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Hey everyone,

New to the forums, but not new to Sierra. I've been playing Sierra's adventure games (and Lucasarts for that matter) since I was a kid (I'm now almost 27)

I noticed on Collector's installers that he chooses to use General Midi, but I remember playing the games using SoundBlaster, and SB Pro sound and music when I was a kid. Is there a preference amongst the Sierra fanbase as to which driver is more "definitive" or "better" than the other. Am I missing out on using SoundBlaster?? It just more of what I'm used to, I guess.

Any info would be a help. Collector and I talked about it during some PMs to each other, so I'm curious as to what the rest of you guys think.

-ozy

I've never used any of Collector's installers, so I may be off, but I'll try to help. I have a Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS and whenever I play DOS games (Sierra/LucasArts or not), the sound plays just fine. If the game specifically asks you for a sound card, I'd choose AdLib. Even though I don't have that, it seems to work the best IF the game asks; otherwise, it doesn't seem to matter.

The question is not based so much on the host machine's audio hardware as much as which Sierra audio driver to use in DOSBox. By the way, welcome to the forums.