Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm playing an old game in Dosbox. The
game asks me whether my sound card is Sound Blaster or Roland.
What should I choose for best sound?  enter image description
here  Game happens to be
http://www.gamecrafters.com/gamecrafters/maddog/index.html if
you're curious.  share|improve this question Did you try the two
settings? –  Lasse V. Karlsen Nov 24 '12 at 16:47 add comment  3
Answers  up vote 6 down vote accepted  Audio quality is somewhat
subjective, although it's my opinion that the Roland MT-32
produced superior music quality. You can compare them with a
number of videos on YouTube, here's one for Space Quest 3:
Sound Blaster:  Roland MT-32:  The Roland audio is a bit better
quality, has reverb effects, actual MIDI "instruments," is in
stereo, etc.  DOSBox, however, doesn't emulate the Roland MT-32.
It only passes MIDI data to whatever MIDI devices are available
on your PC. This might be the actual Roland hardware, although
that's unlikely in this day and age. However, most mod