SoundBlaster vs. PAS-Plus?

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2 total messages Started by Scott Barman Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:27

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Author: Scott Barman
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:27

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As an aging musician (who hasn't done much with it since college), I
wanted to see if I could combine music with computers.  So I went and
bought a SoundBlaster (the original, before the SB Pro came out).
I did not get much of a chance to use it because the real world kept
getting in the way of my fun.  :-(  Recently, I bought a faster machine
and the person had a PAS-Plus already installed.  Because I have an
address conflict (something is stepping all over a multi-port board that
I'm using for real work), I want to re-install everything and decide
which card I want.

I have the docs for both boards, but how can you really tell about
usability from that.  Although the PAS+ manual is much thicker than the
SB manual.  I have also collected a lot of stuff from the old
SoundBlaster mailing list but I also noticed how the PAS+ is SB
compatible.  So what I am looking for is more info on the PAS+ and the
impressions of the SoundBlaster vs. the PAS+.  I am not sure what I am
going to do with either board, yet.  I would think that I would want to
do some computer generated music, maybe composing, and other ideas that
in these modern times falls under the catagory of multi-media.

THANKS!
-- 
scott barman			| <This space intentionally left blank>
scott@asd.com			|
 (I can barely speak for myself, you expect me to speak for my employer??)

Re: SoundBlaster vs. PAS-Plus?

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Author: Matthew E. Bernold
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:19

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In article <1993Jan28.152727.29683@asd.com>, scott@asd.com (Scott Barman) says:
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>usability from that.  Although the PAS+ manual is much thicker than the
>SB manual.  I have also collected a lot of stuff from the old
>SoundBlaster mailing list but I also noticed how the PAS+ is SB
>compatible.  So what I am looking for is more info on the PAS+ and the
>impressions of the SoundBlaster vs. the PAS+.

I think that the major difference between the two is that the PAS+ is
supposedly SBPro compatible, whereas the SB isn't.

>I am not sure what I am
>going to do with either board, yet.  I would think that I would want to
>do some computer generated music, maybe composing, and other ideas that
>in these modern times falls under the catagory of multi-media.

If you are concidering some serious composing, then NEITHER of these boards
are particularly suited for the task.  You would be better off with a GUS,
a Roland board, or a Turtle Beach Multisound.  My personal choice would be
the GUS (Gravis Ultrasound), but then again, I own one, so I'm biased to
begin with... :-)  (If you haven't heard the GUS, then you probably don't
understand just how good it is for the $130 it costs.  Puts ANY FM-based
board, from the SB to the PAS-16/SB-16 to shame)

       Matthew E. Bernold             MEB117@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
         <<APOCALYPSE>>                  meb@haydn.psu.edu

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