MIDI Forge Sound Blaster AWE64

Those into retro sounds will appreciate this look at a modern remake and expansion of the Creative Labs SB AWE64 Gold. Here we have multiple boards explained and demonstrated by Lazy Game Reviews, all made by Bits and Bobs. They also link to a directory of free soundfonts on Archive.org ! Included in the video are... 

• MIDI FORGE Maestro

The MIDI FORGE Maestro is built around the mt32-pi project and supports most of the features the project has to offer. You have an onboard screen, four push-buttons, and a break-out connector to connect an external screen, buttons, or a rotary encoder. 

• MIDI FORGE Rhapsody

A sleek, modernized 28MB memory expansion board for the Sound Blaster AWE64 Value and Gold models!

• MIDI FORGE Sonata
• MIDI FORGE Minuet 
• DIY 8MB AWE64 Memory Expansion Board

Here's more from the video... 

Much as I enjoy the Creative Labs SB AWE64 Gold card I use in my LGR Windows 98 PC, the memory expansion daughterboard is unobtanium. Until now! Thanks to Alex of Bits und Bolts, its 28MB RAM upgrade card is now cloned and open sourced. Let's try out the Rhapsody with a bunch of large SF2 files!

Here are the timestamps... 

00:00 MIDI Forge Rhapsody card
04:38 chocolate bar taste test
05:13 unexpanded AWE64 Gold
08:39 upgrading the sound card
09:13 28MB SF2 test
12:28 lots of goofy soundfonts

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