a lot of the software emulations don't support many of the actual Soundblaster card types iirc, it could be emulating a really old SB which FT2 doesn't support. (even the later small Soundblaster cards which had dos sound emulation couldn't run Fasttracker anymore) I was about to say try GUSEmu32 (which was designed to run dos demos and intros that only have Gravis support) but you're running Win 3.1.
out of interest what's your BLASTER setup look like? (go to a dos window and type SET, then post whatever is on the BLASTER= line) The T variable shows which type of card it's supporting. (see here )
tbh these days the least hassle way to run FastTracker is under Dosbox on a modern machine, the soundblaster emulation is fine there. (the gravis needs some work)
edit: from the ft2 docs:
"If you use Soundblaster or Soundplayer you might want to change the mixing frequency or else your tunes will sound very bad. If your computer is a 486+ with a Soundblaster (Classic, Pro or 16) or a Soundplayer you can use interpolation to get better sound quality. To improve your soundquality you can enable the 16-bit mixing, this enhances the precision in the mixing routine but it requires more CPU time. You can also enable stereo, but then your Soundblaster Pro cannot play at more than 22050Hz. And while we’re at the frequency, the frequency table works like this: the linear frequency table makes all pitch bends to run in constant speed, independent of the current frequency. If you switch this one, on a finished song, it might sound strange if the sound uses portamentoes."
so it looks like it supports types 1 (classic?), 2 (Pro) and 6 (SB16) at least.
Last edited by 4mat (Aug 18, 2012 4:17 am)
