toysoldier, as you seem to have _audio_ problems both in substation and medusa, it could be worth looking into the audio setup of your system/os. It could be some problem that winamp can get over, but other applications. I think of maybe borked legacy support, then winamp could still use direcsound, but some other app that is not made for directsound but accessing the soundcard in a older/more direct way may fail. ..or the other way round (lecacy but no directsound, but im pretty sure substation doesnt use direct sound since it is quite old).
I think it's maybe bothered by some other soft or code which i have installed in system, so when i go home,i format my hdd c:\ and resetup win98, after finished setup system and vga\sound card, i first setup medusa0.1.1.6,and vb6, but,the error is same, I look carefully the error message,it said something not registed, so i run medusa install log script: "regsvr32.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NCTAudioEditor.dll", but display error:register fail but when i run this script: "regsvr32.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NCTAudioEditor2.dll", it's succeed registed. i think maybe my soltek mb contains soud card ac97 isnt be supported by medusa, whether i should buy another PCI sound card can resolve this probem?
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, Maybe the GOD showes a little mercy to me, After i install a lot of omnifarious (all kinds of) soft, When I try to run medusa again, My medusa is open mysteriously and give me a good look, like the scene after ALIBABA said "gingeli open the door" in a Arabia story. I think maybe actually working soft is MEDIAPLAY9 , DIRECTX8.0 , VB6 , QUIKTIME6 , WINDVD5 , MPC ............etc. I dont know which drug can cure my illness, but eat all drugs what my hands catched. its working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@SYLF thanks for your helpness, i have find the true reasons for NCTAUDIOEDITOR.DLL register failing, I use DIRECTX9.0's sond and music test, and some error message display "MIDI MAPPER" & "MICROSOFT GS WAVETABLE" maybe wrong setup!!! my sound card is realtek ac'97 in mainboard. so I disable this MIDI MAPPER, and try to register NCTAUDIOEDITOR.DLL,it's succeed!!!! then I install MIDI MAPPER, now everything is OK. Thanks for everybody here, now I can use this excellent soft.