For decades I've been humming the POP.MID theme, wondering which timeless chart topper I've had stuck on my mind. Finally got my answer. Thanks for sharing!
Memories... oh good memories... I remember back the time where the music in my games sounded much better than on my whole friends' pcs :-D (i used to have a soundblaster awe64, too)
Thank you for making the MIDI files available for download. I've been looking for the SFX.mid file for years. Can you also make the SoundFont SFX.sf2 file available? I can't find it anywhere. Thanks again!
My uncle gave me his Awe64 card back in the early 2000's. I played/composer smaller midi themes back then and they sounded absolutely amazing because of it... it was always embarrassing when I used MIDI music I made in Klik&Play games I'd sat and made for fun, but when I tossed them on a floppy and went to show my friends, the music on their setup was always horrid in comparison. 😅 I wish there was a virtual MIDI device that allowed MIDI files to play with various old sound fonts, such as the Awe64 ones. The soundcard burned out many years ago, but I would love to hear my old midi's again, the way they were meant to be played... Oh wow... 5:25 I remember this so well!! It had that mid-90's Anime Opening style to it. I'd totally forgotten where it was from! Thanks! 😃
I loved the MIDI sounds on my AWE64 until I got a Sound Canvas in the late 90s. th-cam.com/video/2iwgV5s7mO4/w-d-xo.html For your MIDI files, you may try Timidity. It should be able to load the default AWE64 SoundFonts and playback your MIDIs. timidity.sourceforge.net/ files.mpoli.fi/drivers_1/SND/AWE64G/WIN95/SFBANK/ Or contact me..
I had an AWE32 with the 30 pin Simms and an AWE64 Gold with the 8MB expansion. Both of them had quality sounds and the 64 was quite a bit better than the 32. I also had the Advanced Gravis Ultrasound Max and Ensoniq Soundscape Elite. The Ensoniq sounded wonderful but the effects were canned.
These demo songs (especially Pop, Overture and Styles #2) had a huge impact on my first steps with music as a child. Does anybody know who composed / arranged these tracks? And does anybody know which software was used? I think that Voyetra Digital / MIDI Orchestrator was very popular in the 90s...
Just skimmed the AWE64 Gold Installation CD quickly and could not find author information other than for the SF2DEMO MIDI files (not included in the video): Kevin Shepherdson, Niko Boese, K.Y. Fatt, Jordan van Bergen and Bjorn Lynne. But the SF2DEMO MIDI files are different, they demo the custom sample capability of the card rather than general style/music capability. For the software, most likely something for Windows version 3 and better. Some of these MIDIs were introduced with the AWE32 card in 1994.
@@PekkaLeppaluoto Thanks for the answer! Yes, I still have the MIDI files too. Indeed, the only information available in the meta data is "Copyright (c) Creative Technology Ltd 1994". A shame that the composer was not listed there! Would really like to know who made these pieces. Many of these tracks are rather complex (for that time)... with program and tempo changes. Not sure which software was around at that time (apart from MIDI Orchestrator).
My frist card was first soundblaster, than I bought every new one. I loved them. Then I became professional and moved on to pro ASIO hardware. But my fond memories and musical beginnings come from amiga and these. The composer was a girl pianist called Professor .... I don't remember. She was creative labs' demo maker.
That transition from Funk to Shuffle at 22:40 is so fire :) Also, is it just me or does the start of Symphony.MID sound like a generic Star Wars Main Theme?!
What soundfont is that using? When I select an SF2 file in AWE32 control panel it says file format is unrecognised. I can only load SBKs and not SF2 for some reason. Any clues?
It's using the Sound Blaster AWE64 included 4GMGSMT.SF2 SoundFont. Are you using an AWE32 card? If so, I don't recall if AWE32 supports .SF2 SoundFonts, maybe at least the Win95 version of the AWE32 drivers does?
This is the "Sound Blaster AWE64 Software" running on Windows 3.1. This software is on a CDROM included with the card. Picture of the disc here: www.huuto.net/kohteet/sound-blaster-awe64--ohjekirja-seka-asennusmedia/551655691/kuvat The other apps are shown at 0:01, no other footage of them. I don't have this card anymore but do have the Gold version for which I have a MIDI video in the To Do pipeline.
@@paulanderson7796 Thanks. I still have this CD and an ISO for the Gold. I am looking for any actual accessories (box, manuals, media) for the Gold, CT4390.
@@paulanderson7796 oh thanks! Mainly I just wana see and hear what these apps are like for nostalgia : memory sake. The main thing I wana RE live is there on board real time audio effects you could add to the system , that interface and all that , I can’t remember what app it was
@@LeoInterVir Well at least it was veeeery stable... i worked almost five years with win 3.1x and i remember how shocked i was when I got windows 95 - all those error messages, blue screens... holy shit.
Do you mean the synthesis/engine, signal or TH-cam video quality? The sound engine is loaded with the included 4MB SoundFont. The signal is recorded directly from the card's lineouts with a pro-grade interface at 96/24. Just recently got the Gold version of this card and the signal there seems to be better, will post sample MIDIs with that card later.
Download these MIDI files from here: pekkaleppaluoto.com/accidental-empires/
Thank you very much!
For decades I've been humming the POP.MID theme, wondering which timeless chart topper I've had stuck on my mind. Finally got my answer. Thanks for sharing!
Glad the video helped you!
Interesting. The "Symphony" definitely sounds familiar. Creative did a wonderful job bringing us forward! 🫡
I'm listening to old Windows 3.1 MIDI files from 1993 while I work on a web app using my two year old Macbook in 2021.
Memories... oh good memories... I remember back the time where the music in my games sounded much better than on my whole friends' pcs :-D (i used to have a soundblaster awe64, too)
@5:26 OMG, I remember when I played this on my AWE32 for the first time. Good memories
Blast from the past. I remember to listening to this on my windows 95
Thank you for making the MIDI files available for download. I've been looking for the SFX.mid file for years. Can you also make the SoundFont SFX.sf2 file available? I can't find it anywhere. Thanks again!
4GMGSMT.SF2 should contain the GS SFX Drum set: github.com/wrightflyer/SF2_SoundFonts
My uncle gave me his Awe64 card back in the early 2000's. I played/composer smaller midi themes back then and they sounded absolutely amazing because of it... it was always embarrassing when I used MIDI music I made in Klik&Play games I'd sat and made for fun, but when I tossed them on a floppy and went to show my friends, the music on their setup was always horrid in comparison. 😅 I wish there was a virtual MIDI device that allowed MIDI files to play with various old sound fonts, such as the Awe64 ones.
The soundcard burned out many years ago, but I would love to hear my old midi's again, the way they were meant to be played...
Oh wow... 5:25 I remember this so well!! It had that mid-90's Anime Opening style to it. I'd totally forgotten where it was from! Thanks! 😃
I loved the MIDI sounds on my AWE64 until I got a Sound Canvas in the late 90s. th-cam.com/video/2iwgV5s7mO4/w-d-xo.html
For your MIDI files, you may try Timidity. It should be able to load the default AWE64 SoundFonts and playback your MIDIs.
timidity.sourceforge.net/
files.mpoli.fi/drivers_1/SND/AWE64G/WIN95/SFBANK/
Or contact me..
That is some fast mouse action there.
The beginning of "Symphony" sounds like the Star Wars theme, lol!
I had an AWE32 with the 30 pin Simms and an AWE64 Gold with the 8MB expansion. Both of them had quality sounds and the 64 was quite a bit better than the 32. I also had the Advanced Gravis Ultrasound Max and Ensoniq Soundscape Elite. The Ensoniq sounded wonderful but the effects were canned.
The Piano sounds great!
24:37 An extensive period of time in the past, amidst an arrangement of stars a very long, long distance from where we are currently...
th-cam.com/video/_l4i5pb0AFM/w-d-xo.html
🤣
These demo songs (especially Pop, Overture and Styles #2) had a huge impact on my first steps with music as a child. Does anybody know who composed / arranged these tracks? And does anybody know which software was used? I think that Voyetra Digital / MIDI Orchestrator was very popular in the 90s...
Just skimmed the AWE64 Gold Installation CD quickly and could not find author information other than for the SF2DEMO MIDI files (not included in the video): Kevin Shepherdson, Niko Boese, K.Y. Fatt, Jordan van Bergen and Bjorn Lynne. But the SF2DEMO MIDI files are different, they demo the custom sample capability of the card rather than general style/music capability.
For the software, most likely something for Windows version 3 and better. Some of these MIDIs were introduced with the AWE32 card in 1994.
@@PekkaLeppaluoto Thanks for the answer! Yes, I still have the MIDI files too. Indeed, the only information available in the meta data is "Copyright (c) Creative Technology Ltd 1994". A shame that the composer was not listed there! Would really like to know who made these pieces.
Many of these tracks are rather complex (for that time)... with program and tempo changes. Not sure which software was around at that time (apart from MIDI Orchestrator).
@@studioonetutorials Checkout the compositions from a competing company from the same era:
th-cam.com/video/sZLtrmNzBpo/w-d-xo.html
My frist card was first soundblaster, than I bought every new one. I loved them. Then I became professional and moved on to pro ASIO hardware. But my fond memories and musical beginnings come from amiga and these. The composer was a girl pianist called Professor .... I don't remember. She was creative labs' demo maker.
That transition from Funk to Shuffle at 22:40 is so fire :)
Also, is it just me or does the start of Symphony.MID sound like a generic Star Wars Main Theme?!
Similar "generic Star Wars" motifs found on Roland produced Demo MIDI th-cam.com/video/MBC-MA9YOH8/w-d-xo.html
Memories unlocked!!!!
Loved he turquois colour of my awe 332
um ineed to work wave blaster soundfonts blaster using sfx and gs xgm too for soundblaster 16 also
I'd forgotten how compositionally AWE-ful (hehehe) these MIDI tracks were.
They're AWE-inspiring!
I think they're AWE-some; in particular "Starman" and "Symphony".
Holy fuckin shit, bro! these tunes are rich!
5:24 😭😭
Que lindo recuerdo, mi CD de instalación lo escuchaba en mi equipo de musics
LGR
@Syed Hassaan Iqbal absolutely 😅😅
What soundfont is that using? When I select an SF2 file in AWE32 control panel it says file format is unrecognised. I can only load SBKs and not SF2 for some reason. Any clues?
It's using the Sound Blaster AWE64 included 4GMGSMT.SF2 SoundFont. Are you using an AWE32 card? If so, I don't recall if AWE32 supports .SF2 SoundFonts, maybe at least the Win95 version of the AWE32 drivers does?
Nostalgia!, alguien recomienda algun modelo de los Sound blaster usb dacs actuales que sea igual de bueno que el awe 64 o algo q se le acerque??
Lembro que os MIDs nesta placa erao uma melodia melhor que as onborad, parece que muda ate os instrumentos
entoy buscando soundfont dela sound blaster awe64 para agregar al vlc.
Hola. Prueba estos
files.mpoli.fi/drivers_1/SND/AWE64G/WIN95/SFBANK/
timidity.sourceforge.net/
(Google translate used)
@@PekkaLeppaluoto Gracias
ikinä en saannut toimimaan kunnolla, muistan että maksoi jotain tonnin mummon markkaa!
Tais olla kaikki AWE64:t Plug & Pray plus vielä AWEUTIL ei tainnu ihan kaikkien pelien kanssa toimia.
24:38 Programa Raul Gil apresenta o próximo calouro.
th-cam.com/video/_l4i5pb0AFM/w-d-xo.html
what software was this? what software package was it? there was other apps right? any footage from the other apps?
This is the "Sound Blaster AWE64 Software" running on Windows 3.1. This software is on a CDROM included with the card. Picture of the disc here: www.huuto.net/kohteet/sound-blaster-awe64--ohjekirja-seka-asennusmedia/551655691/kuvat
The other apps are shown at 0:01, no other footage of them. I don't have this card anymore but do have the Gold version for which I have a MIDI video in the To Do pipeline.
I have an ISO of the CD if that's any help to you.
@@paulanderson7796 Thanks. I still have this CD and an ISO for the Gold. I am looking for any actual accessories (box, manuals, media) for the Gold, CT4390.
@@PekkaLeppaluoto good luck in your search. Happy regards, hope you find that which you are seeking
@@paulanderson7796 oh thanks! Mainly I just wana see and hear what these apps are like for nostalgia : memory sake. The main thing I wana RE live is there on board real time audio effects you could add to the system , that interface and all that , I can’t remember what app it was
I sometimes miss Windows 3.11.
Best Windows ever.
@@LeoInterVir Well at least it was veeeery stable... i worked almost five years with win 3.1x and i remember how shocked i was when I got windows 95 - all those error messages, blue screens... holy shit.
OMG
24:37 Phim Truyện
Nice!!
But the quality should be higher than this !
Do you mean the synthesis/engine, signal or TH-cam video quality? The sound engine is loaded with the included 4MB SoundFont. The signal is recorded directly from the card's lineouts with a pro-grade interface at 96/24. Just recently got the Gold version of this card and the signal there seems to be better, will post sample MIDIs with that card later.
@@PekkaLeppaluoto The quality of the video is not high enough.
Yes, you are right. This video bitrate is very poor here.