> FM synth on PC sound cards, IMO, sounded pretty awful. Only when used as a 'stand in' for a General MIDI sound palette. Some MS-DOS games programmed the OPL-

> FM synth on PC sound cards, IMO, sounded pretty awful. Only when used as a 'stand in' for a General MIDI sound palette. Some MS-DOS games programmed the OPL-2/3 FM chips directly, making more effective use of the synthesis capabilities. For instance the soundtrack for the MS-DOS version of the first Dune game by Cryo, which still sounds beautiful.