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What is the condition of the fm synth driver?

Here is my understanding (please correct as I err):

1. There is none in pcm

2. There is vestigial synth (opl3 support only) in the voxware driver

3. That opl3 support is *not* used by any applications

4. That opl3 support is in fact *broken*

5. That opl3 support has such a *dumb* interface that even were it not broken
   no one could use it to accomplish anything remotely interesting
   anyhow.

Also, if you know of *any* existing applications using the synth
driver, please inform me.

Thanks!





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