Old FM MIDI Synth plays Touhou 08 (IN) MIDIs

The soundcard in this old computer has a very electronic-sounding, "8-Bit style" MIDI synth on it, which sounds really cool if you're a chip-tune fan. I show it off by playing some MIDIs from "Touhou 08: Imperishable Night" (and a couple of others) using it, through my mini hi-fi. The percussion is especially electronic-sounding. =D

As I've said in the video, I've already made MP3s of all the Imperishable Night MIDIs using this synth. You can find them here:
http://robbi-985.homeip.net:8000/hosted_audio/AncientMIDISynth.html

The soundcard is an old Creative Sound Blaster type, by the way. It's capable of having a maximum of 16 notes playing at any one time. However, there's something strange about it - if there are 16 notes starting at the same time, not all will be played. It's like it can only cope with about 4 notes starting at the exact same time. I gave a little more info about the computer at the start of the video. ;)

P.S. Don't ask me what happened at 05:55. =P

MIDIs from Touhou 06, 07 and 08 originally from here:
http://mirsoft.info/gmb/search.php?search=touhou
If you can't access that place, I'm hosting them at my site too:
http://robbi-985.homeip.net:8000/f_s_t_v2_copy/touhou

Category:

Music

Tags:

• touhou
• FM
• synthesis
• MIDI
• Imperishable
• Night
• 東方
• electronic
• Creative
• Sound
• Blaster
• computer
• chiptune
• midig

[flancakes93]

I had an old IBM with a very, VERY FM-Synth midi card, and windows 3.1. Unfortunately my dad sold it for $20 behind my back.

[SomethingUnreal]

@flancakes93 : That must have hurt...

[LubricatedBeat]

that's not 8bit, at all.

16 bit :(

[SomethingUnreal]

@LubricatedBeat : That's why I said "8-bit-style". Unfortunately, not many people will know what you're talking about if you say "FM music" compared to "8-bit music". =/

[Margatroid]

Sounds cool.

[sweetgyy]

im surprised it didn't crash

[TrilbyArts]

:O wow

[elPatrixf]

Mmmmmmhhhhhhhhh... ISA Slots...

I have an old computer with an AWE64. Can't find a better midi synth xD

[TheDJ3520]

Mouse keys...i thought i was the only one!

anyway, this comp is very comparable to my first, which still runs

[Coverguy88]

that's just fantastic :D

i'm going to look for old computer parts at dad's garage :D :D

i remember we had a 2.86 and a 3.86 somewhere :D

[TatharNuar]

Reminds me of my second computer, which I got in 1997. It had 32 megs of RAM at first, Windows 95, and an ISA sound card.

[bradthegeeknet]

Its sounds like a 16-bit adlib/soundblaster LIVE! card. They are fun to play with =3