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5. Sound

The SB code is currently in a state of flux. Some changes to the code have been made which mean that I can separate the DSP handling from the rest of the SB code, making the main case statements simpler. In the meantime, Rutger Nijlunsing has provided a method for redirecting access to the MPU-401 chip into the main OS.

5.1 Using the MPU-401 "Emulation".

The Sound driver opens "/var/run/dosemu-midi" and writes the Raw MIDI data to this. A daemon is provided which can be can be used to seletc the instruments required for use on some soundcards. It is also possible to get various instruments by redirecting '/var/run/dosemu-midi' to the relevant part of the sound driver eg:

% ln -s /dev/midi /var/run/dosemu-midi

This will send all output straight to the default midi device and use whatever instruments happen to be loaded.

5.2 The MIDI daemon

  make midid

This compiles and installs the midi daemon. The daemon currently has support for the 'ultra' driver and partial support for the 'OSS' driver (as supplied with the kernel) and for no midi system. Support for the 'ultra' driver will be compiled in automatically if available on your system.

Copy the executable './bin/midid' so that it is on your path, or somewhere you can run it easily.

Before you run DOSEmu for the first time, do the following:

  rm -f /var/run/dosemu-midi
  mknod /var/run/dosemu-midi p

Then you can use the midi daemon like this:

  ./midid < /var/run/dosemu-midi &; dos

(Assuming that you put the midid executeable in the directory you run DOSEmu from.)

5.3 Disabling the Emulation at Runtime

You can now disable the code after it is compiled in by setting the IRQ or DMA channels to invalid values (ie IRQ = 0 or > 15, or DMA = 4 or > 7) The simplest way, however, is to say 'sound_emu off' in /etc/dosemu.conf


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