DPC+ Voices in batari basic?

[wallaby]

How do I access the DPC+ voices from bB? I assume I can do it from inline assembly if nothing else. Do the DPC+ sounds greatly improve the sound possibilities?

[wallaby]

Anyone looking for this in the future: it's not supported in batari basic. To use the extra sound capabilities of DPC+, you need to write your game entirely in ASM. This is because the DPC+ kernel in bB doesn't execute the required sound updates once per scanline. However, there is some sound support included in the kernel but it's not usable. I bet you could re-claim some space by commenting it out. If I was more experienced I might try to add it in. Maybe one day.

[+RevEng]

The main problem with the DPC/DPC+ sound approach is you need to also hit the sound registers ~ every 76 cycles during vblank and overscan (during your program) or else the sound will come out distorted.

[wallaby]

I messed around with adding it to the titlescreen kernel just as a test. It did not go well.