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Why can I hear WAVs/chimes/system sounds when CD/Spectrum Pro is running?

April 26, 2017CD Chimes hear Pro running Sounds spectrum system wavs

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Why can I hear WAVs/chimes/system sounds when CD/Spectrum Pro is running?

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Many sound cards/drivers do not support what is known as ‘full-duplex’ WAV operations. This means that they do not allow you to record WAV data at the same time that you are playing WAV data. CD/Spectrum Pro uses the WAV recording mechanism to digitize the music. So, while CD/Spectrum Pro is running, if your sound card/driver does not support full-duplex mode, attempts to play WAV sounds will fail. Fortunately, this is almost always a driver limitation, not a hardware limitation. What this means is that you can usually fix this limitation by simply installing a new driver that *does* support full-duplex operation. Contact your sound card or computer manufacturer to obtain such a driver (they are usually free, and most times you can download them off the web).