[DOS] Sound distorted and slows down in Abe's Oddysee (Windows)

[Samtastic1]

I'm still having issues with getting the retail copy of Abe's Oddysee to run naturally on DosBox-X even on the fastest configuration.

I'm using the Lenovo ThinkPad preset with the SoundBlaster 16 card to remove the distortion that happen in game e,g: when Abe enters the portal using the Vibra card it distorts on the bird portal sound.

Sometimes sounds will skip or play some extra sounds! It happens at the main menu at 00:17
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pCxxXEuR1Rxe4uQgqjsyatDa7niyXQCH/view?usp=sharing

[DmytroM1998]

joncampbell123/dosbox-x#6324
If it happens in the standalone DOSBox-X, then it has to be fixed there first. What do you expect BizHawk to do?

[Mad-Matty]

The game supports both DOS and Windows so maybe the DOS version would better suit Dosbox, avoiding oddities with windows drivers. The box recommends a P166 so you don't need too go crazy with performance options. Around 120000 cycles Pentium, Dynamic should do.

[Samtastic1]

I tested the DOS version but it suffers with distortion especially when Abe enters the bird portal and background music. The Soundblaster 16 driver in Windows removes most the distortion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBMCHrmJJGo

[Mad-Matty]

Apart from the stuck sample in the first video after pressing start (googledrive) I'm not hearing distortions but thats my poor hearing. Maybe it is audio clipping that can be helped by lowing the volumes of the SB card or overall master volume in the windows (or dos) mixer settings.

You can also try gus audio support on the dos game by injecting the ultrasnd files into the hdd file.

Higher performance profiles may be triggering the mmx/p2 bug if that has any effect on the game.

[Samtastic1]

Yeah I can get the UltraSound to work in SETSOUND.