sterereo sound on compatibles

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2 total messages Started by wma... William Magro Sun, 09 Jan 1994 09:56

#894

Author: wma... William Magro
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 1994 09:56

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I recently trotted down to Best Buy to get a sound card, and
I picked up both a Sound Blaster Pro and a MediaMagic ISP-16.
The media magic claims to be SBPRO compatible, plus it adds
44 kHz stereo 16-bit recording and playback, windows sound
system emulation, cdrom support for sony, panasonic, and mitsumi
CDs, separate line-in line-out mic-in speaker out with 8 watt amplifier
and (best of all) it was only $75.  Well all the features work
beautifully, especially the CD quality recording and playback.
_HOWEVER_, when I play games that support SBPRO stereo sound (like
doom), the sound comes out in mono.  So the question is:

Do most SB (or SBPRO) compatible sound cards get the stereo sound
effects?  I.e., should I be getting stereo with this card, or do
I need a 'real' SBPRO.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

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William Magro                                       NeXTMail welcome
wma...@uiuc.edu

Re: sterereo sound on compatibles

#895

Author: ja... Andy Scherrer
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 1994 22:40

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Soundblaster is not a stereo card. 
SB Pro, however, IS stereo. In Doom, using headphones, you can sometimes   
localize monsters, and estimate how many are behind a door, for example.

Andy

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