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In 1994, Creative Labs and E-mu Systems created the SoundFont technology for their Sound Blaster sound cards. In order to demonstrate the Sound Blaster AWE32's sound capabilities, a sample soundfont—known as 1MBGM—was created. Since then, many other sample soundbanks were created for the Sound Blaster cards, such as 8MBGMSFX. This lasted until hardware support for SoundFont was eventually dropped in Sound Blaster cards, since Creative Labs and E-mu Systems deemed the SoundFont technology outdated and in need to become a thing of the past, considering that PC sound hardware evolved so much, streamed music became mainline. But soundfonts, surprisingly, are still used to this day by soundfont enthusiasts thanks to software soundfont synthesizers.
The soundbanks created by Creative and E-mu were eventually derived many times by enthusiasts, resulting in many well-known soundfonts as A320U. Some original (= created from scratch, not derived) soundfonts borrowed samples from the Sound Blaster banks as well, like GeneralUser GS did. Given this (and the fact that the Sound Blaster soundbanks were archived on many websites), the legacy of 1MBGM, 8MBGMSFX, etc. is still living.
However, I once thought to myself: what if I reconstruct a typical Sound Blaster soundbank by only borrowing those good old recognizable Sound Blaster samples from soundfonts I know to use them? This is how Sound Blaster: Restoration Project started.
This soundfont borrows samples from six different soundfonts that use Sound Blaster samples: GeneralUser GS (S. Christian Collins), Motorola Motokey EX115 (William Borges dos Santos), 8MBGM Enhanced (holbred), A320U (Milton Paredes), Chaos V20 (unknown user), and Proteus 2 (E-mu Labs). It doesn't borrow samples from 1MBGM, 2MBGMGSMT, 4MBGMGSMT, 8MBGMSFX, and 28MBGM directly—only indirectly, through the soundfonts listed above. This archeological duty almost felt like recreating an extinct language.
Hopefully, you've found this soundfont useful!
The soundbanks created by Creative and E-mu were eventually derived many times by enthusiasts, resulting in many well-known soundfonts as A320U. Some original (= created from scratch, not derived) soundfonts borrowed samples from the Sound Blaster banks as well, like GeneralUser GS did. Given this (and the fact that the Sound Blaster soundbanks were archived on many websites), the legacy of 1MBGM, 8MBGMSFX, etc. is still living.
However, I once thought to myself: what if I reconstruct a typical Sound Blaster soundbank by only borrowing those good old recognizable Sound Blaster samples from soundfonts I know to use them? This is how Sound Blaster: Restoration Project started.
This soundfont borrows samples from six different soundfonts that use Sound Blaster samples: GeneralUser GS (S. Christian Collins), Motorola Motokey EX115 (William Borges dos Santos), 8MBGM Enhanced (holbred), A320U (Milton Paredes), Chaos V20 (unknown user), and Proteus 2 (E-mu Labs). It doesn't borrow samples from 1MBGM, 2MBGMGSMT, 4MBGMGSMT, 8MBGMSFX, and 28MBGM directly—only indirectly, through the soundfonts listed above. This archeological duty almost felt like recreating an extinct language.
Hopefully, you've found this soundfont useful!
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| Shared by | NitroShoe (formerly YG) |
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| Website | https://sites.google.com/view/nitroshoe/soundfonts/sound-blaster-restoration-project |
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