a lot of music on Amiga and also on PC with trackers like Protracker and Fasttracker2 :) Of course the Monkey Island music is better on PC with a good wavetable soundcard ;)

@MetallicBlade

8 жыл бұрын

+Alec Day I agree on most of everything you say, however as far as when using headphones with built-in audio, most of the time you would be restricted in using the more power efficient headphones (lower impedance). Most boards with built-in audio simply lack the power to drive higher impedance rated headphones, as such, some dedicated sound cards come with built-in headphone amplifiers to alleviate the problem. Sure, you could just keep the built-in audio and grab a headphone amplifier on its own. But wheres the fun in that? Still... just my 2 cents.

@ImoenOfTelengard If you're curious, check out my video on the Covox Speech Thing (the device the Disney Sound Source was based on). I talk about the DSS and what those parallel port devices actually did. They're pretty impressive for what they are.

Thanks for the compliment! I don't yet post videos to any other sites, though I've seen them ripped and posted one or twice but not by me. I pretty much rely of word-of-mouth at this point and hope they get directed here

Roland 88-го прекрасен

my favorite is still the roland mt32.

9 years later it's still a great video thanks :)

Honestly I loved the old ibm versions, despite how primitive they are, the beeps and bloops do have a charm.

I Kinda like the IBM PC speaker for some reason

кто от бачилы лукаса сюда

@vladi_g

8 жыл бұрын

Нивапрос )) 2016 рулит!

@vladi_g

8 жыл бұрын

Кстати, а игру то делал "лукасфилмс"

@user-cg2fz7fc8e

6 жыл бұрын

чувак!

@ReeceMixV2 They're different sound cards, each for the PC. Yes, there are other version. But this is the varying PC sound chip versions.

ive watched this video so many times, it gets better every time.

wow gameblaster sounds amazing

The roland from 1988 an 1992 are almost the same quality but proccest diffirently and i think the one from 1988 is better than that cd quality crap

so awesome! thanks for this great video!

@Novetrix Yes, it's a Yamaha FM synth chip, very much like the Genesis. I have a set of videos on the AdLib card if you'd like more info :D

hi from Russia :D

@strawberryjam3670

8 жыл бұрын

Hi from Germany :D

Кто от Дмитрия?

@user-tb5fe2vo2o

3 жыл бұрын

я

The Roland LAPC-1 is my all-time favorite. It strikes the perfect balance halfway between the purely synthesized tones of the early Adlib card and the CD-quality digitized audio used today. The IBM Music Feature Card is another interesting early sound card, although not many games could support it since it was rare and expensive.

@MrNeskio For the most part, yes. It's as close to the same musical composition as possible played through the differing sound standards. Several of them aren't exactly "MIDI" files, but they're similar in concept. And of course, the last one is a group of live musicians, not synthesized at all.