Sound Crackling

Dalx · Post by **Dalx** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:03 pm

SPEC
OS: Vista x64
CPU: Quad Extreme 9650
Sound: X-Fi Titanium series PCI-E
MB: Asus Striker II Extreme
Video Card: 9800GX2
RAM: 4GB DDR3 Corsair
HD: Raid0 Double Velociraptor

Using Zsnes 1.51

I tried 2 games currently (Super Punch-Out and Final Fantasy 4)

Whenever i use any interpolation sounds (Gaussian , Cubic , 8-Points) i get little crackling with the music. Any Help would be appreciate...

Dalx · Post by **Dalx** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:01 pm

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Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:11 pm

All I can think at the moment is to tweak the sound acceleration on your hardware and see if that helps (though, I'm not sure if that's even available on Vista).

I'd say the the sound card is the problem though.. IIRC, there was a similarly reported problem by another X-Fi user. Search the board if you want to find out.

Truth Unknown · Post by **Truth Unknown** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:56 am

Have you tried using ALchemy with ZSNES?

@Deathlike2: It has been boiled down to a check box I think, I can't remember but its there. Under the last tab of a sound device properties window.

Dalx · Post by **Dalx** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:12 pm

I tried ALchemy and still get crackling

Dalx · Post by **Dalx** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:58 pm

Well i found that using Bsnes doesnt have this crackling sound problem

Truth Unknown · Post by **Truth Unknown** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:33 am

Have you tried setting the duration down to about 5 in ALchemy for ZSNES?

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:43 am

impressive rig.

the raid0 raptors almost seem like overkill, but that could just be my jealousy kicking in

Dalx · Post by **Dalx** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:48 am

sweener2001 wrote:impressive rig.

the raid0 raptors almost seem like overkill, but that could just be my jealousy kicking in

lol and also i am using a single raptor 150gb for dunno... storage -_-

Dalx · Post by **Dalx** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:48 am

Truth Unknown wrote:Have you tried setting the duration down to about 5 in ALchemy for ZSNES?

going to try that

Truth Unknown · Post by **Truth Unknown** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:11 am

Dalx wrote:going to try that

It's what I have set because I had the same issue. If it works, leave it alone. If you still have some crackling try increasing it slowly up (since 5 is the min.) Also you can try adding more buffers, but I'm not sure if that will help in this situation.

Dalx · Post by **Dalx** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:31 pm

I tried many setup with ALchemy and still not working :S

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:15 pm

Try updating your BIOS. I've heard there are some problems with X-Fi cards on certain motherboards.

Dalx · Post by **Dalx** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:52 am

Ive the most recent bios + recent sound driver from 22august 08

This card was out 2months ago so its a new sound card + if i play without any interpolation i dont get crackling... thats weird.

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