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This is the Ensoniq AudioPCI, Ensoniq's cheap yet pretty good little sound card. This particular one was an ES1373 on the motherboard of a Gateway G6-450 computer. This was the very first MIDI synth I ever heard! I still think the clarity and crispness of its samples is unmatched. Recorded in Windows 98SE and uses the standard 2MB .ecw sample set.

Make sure you set the player to 480p for the best audio quality! The recordings may sound scratchy otherwise.

In the MIDI Comparison Project, a standard playlist of nine MIDI files is used. Here is that list (click the times to jump to a specific song):

Striving (Gravis Ultrasound sample song) - 0:00
Trip Through the Grand Canyon - George Stone (Canyon.mid) - 2:53
Earthlight - from Einhander - 4:57
Beach - from Plok - 8:01
Band Land - from Rayman - 13:06
Santa Claus is Coming to Town - 14:13
Budget - from SimCity (SNES) - 17:18
September - Earth, Wind and Fire - 18:35
Mr. Roboto - Styx - 22:41