Great video! And thanks for using my Sim City midi as demonstration :)
"This was the very first MIDI synth I ever heard!" - mine too, back in '98. Many fond memories of these sounds. Fortunately I'm still using an Audigy 2 at the moment, which includes the ECW-using "SW Synth" as standard. However, I don't plan on keeping that forever, and it's a little saddening to think that there are no other modern means of using the Ensoniq soundbanks (at least at the moment.)
I miss the ecw format. I wish they had developed it more. Guess creative didn't want to bother with ensoniq's documentation.
I used to have the SB-PCI128 sound card and used the 8mb wave set. My newer PC can't use this sound card. I emulated the card in VMware via WinXP.
If you don't want to emulate, you can use a utility to turn the ecw into a file called gm.dls and replaced it with the one in the Windows system32 folder. You get good ecw sound, but not as nice as the real thing.
Great video! And thanks for using my Sim City midi as demonstration :)
"This was the very first MIDI synth I ever heard!" - mine too, back in '98. Many fond memories of these sounds. Fortunately I'm still using an Audigy 2 at the moment, which includes the ECW-using "SW Synth" as standard. However, I don't plan on keeping that forever, and it's a little saddening to think that there are no other modern means of using the Ensoniq soundbanks (at least at the moment.)
goniochromism 1 week ago
I miss the ecw format. I wish they had developed it more. Guess creative didn't want to bother with ensoniq's documentation.
I used to have the SB-PCI128 sound card and used the 8mb wave set. My newer PC can't use this sound card. I emulated the card in VMware via WinXP.
If you don't want to emulate, you can use a utility to turn the ecw into a file called gm.dls and replaced it with the one in the Windows system32 folder. You get good ecw sound, but not as nice as the real thing.
izlude2 1 week ago
The drums in the Rayman midi sound just like the drums used in the actual song
shalpp 1 month ago
wow!!
kick ass the ESS solo1 ass
amazing sound!!
manuelink64 5 months ago
I had a motherboard with this chip. It's midi capabilities are are awseome
Zolg08 5 months ago