Ok, moby games tells me it supports Sound Blaster and also CD Audio.

D-fend reloaded should have options for the CD emulation. This should fix the CD Audio issue.

Sound Blaster is enabled by default. You could post your config file here (right click on your game profile) and we can take a look if everything is ok!

What kind of image did you do? ISO doesn't support redbook audio.

Thanks for your quick replies
The images are in bin/cue format, they surely are good as music works for AITD 1&2, and I can play the audio tracks of AITD 3 on a media player

So, here's my conf file :

1# This DOSBox configuration file was automatically created by D-Fend Reloaded.
2# Changes made to this file will NOT be transfered to D-Rend Reloaded profiles list.
3# D-Fend Reloaded will delete this file from temp directory on program close.
4
5# Config file for profile "Alone in the Dark 3"
6
7[sdl]
8fullscreen=false
9fulldouble=true
10fullresolution=1280x1024
11windowresolution=1152x864
12output=overlay
13autolock=true
14sensitivity=100
15waitonerror=true
16usescancodes=true
17priority=higher,normal
18mapperfile=C:\Documents and Settings\Wronwrondada\D-Fend Reloaded\mapper.txt
19
20[dosbox]
21machine=vesa_oldvbe
22captures=C:\Documents and Settings\Wronwrondada\D-Fend Reloaded\Capture\Alone in the Dark 3\
23memsize=32
24
25[render]
26frameskip=0
27aspect=true
28scaler=normal2x
29
30[cpu]
31core=dynamic
32cputype=auto
33cycles=fixed 3000
34cycleup=500
35cycledown=20
36
37[mixer]
38nosound=false
39rate=44100
40blocksize=2048
41prebuffer=10
42
43[midi]
44mpu401=intelligent
45mididevice=default
46midiconfig=
47
48[sblaster]
49sbtype=sb16
50sbbase=220
51irq=7
52dma=1
53hdma=5
54sbmixer=true
55oplmode=auto
56oplrate=44100
57oplemu=default
58
59[gus]
60gus=false

61gusrate=22050
62gusbase=240
63gusirq=5
64gusdma=1
65ultradir=
66
67[speaker]
68pcspeaker=true
69pcrate=44100
70tandy=auto
71tandyrate=44100
72disney=true
73
74[dos]
75xms=true
76ems=true
77umb=true
78keyboardlayout=FR
79
80[joystick]
81joysticktype=auto
82timed=true
83autofire=false
84swap34=false
85buttonwrap=false
86
87[serial]
88serial1=dummy
89serial2=dummy
90serial3=disabled
91serial4=disabled
92
93[autoexec]
94@echo off
95SET PATH=Z:\
96keyb FR 850
97mount C "C:\DOCUME~1\WRONWR~1\D-FEND~1\VIRTUA~1"
98imgmount D "F:\VIEUXJ~1\JEUXPC~1\ALONEI~1\AITD3.cue" -t cdrom
99C:
100cd\
101cd \INDARK3\
102Z:\config.com -securemode > nul
103AITD3.EXE
104exit

Coolies!

The Sound Blaster settings look fine to be honest.

However here are some other changes I suggest as "good practice". Make sure you change them through the user interface in D-Fend reloaded.

In short you should get an optimal full screen image and improved sound quality.

fullscreen=true
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=0x0
windowresolution=1152x864
output=openglnb

scaler=normal3x

cycles=fixed 6000
cycleup=500
cycledown=20

[mixer]

rate=49716
blocksize=2048
prebuffer=10

[sblaster]
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplrate=49716
oplemu=default

[speaker]
pcspeaker=true
pcrate=49716
tandy=auto
tandyrate=49716
disney=true

Thanks for the tip Mau1wurf1977, this does not magically fix my problem though 😖

Use imgmount ... -t iso or better try 😉

I know, sorry about that.

Would love to test these things, but most the games I simply don't have. If there is a demo version maybe, I can have a crack at it.

Availability of games does really tick me off sometimes. E.g. on GOG you can buy Alone in the Dark 4, but none of the other games. Often I hear people talk about an issue with a game and I want to buy it, not just to try and fix the issue, but also because it's a good game and you could have a discussion about it.

But it's really hard to get most of these games...

It's already using imgmount I think.

I understand how you feel Mau1wurf1977, I'd quite like to get a few oldies that became rare by now.

Yes you are using imgmount but you use it with the -t cdrom switch, try it with -t iso switch

they are the same.

The CD audio in AITD3 works fine for me using a BIN/CUE image. Please post the contents of your CUE file for comparison.

I don't know to change cdrom to iso within d-fend reloaded sorry.
Is it normal that the game installer didn't find any fm card ?

Here is the cue :

1FILE "AITD3.bin" BINARY
2  TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
3    INDEX 01 00:00:00
4  TRACK 02 AUDIO
5    PREGAP 00:02:00
6    INDEX 01 04:46:50
7  TRACK 03 AUDIO
8    INDEX 01 06:47:38
9  TRACK 04 AUDIO
10    INDEX 01 07:23:35
11  TRACK 05 AUDIO
12    INDEX 01 09:42:17
13  TRACK 06 AUDIO
14    INDEX 01 09:55:22
15  TRACK 07 AUDIO
16    INDEX 01 10:09:09
17  TRACK 08 AUDIO
18    INDEX 01 12:21:43
19  TRACK 09 AUDIO
20    INDEX 01 12:43:35
21  TRACK 10 AUDIO
22    INDEX 01 15:01:63
23  TRACK 11 AUDIO
24    INDEX 01 15:17:17
25  TRACK 12 AUDIO
26    INDEX 01 16:22:73
27  TRACK 13 AUDIO
28    INDEX 01 17:40:72
29  TRACK 14 AUDIO
30    INDEX 01 17:58:36
31  TRACK 15 AUDIO
32    INDEX 01 20:23:40
33  TRACK 16 AUDIO
34    INDEX 01 22:47:34
35  TRACK 17 AUDIO
36    INDEX 01 25:14:08
37  TRACK 18 AUDIO
38    INDEX 01 26:18:49
39  TRACK 19 AUDIO
40    INDEX 01 28:03:56
41  TRACK 20 AUDIO
42    INDEX 01 30:27:24
43  TRACK 21 AUDIO
44    INDEX 01 32:47:26
45  TRACK 22 AUDIO
46    INDEX 01 33:38:34
47  TRACK 23 AUDIO
48    INDEX 01 35:22:24
49  TRACK 24 AUDIO
50    INDEX 01 37:01:64
51  TRACK 25 AUDIO
52    INDEX 01 37:10:27
53  TRACK 26 AUDIO
54    INDEX 01 37:29:43
55  TRACK 27 AUDIO
56    INDEX 01 37:52:34
57  TRACK 28 AUDIO
58    INDEX 01 38:14:59
59  TRACK 29 AUDIO
60    INDEX 01 38:29:23

61  TRACK 30 AUDIO
62    INDEX 01 38:47:28
63  TRACK 31 AUDIO
64    INDEX 01 39:04:54
65  TRACK 32 AUDIO
66    INDEX 01 39:22:14
67  TRACK 33 AUDIO
68    INDEX 01 39:38:52
69  TRACK 34 AUDIO
70    INDEX 01 39:51:40
71  TRACK 35 AUDIO
72    INDEX 01 40:16:68
73  TRACK 36 AUDIO
74    INDEX 01 40:30:66
75  TRACK 37 AUDIO
76    INDEX 01 40:41:10
77  TRACK 38 AUDIO
78    INDEX 01 40:51:05
79  TRACK 39 AUDIO
80    INDEX 01 40:57:54
81  TRACK 40 AUDIO
82    INDEX 01 41:12:22
83  TRACK 41 AUDIO
84    INDEX 01 41:26:27
85  TRACK 42 AUDIO
86    INDEX 01 41:33:41
87  TRACK 43 AUDIO
88    INDEX 01 42:04:58
89  TRACK 44 AUDIO
90    INDEX 01 42:21:42
91  TRACK 45 AUDIO
92    INDEX 01 42:31:02
93  TRACK 46 AUDIO
94    INDEX 01 42:38:25
95  TRACK 47 AUDIO
96    INDEX 01 42:51:65
97  TRACK 48 AUDIO
98    INDEX 01 42:59:25
99  TRACK 49 AUDIO
100    INDEX 01 43:14:59
101  TRACK 50 AUDIO
102    INDEX 01 43:31:25
103  TRACK 51 AUDIO
104    INDEX 01 43:42:39
105  TRACK 52 AUDIO
106    INDEX 01 43:54:66
107  TRACK 53 AUDIO
108    INDEX 01 44:08:05
109  TRACK 54 AUDIO
110    INDEX 01 44:23:19
111  TRACK 55 AUDIO
112    INDEX 01 44:40:07
113  TRACK 56 AUDIO
114    INDEX 01 44:55:04
115  TRACK 57 AUDIO
116    INDEX 01 45:05:39
117  TRACK 58 AUDIO
118    INDEX 01 45:35:08
119  TRACK 59 AUDIO
120    INDEX 01 45:47:26
121  TRACK 60 AUDIO
122    INDEX 01 46:06:14
123  TRACK 61 AUDIO
124    INDEX 01 46:22:68

The cuesheet looks OK. You have the same number of audio tracks, but their indexes are about 1 minute later than those in my cuesheet, suggesting your data track is larger... *shrug* probably not important.

Don't worry about the installer saying it doesn't detect an FM card. The game doesn't support any, as you can see the dropdown list doesn't show any options. A slightly lame interface mechanic. However, make sure the "sample card" option is set to "Soundblaster (DMA)".

Try eliminating the frontend from the equation, and run the game directly using default settings in DOSBox. If you still can't get the CD audio after that, I have one more thing to try as a last resort.

Oh well I tried another rip of the cd and now everything seems to work…
I think my cd drive ain't getting any younger, it has already caused problems sometimes, or maybe the cd is scratched.

Anyway, sorry about that and thank you all for your help !

Just out of curiosity ripsaw8080, what was that last resort ?
(I have the French version by the way, which may be why the data track is larger)

I suppose that would explain the difference in track layout. The last thing I was going to suggest is using a freeware DOS program like TRKPLAY; a no-nonsense little command-line program that issues MSCDEX commands to play audio tracks. If it also failed, I would suspect a problem with the image rather than a problem with AITD3.