I'm working on a new build this week and am having a hell of a time getting my Reveal Sound FX 32 card working with Windows 3.11. For those that don't know, this is basically an ISA-based Ensoniq SoundScape S-2000 with 2MB of midi sample ROM and 3 CD-ROM interfaces. This particular rev has a tone control chip as well.

It uses wave port 534 by default (set via jumper), MIDI port 330 and IRQ 7 for the MIDI port (yes, it does require a MIDI IRQ which sux!). It also uses Sound Blaster emulation using IRQ 7 and DMA 1. Sometimes this 'emulation' works, sometimes its awful - all depends on the game.

The card uses a DOS program called SSINIT that resides in C:\SNDSCAPE directory and is called in the autoexec.bat. This program allows testing of the hardware for IRQ conflicts. Right now it's set to use:

WAVE PORT: 534
MIDI PORT: 330
MIDI IRQ: 7
SB IRQ: 5
SB DMA: 1

The hardware tests come out fine, indicating no conflicts (I disabled the LPT1 port in the BIOS which was using IRQ7). Both PCM and MIDI output work fine in DOS.

Upon entering Windows, I get a series of screens that keep barking about VSNDSCP.386 not being able to find the Ensoniq SoundScape IRQ. The odd thing is that the GM output works fine and I can play MIDIs though the bundled "Orchestrator" app. I just don't get any PCM/WAVE output.

I checked the System.ini to make sure the SSINIT values are present and correct. I've tried the Reveal SC600 drivers (bundled in two zips) as well as the Ensoniq driver executable from Vogons Drivers. I have no other cards in the system whatsoever, so I'm at a loss. I've tried pretty much all combinations of IRQs at this point - but no dice.