The setting in VDMSound assumes other MIDI devices are GM, so choosing "MT-32" in Launchpad will, based on this assumption, map from the game's MT-32 to the expected GM on your system.

In other words, when playing through the MT-32 emulator, please always choose "GM" in LaunchPad (no matter how counterintuitive that may be. 😀 )

V.

Reckless wrote:

Have I missed a trick somewhere along the lines?

Yes. The current Windows driver is extremely obsolete compared to the latest DosBox implementation (which is itself already obsolete according to CanadaCow). Actually it's barely useable, if at all. Just wait for the next release which is going to kick the Wallalamallajan Lhama's arse.

Thx for the replies guys!

I tried it out on my works PC (dual P3-Xeon with o/b sound) and it worked much better. Maybe my home soundcard/configuration isn't quite as healthy as I thought it was?

I'd seen that the Windows driver was out of date when compared to the DOSBox snapshot... but that didn't play too well for me!

It uses DirectSound so that doesn't make much sense...

There may also be one more thing adding itself to the quality: your home pc is not fast enough.

I ran throught the DirectX diagnostics tool (Music Tab) and tested DirectMusic through all of the listed ports. The MT32 Synth Emulator was the only device that produced the 'noise' as can be heard on my WAV download. All other devices sounded fine (as did all of the DirectSound tests).

Yes, agreed my system is aged and maybe I was hoping it would run. However the above diagnostics test was the only thing it was doing at the time and it couldn't do that which could suggest that maybe it is something else?

Just wait for the next release which is going to kick the Wallalamallajan Lhama's arse.
Yes, this weekend I am going to endeavour to have both an up-to-date Windows driver (unlikely though, given its complexity and necessary Q.A.) and a new DosBox version released. I've tracked down several bugs since my last release. The volumes are correct (the trumpet is audible in SQ3's intro now) and any aliasing artifacts have been removed. I've just being toying with it and it sounds great. The only seriously remaining bug is some amplitude decay times on some of the instruments. Once I get that squared away I'm going to post the new version!

These are great news. I hope the resolved volume problem will affect Wing Commander 1 also.

Great news canadacow, can you 'please' concentrate on the Windows driver for this release? ( I'll test it 🙄 ) After all, DOSBox has already got a better version 😜

I'm also looking forward to hear whether Leisure Suit Larry 3 has improved. It sounds great already, but I think some of the instruments are out of tune...

Michael