Sound report

Jan Willem Stumpel
2003-01-22T20:27:54Z

I applied Stas's opl1a.diff to 1.1.4.6 and I got sound out of SB
fmorgan! The sound is quite horrible (tweaking DIRECT_WRITE_FREQ
in linux_sound.h helps a bit) but this is the first time I have
heard any sound at all from this program in many years. I could
never get it to work in Windows (DOS mode) with my present sound
card. So, great.

I now also get Nazi music out of Wolfenstein 3d. But the sound is
very 'tinny', sounding almost as if it comes from a PC speaker,
and the pitch seems to be too high (must confess I have no musical
ear at all, maybe it just lacks bass sounds). Also, I can get
either music or shooting sounds, but not both.

With Duke 3d I ran the "setup" program, and selected "music card".
Both "Soundblaster" and "Adlib" did not work. Starting Duke 3d
gives the message

Sound Blaster not responding on selected port.

So I can get sound effects in Duke 3d, but still no music.

Using kernel 2.4.16 + alsa + Soundblaster PCI 128 (= Ensoniq
1371), 800 MHz Athlon.

Regards, Jan