First post, by daikatana_
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Well, it's not exactly an issue. I'd like to ask about a weird problem I'm having, while playing MIDI files using OPL3 sound cards. I usually use Windows 98 to play back some MIDI soundtracks using different wavetable cards. Yesterday, I found out that Doom 2 (haven't tried Doom, but I reckon it's the same) sounds completely different when playing the actual game (real DOS 6.22) vs playing back MIDI files in Windows 98. First I used Sound Blaster 16, I thought there could be a problem with driver, so I tried different card and of course different drivers, namely Aztech Sound Galaxy Pro II which uses OPL3 chip as well, and they sounded identical in Windows 98, so the problem wasn't drivers or SB16 itself. Then I tried playing MIDI files using Roland SC-D70 and it sounds exactly the same as the actual game running with general MIDI driver. Then I tried many DOS MIDI players and the only one of them sounds identical to the game, MUS Player, which is designed to play specifically Doom music.
So my question is, why does Doom sound different using OPL3?
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