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Out of this world - CM-32L music does not work

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First post, by Alkarion

Posted on 2005-08-09, 11:42

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I just played around with Out of this World by Interplay. Among the common soundcards it also supports the CM-32L (note: the setup option is CM-32L, not MT-32). But while the sound effects play back properly (at least some of them, some seem to be missing or weren't implemented for the CM-32L) there is no music.

Since I can hardly imagine that the game has no music in CM-32L mode as opposed to the Soundblaster mode there may be something wrong with the Dosbox MPU-401 emulation (this is only a guess). Using Midi-Ox I also verified that almost no data is (like note on or off signals) is transferred to my synth.

I tested with some of the more recent CVS builds (ykhwong, gulikoza).

Reply 1 of 7, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-08-09, 23:42

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I tried it with my MT-32 and thought that I wasn't hearing much because the game expected me to be using a CM-32L.

Have you tried running with VDMSound or anything like that?

Reply 2 of 7, by Alkarion

Posted on 2005-08-10, 08:02

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No, I haven't tried it with VDMSound. In fact I'm not using VDMSound and haven't installed it for about 2 years because Dosbox is so good and runs all my games. I'm a bit reluctant to install it right now because I had some problems with its shell extension.

Reply 3 of 7, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2005-08-10, 11:00

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Having both DOSBox and VDMSound installed at the same time it wouldn't hurt your system.

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Reply 4 of 7, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-08-10, 23:40

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I must admit that I'm in the same camp as Alkarion. I haven't used VDMSound for a couple of years and don't have much interest in doing so.

Reply 5 of 7, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2005-08-11, 08:03

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Yes I am also using VDMSound less nowadays. 😎

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Reply 6 of 7, by robertmo

Posted on 2005-09-11, 10:21

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There is nothing wrong in Dosbox MPU-401 emulation in this case.

I have just checked this game with my LAPC-I on a 386 machine. The game plays only sound effects with Roland.

HunterZ: That is why you won't hear anyting on MT-32 cause it doesn't have sound effects.

Reply 7 of 7, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-09-19, 17:34

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Ah, so there is no music at all in CM-32L mode? The music is an important part of the game's atmosphere in my opinion.

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