Sound Blaster Live! SB0100 - Surely it's not this bad!?? \ VOGONS

Sound Blaster Live! SB0100 - Surely it's not this bad!??

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First post, by Crinale0

Posted on 2024-09-11, 10:51

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I'm trying to get my Sound Blaster Live! (SB0100 model) to play nicely with windows 98 / DOS and it works fine in win9x games but when i use anything DOS related (Duke3d / Epic Pinball) the sound is crackly and some times slows down!? Surely SB16 emulation isn't that bad on these cards? Also i cannot get midi to work at all.

Am i missing something? As it sounds awful!

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Reply 1 of 2, by TheMLGladiator

Posted on 2024-09-11, 15:03

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It is that bad unfortunately, I've usually had luck setting games to use GeneralMIDI for music which helps avoid slowdowns in Rise of the Triad. Duke3d has a bug on non-ISA sound cards where it will crash without a patch, found here: http://www.advsys.net/ken/build.htm . Could you share what resources the SB emulation driver is using in device manager?

Reply 2 of 2, by bertrammatrix

Posted on 2024-09-11, 15:23

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I've never had much luck using SB live cards for anything dos related. Always disappointment somewhere along the line. If you absolutely have to use a PCI card there are better options. If your mobo has a "sb link" connector then a card that can use it is the way to go for dos compatibility

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