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by **S.P.Dru** » Fri, 18 Nov 1994 00:53:45

I'm having a bit of trouble with the sound in ICR. I use
an Orchid Gamewave, so I can have Soundblaster for the effects
and GM for the music. The music sounds fine, but in a race,
the sound is really weedy, particularly the engine sound,
which is really high pitched, it sounds awful. Someone replied
to a message I posted in the flight sim group (thanks for
answering), suggesting I choose SB for the music as well, 'cos
I was getting some GM notes being used in the race. I tried
this (and a couple of other combinations too), but it didn't
seem to make any difference.
It could be that I'm getting GM sounds coming through
because my card supports both standards, though I can't see
this being very likely.
If anyone else has experienced this problem before, or
knows if there is a patch to fix it, could they drop me a
line, as I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks,
Scott.

by **Greg Cis** » Fri, 18 Nov 1994 03:19:33

> I'm having a bit of trouble with the sound in ICR. I use
> an Orchid Gamewave, so I can have Soundblaster for the effects
> and GM for the music. The music sounds fine, but in a race,
> the sound is really weedy, particularly the engine sound,
> which is really high pitched, it sounds awful. Someone replied
> to a message I posted in the flight sim group (thanks for
> answering), suggesting I choose SB for the music as well, 'cos
> I was getting some GM notes being used in the race. I tried
> this (and a couple of other combinations too), but it didn't
> seem to make any difference.
> It could be that I'm getting GM sounds coming through
> because my card supports both standards, though I can't see
> this being very likely.
> If anyone else has experienced this problem before, or
> knows if there is a patch to fix it, could they drop me a
> line, as I'd really appreciate it.

Unfortunately, the only advice I have, is my own guideline in reguards to
sound cards. Get a soundblaster. They are 100% soundblaster compatable :-)

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by **Greg Cis** » Fri, 18 Nov 1994 03:21:22

> > I'm having a bit of trouble with the sound in ICR. I use
> > an Orchid Gamewave, so I can have Soundblaster for the effects
> > and GM for the music. The music sounds fine, but in a race,
> > the sound is really weedy, particularly the engine sound,

> I don't know if this will help but .. turn-off the music in
> the option menu of the game, only leaving the SB for engine
> noise. Maybe the sound quality will improve. I have
> a similar pb with a logitech soundman wave card.

Same advice unfortunately...Get a soundblaster. They are 100% soundblaster
compatable.

by **JB22..** » Thu, 17 Nov 1994 21:37:08

> I'm having a bit of trouble with the sound in ICR. I use
> an Orchid Gamewave, so I can have Soundblaster for the effects
> and GM for the music. The music sounds fine, but in a race,
> the sound is really weedy, particularly the engine sound,

I don't know if this will help but .. turn-off the music in
the option menu of the game, only leaving the SB for engine
noise. Maybe the sound quality will improve. I have
a similar pb with a logitech soundman wave card.
The engine noise disappears (leaving only the crash noises)
if I have both sound and GM music on. Anybody with a
SMW 32 has the same problem ?
Jacqueline

by **N Rayner ShadowRea** » Sat, 19 Nov 1994 23:16:34

I've got an AWE 32 and I just get a pathetic whine from the engine.
Maybe that's the actual sound - has anyone got anything better out of the
game than that ? When I played the NASCAR demo, the engine sound was
awesome - is it really like that in Indy ?

Neal Rayner.

by **michael dobbs (micro b** » Sat, 19 Nov 1994 04:22:13

: >
: > >
: > > I'm having a bit of trouble with the sound in ICR. I use
: > > an Orchid Gamewave, so I can have Soundblaster for the effects
: > > and GM for the music. The music sounds fine, but in a race,
: > > the sound is really weedy, particularly the engine sound,
: >
: > I don't know if this will help but .. turn-off the music in
: > the option menu of the game, only leaving the SB for engine
: > noise. Maybe the sound quality will improve. I have
: > a similar pb with a logitech soundman wave card.

: Same advice unfortunately...Get a soundblaster. They are 100% soundblaster
: compatable.

: > The engine noise disappears (leaving only the crash noises)
: > if I have both sound and GM music on. Anybody with a
: > SMW 32 has the same problem ?
: > Jacqueline

This is almost for sure due to have GM for music....the engine sound is
really not a digital effect, thus it's an FM Synthesized sound when
running a SB compatible. When GM is used, you get a musical note instead
of an engine-like sound.

Mike.

by **Henrikki T H{kk{n** » Wed, 23 Nov 1994 16:36:37

I just bought the AWE myself a couple of days ago. I used to have a
crappy old 8-bit SB v1.5 and the engine sounds were BETTER with the
old card!!! Set the chorus and reverb values to zero. It helps a little.
Crash sounds are better with AWE, though :-)

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by **Peter Burk** » Thu, 24 Nov 1994 08:18:38

>I just bought the AWE myself a couple of days ago. I used to have a
>crappy old 8-bit SB v1.5 and the engine sounds were BETTER with the
>old card!!! Set the chorus and reverb values to zero. It helps a little.
>Crash sounds are better with AWE, though :-)

I noticed the same thing - my old 8-bit blaster was much richer in the
engine drone sounds. Crash sounds improved a lot, though - maybe mostly
because i have a subwoofer hooked up, too. AWE32 is totally compatible,
though.

PEter

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Still get crappy engine sounds in ICR

Still get crappy engine sounds in ICR

Still get crappy engine sounds in ICR

Still get crappy engine sounds in ICR

Still get crappy engine sounds in ICR

Still get crappy engine sounds in ICR

Still get crappy engine sounds in ICR

Still get crappy engine sounds in ICR

Still get crappy engine sounds in ICR