FF8 Music slows down with hardware audio ... ?

[atzn]

I'm using Samuel Slight's DLS v1.36, I must admit it is quite good, nearly the same as PSX's.......  

Problem is, I tried using SBLive MIDI as my Music Device... and the music slows down horribly..... .....  
I'm using the latest SBLive! drivers... for WinXP.
It works fine for Microsoft Synthesizer though....... weird.....
My Sound card is quite an old one.... SBLive! Value 1024.

[Sir Canealot]

What do you mean?

It works fine for Microsoft Synthesizer though....... weird.....

Hmm. Your meant to use Microsoft Syn for Sam's DLS arent you? So use that?

I might install FFVIII tomorow and get Sam's DLS. I have XP now a days so I will tell you if I notice any thing like your problems.

By the way post your specs if you cant fix this prob.

[dgp9999]

I didn't think FF8 loaded in XP at all. Well, my copy of WinXP was... bad.

-Dan
[edited] 265 2002-01-30 20:22

[Anonymous]

I want to use hardware, I think the performance will be slightly better than the MS' Synthesizer...

but anyway.. no chance.. still the same ol' slow music... heh so I guess I'll stick with MS Synthesizer....no diff anyway... I think.

[cyberseth2000]

Well, I used to play FF8 a lot back when I was using Win98, and it worked fine on a Soundblaster Live! card. (NB I wasn't using any MIDI Selecting software.)

That was quite a while ago. Now I have Windows XP. I picked up FF8 to play again, and the music was incredibly slow. I don't know whether it's a DirectX issue, or a Windows compatability issue, or whether I've just got different drivers now...

But I will recommend that everybody installs both Win98 and WinXP on the same PC to avoid situations like this coming up.

- Seth

[Qhimm]

Yes, I do believe this is a new record for oldest topic revived by newbie poster.

[cyberseth2000]

So where's my trophy?

P.S. It seems that on my new system all the Music devices that slow down horribly come up as "[Emulated]". And that applies to every music device except the Microsoft Synthesizer. Just thought you might want to take note...