[thesnide]

I'd suggest to simply use GUS programming for audio, since it does all the heavy mixing in HW.

It was a breeze for programmers, but a bane for consumers as it wasn't really compatible with the SB yet not cheap.

But as dosbox emulates it very nicely, it sounds like a good match now.

[thesnide]

Have a look into https://bespin.org/~qz/pc-gpe/ for a trip down the memory lane