Re: [AD] Suggested resort of DOS midi drivers

[Javier Gonzalez <xaviergonz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm... isn't there a way to check if the MPU-401 has a wavetable attached?

> What about all those people who have an MPU-401 port, but no wavetable
> attached to it? They will hear no music at all, at least until they select
> another driver manually...
> *> Hello, right now the dos MIDI driver list is sorted this way:
> *> AWE32/EMU8K
> *> DIGIDRIVER
> *> OPL3
> *> dual OPL2
> *> OPL2
> *> MPU401
> *> SB MIDI interface
> *> No sound
> *>
> *> IMHO (and because my sb pci 128 support dual OPL2, OPL2, MPU401
> *> and sbmidi
> *> interface), this should be the order:
> *> AWE32/EMU8K
> *> MPU401
> *> DIGIDRIVER
> *> OPL3
> *> dual OPL2
> *> OPL2
> *> SB MIDI interface
> *> No sound
> *>
> *> Because the MPU401 (uses my wavetable) sounds WAY better than dual opl2
> *> (that allegro's right now uses) and even better than DIGMID
> *>
> *> so, should i make a patch to change the order? it's worth the
> *> effort to hear
> *> at least in my card midis in dos like in windows with autodetect :)