badmojo wrote:It's not a bad card, just a known issue with SB16's MPU-401 and some games, Duke3D and Tie Fighter are some examples. Nothing you can do except lowering the sample rate.
Acer Magic S30 ISA sound card - what's with this thing?
I didn't know this was an issue. I did a lot of research before coming to the conclusion the CT2230 was my best choice. Even though it was affected by the hanging note issue, it is "type 2" and rare. But I didn't read anything about stuttering and lock ups in games.
So far, the games I know have unplayable issues are MK, MK2, and Duke Nukem 3D. The MK games don't have the ability to lower the sampling rate like I can in Duke3D.
Just read the thread...makes me sick. 🙁. The Mobo only has a single ISA slot, so the PCM card will need to be PCI.
I have a SB AudioPCI 128 I guess I can pair it up to. How do I disable all PCM functionality on the SB16? And on the flip side for the AudioPCI (disable all FM synth and MIDI)?
Also more drivers to load, 🤣... Sigh.
Although the least of my problems now, but this card is super quiet in DOS, requires me to turn up the speaker volume to max. Then when I boot into Windows, my ears get blasted because I would forget to turn down the speaker volume! The DOS mixerset.exe is set to max values for master, voice, and FM...and also in the auto exec to recall user settings. In game, the volume setting is turned up high, too.
What is a good ISA sound card that's SB compatible and have a wavetable header? Inexpensive and easy to find in eBay, clean sound (less hiss).