My first sound card took me ages to properly configure addresses and interrupts. I played Doom with MIDI audio only for a long time. It was like going on a homicidal rampage with headphones and loud music.

Yes! Doom with midi sound...I remember it well. I remember unwrapping that SoundBlaster and feeling like a king. Man I miss those days.

And of course, you'd have a different experience to someone else with different MIDI samples.