Gravis Ultrasound Extreme - Quest For The Ultimate DOS Sound Card Part 14 - Is it really extreme?
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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Gravis Ultrasound Extreme is very rare and very famous for its ability to work in DOS games as a Sound Blaster Pro, without the need for typical Gravis emulators. Is it actually any good?
Tracklist:
09:30 - Warcraft II - ESS
09:49 - Warcraft II - SB
10:10 - Warcraft II - GUS
10:30 - Warcraft II - GUS Pro Patches
10:56 - Time Commando - ESS
11:16 - Time Commando - SB
11:36 - Time Commando - GUS
11:56 - Time Commando - GUS Pro Patches
12:16 - Alone In The Dark - SB
13:11 - BioForge - SB
13:31 - BioForge - GUS
13:58 - Doom - E1M1 - SB
14:18 - Doom - E1M1 - GUS
14:39 - Doom - E1M1 - GUS Pro Patches
14:59 - Doom - E3M1 - SB
15:19 - Doom - E3M1 - GUS
15:39 - Doom - E3M1 - GUS Pro Patches
15:59 - Doom II - Map 01 - SB
16:19 - Doom II - Map 01 - GUS
16:39 - Doom II - Map 01 - GUS Pro Patches
16:59 - Doom II - Map 09 - SB
17:19 - Doom II - Map 09 - GUS
17:39 - Doom II - Map 09 - GUS Pro Patches
18:04 - Duke Nukem 3D - SB
18:24 - Duke Nukem 3D - GUS
18:44 - Duke Nukem 3D - GUS Pro Patches
19:04 - Duke Nukem 2 - SB
19:28 - Flashback - SB
19:48 - Gabriel Knight - SB
20:08 - Gabriel Knight - GUS
20:28 - Gabriel Knight - GUS Pro Patches
21:04 - Heroes of Might and Magic II - SB
21:24 - Heroes of Might and Magic II - ESS
21:44 - Heroes of Might and Magic II - GUS
22:04 - Heroes of Might and Magic II - GUS Pro Patches
22:24 - The Legend of Kyrandia - SB
22:48 - Lemmings - SB
23:10 - Quest for Glory IV - SB
23:34 - Quest for Glory IV - GUS
23:59 - Quest for Glory IV - GUS Pro Patches
24:24 - Rise of The Triad - SB
24:47 - Rise of The Triad - GUS
25:11 - Rise of The Triad - GUS Pro Patches
25:48 - Simon The Sorcerer - SB
26:08 - Space Quest - SB
26:39 - Space Quest V - SB
26:59 - Space Quest V - GUS
27:19 - Space Quest V - GUS Pro Patches
27:39 - Magic Carpet - SB
27:59 - The Gene Machine - ESS
28:22 - The Gene Machine - SB
28:44 - The Gene Machine - GUS
29:08 - The Gene Machine - GUS Pro Patches
29:30 - Descent - SB
29:51 - Descent - GUS
30:12 - Descent - GUS Pro Patches
30:54 - TFX - SB
31:14 - Ultima VIII - SB
31:34 - Ultima VIII - GUS
31:54 - Ultima VIII - GUS Pro Patches
32:15 - I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - ESS
32:35 - I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - SB
32:55 - I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - GUS
33:15 - I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - GUS Pro Patches
33:59 - Dune II - SB
34:32 - Dune II - GUS
34:45 - Dune II - GUS Pro Patches
I love your review style, great production, information and no bullshit. I'd love one of these cards, but at those prices, it would have to be something I find, forgotten in some old PC for sale. I never had a GUS myself, but I had a friend who did, and I was super envious until the day I managed to afford an AWE 64.
I used to own GUS PnP back in the day. It was a pain in the arse to get everything working, but it was part of the fun and the results were awesome.
28:40 completely unrelated but this song is reminiscent of the phantasy star 3 theme iirc
I went and listened to the Phantasy Star 3 main theme and the resemblance was very very very distant :)
Super flexible and sounds great in a lot of games with the GUS pro patches (normal gus mode sounds a bit weird). The electric guitar in GUS/GUS Pro sounds really weird to me, but i'm sure many people love that sound.
ESS music surprises me yet again. It adds a lot of depth and sounds great compared to Yamaha OPL.
Great vid as usual! Thanks.
ESS ESFM is great - too bad it is supported only by a few DOS games.
I was quite surprised, how good ESS sounds.
I would be pretty surprised if that card wouldn't end up as one of the worse cards after watching hightreason video. 😁
Hightreason is the kind of customer every company fears😄 But his channel is gold👍
@@pc-sound-legacy ohh I understand now, this card is so much better than the original!
great video! I love the comparison between SB mode & GUS mode.
but you forgot about Star Control II..
Damn! I knew I forgot something. I've just made a note, I shouldn't forget next time.
@@KITR-UK LOL thanks
Looks like there's shortage on ESS-chip pins on 35:36
It was just some sort of mess (probably dust) attached to the pins.
Great comparison video, what game is that from the 32:17 to 33:35 mark?
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.
The ESS's south side has crooked legs in the middle or is this a video illusion?
All of the pins were pretty much straight, so I bet it was an illusion :)
Super
Wow, Dune 2 on GUS is terrible 😳
I had 2 GUS Max back in the day, I think I played Dune 2 with MegaEM in MT32 mode and it was not good, but wow this takes the shit-cake 😁
But honestly I prefer most Dune 2 tracks on OPL even rather than a real MT-32. Seems more balanced on FM synths.
Having said that.. I'm watching through your whole DOS-soundcard quest, but the panning over the cards annoys the hell put of me. Too much zoom, and way to depth of field.
Keep it up, but try to zoom a bit less. Your content will improve by that!
Main fault of this card is not having a 26 pin wavetable connector for the MPU-401 on the ESS chip. It is understandable they didn't put that because of the GF1 + MegaEM simulating MPU-401, but we know that software emulation suck. Other than that this is a great combo card. It combines the GUS capabilities with the ESS good FM sound + pretty much perfect Sound Blaster Pro compatibility.
On the other hand it could never justify pay the prices that are asked for this card. Usually good motherboards for DOS have more than 1 ISA slot so combining a separate ESS card with a separate GF1 card or a GUS PnP will give pretty much the same setup, at a loss only of 1 ISA slot but for much less money.
Your doing a great job with your channel, keep it up.
Is it just me, or the Pro Patches sound better than everything else??
It just sounds like it combines the best of both GUS & SBPro into making the songs sound as rich and as detailed as possible..
(Too bad it replaces the electric guitar in Quest for Glory.. As the plain GUS made it sound pretty sweet.)
does the card have a microphone input?
Yes, it does.
From all variants I think I like most the "GUS Pro Patches" sounds.
good to see some new content from ya! keep it up.
I try to keep it up, but it takes so much bloody time :)
I hate Gravis Ultrasound
You are certainly not the only one :)
@@KITR-UK I like OPL3 FM
SB support leaves a lot to be desired, it's missing sounds in many games and levels or sounds incorrect to real SB's. GUS Pro Patches is the best option for sure, but isn't enough to make this card extreme.
I actually fancy how the ESS sounds, sometimes even more than Yamaha's OPL3.
is there a driver for XP for this card?
As far as I know, there are no XP drivers. I couldn't get the bloody card working under WinXP.
@@KITR-UK thanks for the answer
Win 98?
The Best!!!!
thanks for the great video!
Cheers.
Those Gus Pro Patches sound really good. This card is going to be hard to beat for the crown of ultimate DOS sound card.
You're right, but there are still so many cards to test, it may get dethroned any time :)
Agreed - I really like them. I haven't used my GUS for many years but I feel like I missed out on these at the time!