I just build a portable DBGL with some games and DOSBox Staging in order to demonstrate the new Sound Canvas emulation to some friends. However, I noticed I still had to add the "soundcanvas" switch to the "mididevice_staging0810" section in the Dynamic Options. I'm using latest beta, dbgl0100beta17. I'm a bit confused, because right now I can't remember if any stable version of DOSBox Staging has already included the Sound Canvas emulation. Anyway, maybe it's time to start including the option.

The Sound Canvas section on the dosbox-staging.conf file also has a few options, but I don't know if they deserve its own section on the profile editor. Here they are:

[soundcanvas] # soundcanvas_model: The Roland Sound Canvas model to use. # One or more CLAP audio plugins t […]
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[soundcanvas]
# soundcanvas_model: The Roland Sound Canvas model to use.
# One or more CLAP audio plugins that implement the supported Sound Canvas
# models must be present in the 'plugins' directory in your DOSBox installation
# or configuration directory. DOSBox searches for the requested model by
# inspecting the plugin descriptions. The lookup for the best model is
# performed in order as listed.
# auto: Pick the best available model (default).
# sc55: Pick the best available original SC-55 model.
# sc55mk2: Pick the best available SC-55mk2 model.
# <version>: Use the exact specified model version (e.g., 'sc55_121').
# Possible values: auto, sc55, sc55_121, sc55_120, sc55_110, sc55_100, sc55_200, sc55mk2, sc55mk2_100, sc55mk2_101.
#
# soundcanvas_filter: Filter for the Roland Sound Canvas audio output:
# on: Filter the output (default).
# off: Don't filter the output.
# <custom>: Custom filter definition; see 'sb_filter' for details.
#

soundcanvas_model = auto
soundcanvas_filter = on

Oh, and 've been thinking about those PC-98 self-booting HD images I talked about earlier. Made me realise there's not an option in DBGL to boot PC harddrive images either. I can see why not, because it's not something one would usually need. Anyway, if there's room in the Mounting tab and the feature is added to any of those systems (PC or PC-98), why not both?

And well, if adding this feature is out of the question, I can always write a BAT file to launch these rare games that need booting from an HD image. There aren't that many .