Robbie commented in 020907 MMDigest:

>[ Not too many years ago, the built-in synth sound provided
>[ in cheap PCs was pretty bad quality, and the difference was
>[ quite noticeable when compared to the nicer piano sounds created
>[ by the Sound Blaster Live audio card (using wave table synth
>[ techniques) that was furnished with costlier PCs.

Funny you should mention this, Robbie.  On my own web page, with
several MIDI downloads of my own compositions available, I note a
warning that many PC sound cards are especially cheesy on pianos and
organs, and I encourage the user to use wavetable synthesis if
possible.

By the way, that web site is at
http://members.aol.com/knudsenmj/myhomepage/index.html

Mike Knudsen