Me to mate. love Duke. I'm close to regaining the actual experience, I've assembled two old pc's. A Pentium 166 and a Pentium II 350 with a Voodoo 2 card in it.
Me and my dad who grew up playing Duke are building a windows 95 pc to relive his memories and he sure is and I feel like I am cuz EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG in the true retro pc kinda way. It’s a intel pentium 3 & 866 MHz and 256 megs of ram and the mother board has 4 megs of built it vram and built in sound blaster 16 support so YEAH. It’s amazing even today
00:01 - Dosbox OPL Emulation (SB16, auto) 01:03 - Soundblaster 16 ASP (Yamaha OPL3) 02:06 - Soundblaster AWE64 FM (3D off, Reverb and Chorus off) 03:10 - Soundblaster AWE64 (native GM, GS needs Windows 9x and GS.SBK, 3D off) 04:12 - MS Synth (based on Roland GS without effects) 05:15 - EMU 2MB GS (bundled with many Soundblaster cards, dry) 06:18 - EMU 4MB GS (bundled with many Soundblaster cards, dry) 07:20 - EMU 8MB GS drums (bundled with many Soundblaster cards, dry) 08:22 - EMU 28MB GM (bundled with some Soundblaster cards, dry) 09:25 - Roland SC-55 (Roland SC-88 in SC-55 mode) 10:27 - Roland SC-88 (probably the native version) 11:30 - Yamaha MU80 (TG300 mode, GS emulation, very similar to DB50XG) 12:32 - Gravis Ultrasound (MAX version, unfortunately distorted for some reason...:( 13:35 - Roland MT-32 (BONUS, not officially supported, GM patched MT-32old) 1995 - Lee Jackson
+Wolfycrash Well it's certainly the one I remember when I started playing Duke Nukem 3D again in 2003/2004 and from then on. Though 0:00 is the one I mind from the 90's. :)
Yes indeed. The MT32 sounds *super* realistic compared to the Sound Canvas. Although it is older than the SC line, and they both use MIDI, the MT32 uses some different technology. The only instrument that sounds more realistic on the Sound Canvas than the MT32 is the piano. Everything else sounds more realistic on the MT32.
Yamaha MU80 11:30 wow, incredible that some people were enjoying Duke Nukem on this level while most of us were on 01:03 Soundblaster 16s (if we were lucky)
Hi, the original Yamaha MU80 tone generator was used in this video. Connected to modern PC via usb to midi cable and played trough dosbox. There are several software solutions like XG-lite but I think Yamaha stopped the support during Windows XP era. If you have some older machine you can grab the waveblaster connector compatible addon for soundcards - e.g. the NEC XG385 (which is compatible with DB50XG) on ebay.
I don't have the expansion for my AWE64 so I used the X-Fi Ti and the official Creative soundfonts. Those soundfonts shoud work with many Soundblaster cards.
When I played games on PC first time, I even did not know that it supports sound (maybe except internal PC speaker) because PCs I had access did not sound cards. After then when parents bought me my first private PC... I get it but it was with SB pro compatible card... Now in 2021 I decided build retro PC and yes I bought awe 64 and it sounds like I visit concert hall. It is beautiful
+Tamás Versitz Because the AWE64 works in the same principle as a SNES' SPC700- you provide it with samples and it manipulate the samples' pitch to produce music. The Gravis Ultrasound is supposed to work the same way, but for some reason it's glitching in this video.
Nope! Not even close! MT32 predates General MIDI, this game doesn’t support it, and so a GM patch is needed. This is *exactly* how it would sound if officially supported. I love it, it’s my favorite version of this excellent song.
I played this on an AWE 64, but I remember it frequently alternating between a more subdued music emulation, and the more 'badass' sound from 3:10 (except this excerp sounds like it's not firing on all cylinders). The 'normal' AWE sound isn't in this list. Anyone knows why Soundblasters did that? All I can think of is the discrepancy between the setup menu allowing only the selection of Soundblaster AWE 32, despite having a 64.
The Soundblaster AWE64 native GM is the one I love the most. Mainly due to my preferences of reverb. Granted I don't remember mine losing voices like that....
well I don't think emulator existed back then or did it? 00:01. 01:03 alright the Soundblaster still actually works. 02:06 there goes that soundblaster awe32/64 fm holy cow. 3:10 and there goes SoundBlaster awe32/64.
@@sfurta its alright oh by the way if you see that's lit up blue you can try to find any sound cards in exact way as I remembered I hope you remembered too. but very good comparison by the way.
Problems with certain samples I noticed in the video: AWE64: The guitars keep randomly cutting out and making choppy sound. Gravis Ultrasound: A certain synth instrument is replaced with another guitar.
Yamaha's S-YXG50 and S-YXG100 (no longer sold) can produce the same result as the MU80 and a lot of other Yamaha hardware. The final version of S-YXG50 was released for Windows XP so I don't know about getting it to work on any newer version of Windows except Windows 7 using it's XP virtual machine.
cinosxued Unfortunately, Yamaha discontinued it. :/ The only way to get it now is from warez links. Just search S-YXG50 invision in Google. I got the one from ulozto . net. Be careful, some warez links might contain malware. The file I got from ulozto is safe according to avast.
The reason is its Identical Patch set. MT-32 Standard is made very much prior to the General MIDI Mappings, and it had much more instruments in a totally different order. And of course it is driving me nuts while matching the GM Instruments with MT-32. I gave up😇
You could try to listen to the Macintosh version - they did not include a .MID, but instead an .AIFF - AIFF is like an MP3 and sounds the same across all machines, so it should sound a lot different to any of those.
The lead guitars on the MT-32 sound like NESes lol. Also, is it just me or does the 2MB EMU sound better than the other EMUs simply because it actually has a decent distorted guitar patch whereas the 4MB and upward sound like they just sampled the mediocre SC-55 dist guitar in crap quality and distorted it some more?
odd, for me, it sounds like the music is playing twice, the second instance on a slight delay, causing the audio to sound absolutely horrible... >.< my ears... ow... EDIT: nevermind, my browser just glitched on me, considering the audio still played AFTER I paused the video itself. A quick refresh fixed it.
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How did I miss this after all of these years??? ;)
oh my gosh, the man himself. nice job on both this game and rott.
Hey there Lee, love the music your did for Duke3D.
Thank you for the gift of this soundtrack!
Surprised this only had 10 Likes. Hi Lee, love this song, gets stuck in my head constantly.
Thank you for this masterpiece 😊
4:12 is the one I've always remembered hearing.
Me to mate. love Duke. I'm close to regaining the actual experience, I've assembled two old pc's. A Pentium 166 and a Pentium II 350 with a Voodoo 2 card in it.
Total nostalgia mode, eh?
My mom loves DUKE NUKEM 3D. My dad loves DOOM. help
@@cell927 i love ur parents
Me and my dad who grew up playing Duke are building a windows 95 pc to relive his memories and he sure is and I feel like I am cuz EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG in the true retro pc kinda way. It’s a intel pentium 3 & 866 MHz and 256 megs of ram and the mother board has 4 megs of built it vram and built in sound blaster 16 support so YEAH. It’s amazing even today
Ah yes, that sweet SB16 (how I remember Duke 3D when I first played).
The first time I played duke nukem it was with a 66MHz 486DX2 cpu, 16mb of ram, and a soundblaster pro 2.
Jaybee Same
Same here. SB16 ASP.
11:30 holy shit that percussion!
9:25 is my Grabbag. Hail to the King, baby!
00:01 - Dosbox OPL Emulation (SB16, auto) 01:03 - Soundblaster 16 ASP (Yamaha OPL3) 02:06 - Soundblaster AWE64 FM (3D off, Reverb and Chorus off) 03:10 - Soundblaster AWE64 (native GM, GS needs Windows 9x and GS.SBK, 3D off) 04:12 - MS Synth (based on Roland GS without effects) 05:15 - EMU 2MB GS (bundled with many Soundblaster cards, dry) 06:18 - EMU 4MB GS (bundled with many Soundblaster cards, dry) 07:20 - EMU 8MB GS drums (bundled with many Soundblaster cards, dry) 08:22 - EMU 28MB GM (bundled with some Soundblaster cards, dry) 09:25 - Roland SC-55 (Roland SC-88 in SC-55 mode) 10:27 - Roland SC-88 (probably the native version) 11:30 - Yamaha MU80 (TG300 mode, GS emulation, very similar to DB50XG) 12:32 - Gravis Ultrasound (MAX version, unfortunately distorted for some reason...:( 13:35 - Roland MT-32 (BONUS, not officially supported, GM patched MT-32old) 1995 - Lee Jackson
AWE is 3:09 not 3:10, EMU 4M is 6:17
Did you participate in the creation of this video? or do you recognize them all by ear?
@@icecold1805 it's timestamps from the video description. It just makes it easier to jump to specific versions of the song. Especially on mobile
04:12 MS Synth is the one we all remember
+Wolfycrash Not me. I remember the Yamaha MU80, Roland SC-88 and SC-55.
+Wolfycrash Well it's certainly the one I remember when I started playing Duke Nukem 3D again in 2003/2004 and from then on. Though 0:00 is the one I mind from the 90's. :)
I remember the EMU 2 MB GM midi sound font on AWE32 and OPL3.
duke nukem was made by 3d realms not ID software also its nukem
Actually, the one most people remember is the Sound Blaster 16 one. At least us who played this when it first came out.
3:55 Bells? Unexpected. "|You know the soundtrack's getting serious when they start adding things like bells.
7:01 Bells again.
the Roland MT 32 has sick horns
Yes indeed. The MT32 sounds *super* realistic compared to the Sound Canvas. Although it is older than the SC line, and they both use MIDI, the MT32 uses some different technology. The only instrument that sounds more realistic on the Sound Canvas than the MT32 is the piano. Everything else sounds more realistic on the MT32.
I love the backing in the MS Synth version during the chorus, and I love those bells in the Roland versions
Definetly the most high quality ones
OOOH GOOOD
3:10 Where’s can I buy Super Duke Mario Burnem FX 2 for Super Nuketendo?
FINALY FOUND MY CHILDHOOD - Soundblaster 16 ASP (Yamaha OPL3)
Thank you so much, also my first computer supported sb16
9:25 Megaton edition baybee
that raw harsh soundblaster 16 is the one i remember most vividly
4:12 The autentic and best one for me.
At the end of each one I keep preparing to hear “Stalker”
Good ol' Sound Blaster :D
F_A_B123 I only use Sounblaster to play this
F_A_B123 Sound Blaster 16 for life
F_A_B123 16, 32, AWE64, or AWE32
The sound blaster has a very retro sound to it but I prefer some of the other soundfonts better.
Yamaha MU80 11:30 wow, incredible that some people were enjoying Duke Nukem on this level while most of us were on 01:03 Soundblaster 16s (if we were lucky)
Thank you so much for posting this! It was so hard to find the version with the true authentic sound! Great job, man!
The Dosbox OPL emulation is how I remember it, even though I had an ISA Soundblaster, one of they foot long things.
One of the most epic opening tracks out there.
Indeed.
Sounds like an anime intro to me as well, and a better one, no cap
This music takes me back to very happy times.
Just so you all know, the track was originally written for the SC-88 which is why it sounds so natural there
Hi, the original Yamaha MU80 tone generator was used in this video. Connected to modern PC via usb to midi cable and played trough dosbox. There are several software solutions like XG-lite but I think Yamaha stopped the support during Windows XP era. If you have some older machine you can grab the waveblaster connector compatible addon for soundcards - e.g. the NEC XG385 (which is compatible with DB50XG) on ebay.
I love SB16 ASP, it sounds nice!
I wish that was the music that came in with Duke Nukem 3D on the Sega Genesis.
I don't have the expansion for my AWE64 so I used the X-Fi Ti and the official Creative soundfonts. Those soundfonts shoud work with many Soundblaster cards.
Lol love the MT-32 bonus. ;) Love that old box.
9:25 SC-55 is the best in my opinion
Pretty sure I had my SB AWE32 around this time.. so 3:10 does it for me. :) Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
Best duke nukemmmmm theme and best DN game
Soundblaster 16 with OPL3 = EPIC
The feels are too much! Thanks for this!!
My Duke Nukem 3D plays the SC-55 version. Pretty sick in my opinion. Any one agree?
I like the echo of the drums and guitars.
Gene Gustice I still like the Soundblaster 16 better
and the sc-88 is cool too
wow, the transition from 02:06 to 03:10 makes a massive difference in spite of both being AWE64
When I played games on PC first time, I even did not know that it supports sound (maybe except internal PC speaker) because PCs I had access did not sound cards. After then when parents bought me my first private PC... I get it but it was with SB pro compatible card... Now in 2021 I decided build retro PC and yes I bought awe 64 and it sounds like I visit concert hall. It is beautiful
SC55 is my favorite; it sounds 'grungier' than the SC88 or MU80.
It was what Lee Jackson originally composed the track on. Yes, I get that I'm five years late but whatever
@@asais1024 Thought he used an SC-88... at least that's what I've heard.
@@LNERMallard Really, I know ROTT was composed on SC55
03:10 is sounds like a Super Nintendo game. :D
+Tamás Versitz i would say the same. DAT GUITAR
+Tamás Versitz True, sounds very similar to Snes Doom's music
+Tamás Versitz Because the AWE64 works in the same principle as a SNES' SPC700- you provide it with samples and it manipulate the samples' pitch to produce music. The Gravis Ultrasound is supposed to work the same way, but for some reason it's glitching in this video.
In a bad way
And the SB16 sounds like Genesis with the gritty sounding instruments.
Sound Blaster, LET'S ROCK
11:29 This is epic!
I didnt know there are bells in the ending part
I wanna say that either SB16 0:01 or Soundblaster 16 ASP 1:03 is my favorite. I love the sound of the second riff.
1:03 my first PC from Polish Optimus with Yamaha OPL3-SA
12:32 this sounds like something's broken
Yes, GUS can be very speed sensitive...I replaced the overkill K-6 II CPU with Pentium 133 in my later videos and it sounded better.
I love broken stuff XD a mouse is stuck in the file O.o
OPL and OPL3 give me goosebumps. Best synth distortion guitar of all time. All the other ones sound terrible
13:35 Roland MT-32: Chiptune + MIDI...?
Nope! Not even close! MT32 predates General MIDI, this game doesn’t support it, and so a GM patch is needed. This is *exactly* how it would sound if officially supported. I love it, it’s my favorite version of this excellent song.
dosbox sounds like duke nukem's theme on floppy drives. >:)
The lead in the MS synth one kind of does as well.
um that will be in brazil.
Like this 😄😉 ua-cam.com/video/XazFCsBUL78/v-deo.html
Doom and Duke Nukem, my childhood favorite
12:32
The distortion can be fixed if you remove all noises above a frequency.
12:32 sounds like DOOM.
MADGUY102 it is the same guy who made the music for both games.
Roland has WON!
The SC-88 is honestly my fav version out of all them, it sounds very Metal and headbanging
I dig FM Synthesis so 1:03 and 2:10 are music to my ears. IIRC I had one of those sound blaster cards at the time.
My favorite version is at,3:10, it's some really crisp instruments and I like it
I played this on an AWE 64, but I remember it frequently alternating between a more subdued music emulation, and the more 'badass' sound from 3:10 (except this excerp sounds like it's not firing on all cylinders). The 'normal' AWE sound isn't in this list. Anyone knows why Soundblasters did that? All I can think of is the discrepancy between the setup menu allowing only the selection of Soundblaster AWE 32, despite having a 64.
Excellent people create excellent videos. Thank you.
so. many. memories.
The Soundblaster AWE64 native GM is the one I love the most. Mainly due to my preferences of reverb. Granted I don't remember mine losing voices like that....
well I don't think emulator existed back then or did it? 00:01. 01:03 alright the Soundblaster still actually works. 02:06 there goes that soundblaster awe32/64 fm holy cow. 3:10 and there goes SoundBlaster awe32/64.
04:12 ms synth that windows 2000 used come get some.
J Frye dosbox for reference only, sorry a bit tipsy now :P
@@sfurta its alright oh by the way if you see that's lit up blue you can try to find any sound cards in exact way as I remembered I hope you remembered too. but very good comparison by the way.
Problems with certain samples I noticed in the video:
AWE64: The guitars keep randomly cutting out and making choppy sound.
Gravis Ultrasound: A certain synth instrument is replaced with another guitar.
SB16, that's the one I loved!
thats alot of soundblasters cards. amazing.
Yamaha's S-YXG50 and S-YXG100 (no longer sold) can produce the same result as the MU80 and a lot of other Yamaha hardware. The final version of S-YXG50 was released for Windows XP so I don't know about getting it to work on any newer version of Windows except Windows 7 using it's XP virtual machine.
There's a VST version of S-YXG50 that can be used with mudlord's VST MIDI driver on newer systems. It works pretty well on my Windows 7 64-bit.
Where?
cinosxued Unfortunately, Yamaha discontinued it. :/ The only way to get it now is from warez links. Just search S-YXG50 invision in Google. I got the one from ulozto . net. Be careful, some warez links might contain malware. The file I got from ulozto is safe according to avast.
Thanks.
1:30 is the one I remember the absolute most.
4:12 what a crossover.
Nice comparison.
Roland MT-32, its the weirdest of all
Sounds like a blend of NES music and midi.
The reason is its Identical Patch set. MT-32 Standard is made very much prior to the General MIDI Mappings, and it had much more instruments in a totally different order. And of course it is driving me nuts while matching the GM Instruments with MT-32. I gave up😇
You could try to listen to the Macintosh version - they did not include a .MID, but instead an .AIFF - AIFF is like an MP3 and sounds the same across all machines, so it should sound a lot different to any of those.
00:01
01:03
02:06
03:10
04:12
05:15
06:18
07:20
08:22
09:25
10:27
11:30
12:32
13:35
3:09 4:12 11:29 12:32 13:34
All of them are my fav types
Well, I love the MS Synth which is the one I've always heard, but I must admit Roland SC-55 it's great
The lead guitars on the MT-32 sound like NESes lol.
Also, is it just me or does the 2MB EMU sound better than the other EMUs simply because it actually has a decent distorted guitar patch whereas the 4MB and upward sound like they just sampled the mediocre SC-55 dist guitar in crap quality and distorted it some more?
Woah. Roland SC-88 sounds impressive - where can I get one of these?
Roland SC-55 is the best hands down!
Not sure about that the SC-88 sounds pretty freaking good, but thats just me.
Clovis senpai Fair enough.
In my opinion I disagree. i think the SC88's guitars sound much richer.
I feel that the drums on the Roland SC-55 are more crisp
Roland MT-32 is my favorite but the Roland SC-55 is better.
I think the AWE64 - native GM version sounds like a SNES also, the main distorted guitar sound sounds almost identical to some snes games!
Man!! Nothing beats the sound of a Gravis Ultrasound in my opinion :)
(Keep your Soundblasters I'll happily go with the Gravis)
Just like DooM.
Yeah!
Roland SC-55 is the king, so hail to the king, baby!
I am greatful for the fact that we don't still have to use OPL anymore! :D
Soundblaster AWE64 is the best, what a great sound for midis.
+alandunaway3000 Sounds like dogcrap to me. Worst one of the lot.
+Yarfy Fox At least Soundblaster AWE64 has drums. I had a Soundblaster, it was way better than the Realtek "HD" Audio.
alandunaway3000 Realtek is retarded.
Yeah, I have a Realtek, and hate it. Such a crap audio card.
+Yarfy Fox midi format was retarded. Good it is past now.
Roland's bells are so fitting. Like a church bell tolling for the alien bastards that shot up his ride.
How is this nostalgic to me even though I wasn't born in this time?
12:32 and 3:10 if duke nukem 3d was on the snes
soundcards are a hell of a drug
Could you record every Duke3D midi using SC-88 _please_? :)
Done.
Thank you VERY MUCH! :)
Soundblaster 16! Eternal!
This ost is amazing, i don't care about the sound motor, this music is fucking incredible and I only can say: Hail to the king bitches.
Oh fuck yes. Music of my people
In any version -- this track tells, what it's time to kick ass and some bubble-gum
(and -- unfortunately -- you're outta gum!)
13:34
9:25 sc-55 is my favorite
It sounds so good with the ms synth
The one I heard was at 1:03 SB16 FTW
MS Synth is the lofi, 'punk rock' of wavetable midi
odd, for me, it sounds like the music is playing twice, the second instance on a slight delay, causing the audio to sound absolutely horrible... >.< my ears... ow... EDIT: nevermind, my browser just glitched on me, considering the audio still played AFTER I paused the video itself. A quick refresh fixed it.
I got the classic version of duke nukem 3D on windows 10
09:25 current Gearbox re-release
SC-55 has the least compromise, though instrument volume clearly needs tweaking.
very cool this
I like the Soundblaster 16
PS1 and N64 FTW
9:25 That's the first time i played with that
3:09