apocalypto
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Hi guys, I wanted to get some opinions on MAME and Donkey Kong.
In current versions of MAME the sounds are distinctly muffled. It does not sound like an authentic DK arcade machine. The older versions of MAME that used the add-on wav file samples did sound more authentic, but that's very old MAME technology and not a good solution to downgrade to those.
MAME devs swear it is accurate audio emulation to the arcade machine. I find this hard to believe. Every recording I have heard of a real cabinet has had a loud, crisp sound, not muffled at all.
Please listen to these 2 recordings for an example:
This is a recording of DK Arcade Game:
http://www.mikesarcade.com/store/prod/ddk/sounds/dkwalkjump.wav
This is a recording of DK on MAME .141 I just captured direct from my pc.
http://fuelhousedemo.com/dkong-wav
Are any of you running MAME (without samples) and it is sounding like the original arcade game? Or is yours muffled also? What version of MAME are you running?
Thanks!
In current versions of MAME the sounds are distinctly muffled. It does not sound like an authentic DK arcade machine. The older versions of MAME that used the add-on wav file samples did sound more authentic, but that's very old MAME technology and not a good solution to downgrade to those.
MAME devs swear it is accurate audio emulation to the arcade machine. I find this hard to believe. Every recording I have heard of a real cabinet has had a loud, crisp sound, not muffled at all.
Please listen to these 2 recordings for an example:
This is a recording of DK Arcade Game:
http://www.mikesarcade.com/store/prod/ddk/sounds/dkwalkjump.wav
This is a recording of DK on MAME .141 I just captured direct from my pc.
http://fuelhousedemo.com/dkong-wav
Are any of you running MAME (without samples) and it is sounding like the original arcade game? Or is yours muffled also? What version of MAME are you running?
Thanks!
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