You can adjust the master/wave volume sliders in the windows volume control, also the sound one inside Odamex to get the best levels.Gravis UltraSound or GUS is a sound card for the IBM PC compatible system platform, made by Canada-based Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. There is a problem with SDL_mixer not changing the volume of the driver, so changing the music volume in Odamex (and even other programs that use SDL_mixer) won't work, there is no known workaround for this. If all goes well, you can run Odamex and the music should play. The driver is now the default midi driver, for more information on configuration, read windrv.txt from your driver dir for more info. Select 'MIDI music playback' combobox as 'Timidity++ Driver' Navigate to: Start->Settings->Control Panel->Sounds and Audio Devices Add only a single line, replacing relevant bits like drive, path etc:.Open timidity.cfg in your windows directory.Download and unzip/rar the file to a location.

We HIGHLY recommend you get the 8MBGM ENHANCED soundfont for that almost-authentic sound, the size is around 17mb, but is alot smaller and better sounding than using EAWPATS Select 'sound, video and game contollers'Ĭlick 'Browse' and find timiditydrv.INF where you extracted itĬonfiguring the driver Installing SoundFont Select 'Install the hardware that manually select from list' Navigate to: Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add Hardware WizardĬlick 'Yes, I have already connected the hadware.' The latest driver can be downloaded from here (the US sourceforge site has an older project, this one has the latest CVS releases), you will need to download the latest CVS ( timiditydrv070209_bin.zip was tested and works on Windows XP SP2)įollow the instructions in windrv.txt in the zip file or: The driver has Timidity++ built in, so you will not need timidity. This is a basic installation guide that will show you how to use soundfonts with the timidity driver and thus use it with Odamex The standard patches distributed with Timidity are insufficient for the playback of DOOM music, and you must obtain appropriate patches from one of the sources mentioned in 'External Links', below. Timidity may be obtained from your distribution's repository or by building from the source.

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