Thanks for the feedback. DOSBox doco says setting cycle settings too high can cause decresed audio quality. I tried several fixed cycle settings including 16000, 1600, 800, 400, and 200 then adjusted up an down from there. It made no difference. Synthsized music and graphics are both smooth at all …

Yes, I changed the DOSBox sample rates to 44100. Didn't make any difference.

I am playing KQ7 from the King's Quest Collection. KQ1 though 6 ran in DOSBOX 0.63 but KQ7 ran in a window. The firecraker speed bug prevented me from finishing the game, so I applied the DOSBOX 0.7 Upgrade Patch. KQ7 looks great in DOSBOX (much better than in windowed mode!) but now the DACBLAST. …