Seems I was thinking of VirtualBox using DirectSound. The delay in PCem might be from having the sound buffer set too high. Setting it at the lowest (50ms) seems to have helped. Other wierd issues (distortion, bass) were fixable in the sound blaster mixer.leileilol wrote:How old is your build? V14 uses OpenAL and packs OpenALSoft with it so the delay is way far less noticeable.
... I actually kind of like how, even with a fast virtual machine, the emulated floppy drive is still realtime. I have to imagine the sound of course.
Edit: Wait. Unlike DOSBox, PCem properly maintains audio output in the background... I can actually use PLAYCMF as a player now.