Trevin Beattie wrote:

> After rebooting, checking the mixer settings, and trying again, I
> discovered that it wasn't just audioplay which enabled the sound; it was
> "audioplay -v 255".  With the default volume of 128, I could actually hear
> the sound if I turned my amplifier on ALL THE WAY UP, WHICH MEANS THE SOUND
> MUST BE *VERY* FAINT IF I CAN BARELY HEAR IT ON A 100 WATT STEREO SYSTEM.
> Even with the volume setting at 255, I have to turn the stereo volume up to
> 4(/10), which is higher than it needs to be when playing MS-DOS games
> (which play at less than 3/10).
>
> It looks like Reinoud Koornstra has experienced the same problem.  Is this
> an AWE-64 specific issue, or a problem with the SoundBlaster driver in
> general?

There are three mixer controls that affect the output volume on the SB64:
inputs.dac, outputs.output, and outputs.master.  Try turning them all up,
gradually.
It's not that hard to get the volume up, just get a mixer, like xmmix, and
experiment with the controls while playing.


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        -- Lennart