Hi Folks,
Background: Running ICR on a laptop, no sound.
Foreground: Going to buy a PC, soundcard and joystick.
PC - OK here.
Joystick - The jury's out on this one.
Soundcard - Um? Err?
I want engine noise and tyre noise which needs FM (sorry GUS!). I'm not
interested in music (sorry again GUS!). Therefore I need either a Soundblaster
(or compatible) or a PAS. Now the big question....
Is the sound in ICR for a Soundblaster 16-bit or 8-bit (or both) ?
From what I've heard the SB-16 cannot emulate the SB Pro (stereo 8-bit) but
does emulate a SB2 (mono 8-bit). Is this true ?
I'm concerned that if I bought a SB16 I'd only end up with mono 8-bit (I
imagine that stereo sound is quite useful for those "where's that ***y car
gone that was in my mirrors a second ago" situations).
As for the PAS I hear two stories; (1) Its ***y good or (2) Its a ***y
pain in the arse. How is it for IndyCar ? It seems a bit pricey (c/w
a SB (or clone) - is it worth it ?
What do you folks use ?
Thanks for any help.
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>Is the sound in ICR for a Soundblaster 16-bit or 8-bit (or both) ?
>From what I've heard the SB-16 cannot emulate the SB Pro (stereo 8-bit) but
>does emulate a SB2 (mono 8-bit). Is this true ?
I run it with an ancient Soundblaster 8-bit (chip revision 1.02) and it
workds fine (digital sound effects need tweaking of the irq on some
machines). I tried a 16-bit SB with CD connection ( no idea if that one
was a Pro), and it worked fine, too, but I don't recall noticing any
stereo - Is the game stereo?
No experiences with other boards.
Peter
