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

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.