Kodai wrote:The hanging note bug is limited to a handful of games and only when running midi off the card with the bug. All the games that have the hanging note issues (as there are several distinct forms of it), can be run with FM instead of midi and avoid the bug altogether. It's really an issue that's blown WAY out of proportion for most retro PC gamers and has many viable workarounds.
In other words it only happens when using the cards to output General MIDI, and the built-in OPL synth is not affected?
Having just re-read the relevant page on the wiki it certainly appears to be the case. In that case I agree with you - the issue is completely and totally blown out of proportion, as most gamers will be using the built in OPL synth anyways.
One question remains - does it affect the AWE synth of AWE32 cards? That may be the only case where it might actually cause problems to a noticeable portion of the users. Yes, I know the AWE32 can also use FM, but then its principal added value to DOS games is lost.
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