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adlib sound effects

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First post, by diduz76

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Hi! I always enjoy DosBox very much and I think it's one of the most useful utilities for VOGONS!
I 've ntoticed a strange issue: adlib sound effects sound weird and screeching in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, The Secret Of Monkey Island. Strange enough, ScummVM shares the same problem!
Have you any possible explanation to this?
Keep up the good work,
Dom

Reply 1 of 4, by eL_PuSHeR

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How do you know they are sounding bad? when compared to? 😕

Reply 2 of 4, by Guest

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Try to raise the samplerate up to 44.1 KHz. Adlib synthesizer effects usually make high frequency noises and, if samplerate is low (for example 22 KHz), these high frequencies are aliased and the sound becomes metallic.

In general, I find the Adlib (OPL2/OPL3) emulation excellent in DOSBox.

Reply 3 of 4, by diduz76

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I know that they sound bad, beacuse I remember them!
I played those games a lot on my old (now dead) 386.
I'll try your solutions and let you know about the results.
DosBox rules!
Ciao,
Dom

Reply 4 of 4, by diduz76

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No dice. The problem's still there. Metallic sound effects, even using 44100hz setting.
Could it be a problem related to the "adlibmode" parameter in dosbox.ini?
Ciao,
Dom