Aztech AT6800W (AZT2320 chip) Windows Sound System issue \ VOGONS

Aztech AT6800W (AZT2320 chip) Windows Sound System issue

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First post, by AirIntake

Posted on 2022-01-24, 18:34

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I installed my AT6800W using the drivers I found here: https://www.helpjet.net/Fs-34638782-17890554-54863026.html as normal AZT2320 drivers didn't work as this card is a sound & modem combo.
The drivers installed fine in Windows 98SE, but they didn't create the AZTPNP.CFG file properly for DOS configuration, so I created my own based on the one that worked for Phil's AZT2320 based card here: https://www.philscomputerlab.com/hp-mm-pro-16v-a.html.
This got the Sound Blaster Pro support, MIDI, joystick, and modem initialized and working in DOS, however Windows Sound System doesn't work.
My AZTPNP.CFG is as follows:

1[CD Path]
2CDPATH=C:\AZAUDIO\DRIVERS
3
4[PNP]
5SDMA=0
6BYTE0=7
7BYTE1=54
8VID0=AZT3011
9
10[DEVICE_00]
11Description=AT6800W-U Gameport Joystick Device (AZT3011)
12HardwareID=\AZT3011_DEV0003\FFFFFFFF
13RealHwID=ENUM\ISAPNP\AZT3011_DEV0003\FFFFFFFF
14Class=MEDIA
15Port0=200
16
17[DEVICE_01]
18Description=AT6800W-U MPU-401 Device (AZT3011)
19HardwareID=\AZT3011_DEV0002\FFFFFFFF
20RealHwID=ENUM\ISAPNP\AZT3011_DEV0002\FFFFFFFF
21Class=MEDIA
22Port0=330
23IRQ0=9
24
25[DEVICE_02]
26Description=AT6800W-U Audio Device (AZT3011)
27HardwareID=\AZT3011_DEV0001\FFFFFFFF
28RealHwID=ENUM\ISAPNP\AZT3011_DEV0001\FFFFFFFF
29Class=MEDIA
30Port0=220
31Port1=388
32Port2=534
33IRQ0=5
34DMA0=1
35DMA1=5
36
37[DEVICE_03]
38Description=3Com Windows Modem TI
39HardwareID=\AZT3011_DEV0004\FFFFFFFF
40RealHwID=ENUM\ISAPNP\AZT3011_DEV0004\FFFFFFFF
41Class=MODEM
42Port0=0110
43IRQ0=10
44
45[Hardware Setting]
46DevNum=10
47
48[WIN PATH]
49winPath=C:\WINDOWS
50
51[END]

I've also tried initializing the card using UNISOUND as well, and it does say that WSS is initialized at 534, but still none of the games I have that support WSS work.

Any ideas?

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Reply 1 of 9, by Marco

Posted on 2022-12-30, 21:17

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Interestingly enough I have the same issue. But I only tried with unisound. I used the switch /cwss to switch to wss mode but no game works

Remark: I will try to sell the card anyway as SB sample quality is catastrophic

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Reply 2 of 9, by Gmlb256

Posted on 2022-12-30, 21:44

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I also had issues using WSS mode in DOS with an Aztech sound card that uses AZT2316 chip, the initialization is quite incomplete. One workaround was running Inertia Player 1.22 with WSS configured, after exiting everything else worked fine until I switched back to SBPro mode.

However, I don't know if this works with the sound cards containing the AZT2320 chip, but I won't be surprised if this is the case.

Marco wrote on 2022-12-30, 21:17:

Remark: I will try to sell the card anyway as SB sample quality is catastrophic

Yep, the sound quality in SBPro mode isn't the best due to not having a low-pass filter like the real thing, which is used to prevent aliasing. This is also true with many SB compatible clones.

Reply 3 of 9, by AirIntake

Posted on 2023-01-01, 00:40

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I just tried the latest UNISOUND v0.80a with the /XWSS switch and it worked with my AT6800W. Descent worked perfectly. Tyrian2K detected WSS for the first time in setup but didn't actually play any sound effects in-game.

That's good enough for me right now, I'll do more testing later.

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Reply 4 of 9, by Marco

Posted on 2023-01-01, 01:26

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I just tried with the Sierra games. But they won’t recognize the wss.

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Reply 5 of 9, by Gmlb256

Posted on 2023-01-01, 01:53

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I got best results when setting the DMA channel to 0 for WSS stuff.

Reply 6 of 9, by Marco

Posted on 2023-01-01, 08:28

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Hm. I don’t even know how to set any wss specific irqs with unisound. Just the standard sb ones. Still have to test the inertia hint though

Reply 7 of 9, by Marco

Posted on 2023-01-01, 20:00

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In Iplay resp isetup I cannot even select WSS as it isn’t listed 😒

Reply 8 of 9, by Gmlb256

Posted on 2023-01-01, 20:13

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Marco wrote on 2023-01-01, 20:00:

In Iplay resp isetup I cannot even select WSS as it isn’t listed 😒

In ISETUP, it does appear as "Windows Sound System" after selecting "Select Sound Device".

Strange if it didn't appear in your case. 😐

Reply 9 of 9, by AirIntake

Posted on 2023-01-02, 22:55

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Gmlb256 wrote on 2023-01-01, 01:53:

I got best results when setting the DMA channel to 0 for WSS stuff.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried DMA 0 and now WSS works perfectly in Tyrian 2K.

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