Maestro 32/96 should work just fine. Check the cards settings and select the same in DOOM setup.

I checked the settings again I cannot see anything wrong... any ideas?

I can check later as I have the card on my desk.

Otherwise Maestro 32/96 has also built-in wavetable synthesizer with 4MB ROM that is GM compatible. There is no need for external SC 😉

Some info here:
https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/Maestro_32/96

I did not manage to get it work with doom, and decided to go with my yamaha ymf719e based labway lwha151a00. I read this card has overall very good soundblaster compatibility.
Regarding the built in synthesizer... Yeah I know that, but nothing beats the original 😉

Did it work in other games? Did you follow: http://terratec.ultron.info/Audio/Maestro/329 … tm#Question%201:

Especially the parts concerning PnP and,TERRATEC.EXE and troubleshooting when you have no sound?

After having been away for a couple of days I am back home now and somehow this issue with the soundcard is still botherhing me. I did follow through, but I'll do it again. Maybe I have missed something. I simply want this soundcard to work 😀

Just tested the card in my Win95, P-133 machine. It works fine in DOS box and in pure DOS.

In pure DOS you have to initialize the card with TERRATEC I in c:\M32 directory (there I installed the drivers). Check the BLASTER variable for SB settings. I have default:

BLASTER=A240 I5 D1 T4

You can try to set the default settings in Terratec software. Go to Special menu and select "Reset to factory defaults". After reprogramming the EEPROM just reboot and reinitialize the card. You can check the current setting with "terratec -V".

I hope this helps a bit 😉

skel2raw wrote:

Regarding the built in synthesizer... Yeah I know that, but nothing beats the original 😉

It's a waste of Maestro 32/96 card. For "just" SB compatibility there are other card like already mentioned Yamaha series.

Obviously the Maestro 32/96 is broken, and you are not worthy of it. Please send it to me.

kixs wrote:

Just tested the card in my Win95, P-133 machine. It works fine in DOS box and in pure DOS. […]
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Just tested the card in my Win95, P-133 machine. It works fine in DOS box and in pure DOS.

In pure DOS you have to initialize the card with TERRATEC I in c:\M32 directory (there I installed the drivers). Check the BLASTER variable for SB settings. I have default:

BLASTER=A240 I5 D1 T4

You can try to set the default settings in Terratec software. Go to Special menu and select "Reset to factory defaults". After reprogramming the EEPROM just reboot and reinitialize the card. You can check the current setting with "terratec -V".

I hope this helps a bit 😉

Adding some photos:

To get full GUI for settings (like the last two photos) just run TERRATEC.EXE in the c:\M32

So I went through the guide again and did not manage to get the FX sound to work. I then decided to simply format my harddisk and installed dos + Win3.11 + drivers again. This time it worked. I guess something was messed up with my system. The music sounds really nice! The FX sound with the Maestro is - at least in my memory - a little different then to what I remember from my SB16 back in the old days.

Anyways, thank you for your help! I bookmarked the guide you linked above. I have the feeling that it might be useful one day again 😀

I just figured out that I have FX sound with DOOM 1 but not with DOOM 2. I have tried all the DOOM 2 versions I have but did not manage to get the FX sound to work. I guess for some reason this soundcard is not compatible with DOOM 2. Did you try playing DOOM 2 with it?

I don't see why it wouldn't be compatible. I already put the card away... but I can try it again over the next weekend.