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Re: MIDI slowdown on SB16

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From: Jason G Fourier
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 06:13
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Excerpts from netnews.alt.games.descent: 2-Mar-95 MIDI slowdown on SB16
by Mark J. How...@rtd.com 
> When the MIDI tracks get complex, the music slows down. I notice this in the 
> tune that plays when you're in the menu before you start playing. This tune
> also plays on level 2(?) and it's quite disconcerting for the rhythm to slow 
> down while playing.
>  
> Anybody else observed this?

Yup.  It happens on my P90 also.  I think it happens on everyone's
system, but some (most?) people don't notice it.  It's probably a result
of not coding the music routines very well.  It would be nice if
Parallax would fix this. ;-)

-Jason Fourier
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From: Jason G Fourier <jf...@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: MIDI slowdown on SB16
Date: Mon,  6 Mar 1995 01:13:16 -0500
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