> It would need a good synthesis engine plus samples which consumes much more CPU than reproducing a MP3.
My 386 could do a decent job running DOS trackers (software synths) years before mp3’s were feasible on PC hardware (there was not enough storage, bandwidth or compute for MP3’s).
The Kosmic Free Music Foundation published a ton of music on one CD-ROM this way:
My 386 could do a decent job running DOS trackers (software synths) years before mp3’s were feasible on PC hardware (there was not enough storage, bandwidth or compute for MP3’s).
The Kosmic Free Music Foundation published a ton of music on one CD-ROM this way:
https://archive.org/details/KOSMICD1.tar