darry wrote on 2020-07-05, 23:07:When you say it works with Softmpu, I assume you mean when plugged into your ESS card . […]
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Kynrek wrote on 2020-07-05, 22:06:
I have a Roland MT-32 that works flawlessly and sounds great using softMPU. When I use the MPU IPC controller card I noticed that the music sounds terrible and it seems like instruments 1 and 2 are never used. I tried changing the cables and removing my ESS audio drive card to see if it was a conflict issue but I am still Having the same issue. IRQ is set to 2 and address is set to 330 via the jumpers. Any ideas?
When you say it works with Softmpu, I assume you mean when plugged into your ESS card .
Assuming you motherboard has a Plug and Play BIOS, did you reserve IRQ9 (cascaded with IRQ2) to prevent a Plug and Play device from using it ?
Also, please provide some more system specs and the games you have tried, so we don't need to assume as much .
Thanks for responding! No I don't think I reserved IRQ 9 as well I'll give that a try, I think it may actually be used by the USB 2.0 PCI Card.
I have an AMD K6-III processor and the motherboard has an ALI Chipset. Yes with SoftMPU it works with the ESS es1868(ISA) card. Video card is a Voodoo 3 3500? AGP
I tried Monkey Island EGA (patched for roland support) and Day of the tentacle both sounded great with SoftMPU and I am pretty sure I saw the lucasarts/lucasfilm name pop up on the display for as second when using softMPU but not when using the real roland MPU-401 card.
I'll try reserving IRQ9 as well and report back.