Meta: Audio Issues

[Triticum0]

Bug Description

Games that have problems with Audio Will be placed here to avoid making duplicate issues.

Audio Looping

• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/55530056/#AND-1-Streetbal
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d570002/#Arctic-Thunder (During Intro)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410083/#Black
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/41560051/#Call-of-Duty-2-Big-Red-One
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d570022/#Gauntlet-Seven-Sorrows
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/53410002/#Guilty-Gear-XX-Reload-The-Midnight-Carnival
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4b4e0008/#International-Superstar-Soccer-2
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4b410001/#Jikkyou-World-Soccer-2002
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4a410002/#Night-Caster-II-Equinox
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4a570002/#Neighbours-from-Hell #531
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/544d0006/#Outlaw-Golf #579
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/5655001b/#Outlaw-Golf-9-Holes-of-X-Mas
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/434d0008/#Prisoner-of-War
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4947003b/#Terminator-3-Rise-of-the-Machines
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410054/#Tiger-Woods-PGA-Tour-2005 #521 (Looping and sample rate)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d4a000c/#Ultra-Bust-A-Move #579 and #822

Audio Buzzing/Hissing audio channels

• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410074/#Cricket-2005
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/56560029/#Die-Hard-Vendetta (Hissing)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410017/#FIFA-Soccer-2003
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541003b/#FIFA-Football-2004
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541004e/#FIFA-Soccer-2005
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410078/#FIFA-Soccer-06
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/454100a6/#FIFA-07
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541009c/#FIFA-World-Cup-Germany-2006
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541001c/#NBA-Live-2003
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410038/#NBA-Live-2004
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/45410045/#MVP-Baseball-2004
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410061/#Rugby-2005
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410087/#Rugby-06

sample rate Issues

• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/54540019/#Manhunt (On sound affects)

Incorrect Audio Mixing

• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4343000e/#Auto-Modellista
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4c41000d/#Armed-and-Dangerous (Cutscenes voice audio only plays thought one ear)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/56550049/#Bass-Pro-Shops-Trophy-Bass-2007 (Engine to loud + popping)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/43430015/#Beat-Down (Foot steps are too loud)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/5655001f/#Crash-Nitro-Kartmostly
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/56550036/#Crash-Twinsanity (Sounds are also play at full volume regardless of how far they are from the player)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/56550041#Crash-Tag-Team-Racing
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/41560020/#Doom-3
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4156004e/#Doom-3-Resurrection-of-Evil
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4e4c0002/#Delta-Force-Black-Hawk-Down
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d570012/#FireBlade
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/4d530053/#Grabbed-by-the-Ghoulies (sound effects are very low volume)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/54430009/#Gungriffon-Allied-Strike (To Loud)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/434d0024/#IndyCar-Series-2005
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/504c0006/#Kingdom-Under-Fire-Heroes
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/47560004/#Land-of-the-Dead-Road-to-Fiddler-s-Green
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530006/#NFL-Fever-2002 (Tackle are to loud, announcers and music to queit)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/5451008b/#Nickelodeon-Tak-2-The-Staff-of-Dreams ( very low quality the grunts and voice)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530028/#NFL-Fever-2003 (Tackle are to loud)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530008/#Night-Caster-Defeat-the-Darkness
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4a410002/#Night-Caster-II-Equinox
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/56550018/#Mace-Griffin-Bounty-Hunter (Sound effect are too Loud)
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/56550019/#Men-of-Valor (Gun fire too loud)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/54510008/#MotoGP (Engine too Loud)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/58490005/#Motor-Trend-Presents-Lotus-Challenge (Crackle)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4947002b/#Panzer-Dragoon-Orta (Gun fire to loud)
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/44430003/#Painkiller-Hell-Wars (Sound effects are too low)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530015/#Quantum-Redshift-Chou-Kousoku-Kuukan-Battle-Race
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/49470015/#Racing-Evoluzione (Engine too Loud)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530039/#RalliSport-Challenge-2 (#639)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/424d0002/#Reign-of-Fire (Engine too Loud)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/53430007/#Rolling
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/53450087/#Sonic-Riders
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/49470016/#Superman-The-Man-of-Steel
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4343000f/#Street-Fighter-Anniversary-Collection
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/42530001/#The-Elder-Scrolls-III-Morrowind
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/56550039/#The-Incredible-Hulk-Ultimate-Destruction(Intro FMV)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4553000a/#TimeSplitters-2 (music quiet)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/41560049/#Tony-Hawk-s-American-Wasteland (Skateboard sound)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d53005f/#Voodoo-Vince (left channel has most of the voices )

Missing Audio Effects/Cuts Out

• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45530018/#25-to-Life (Cut Out)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/55530057/#Blazing-Angels-Squadrons-of-WWII(Intro Music)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/41530001/#Break-Nine-World-Billiards-Tournament
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/58490004/#Black-Stone-Magic-Steel (Cuts Out)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d53001e/#Brute-Force (Cutscenes Audio Cuts Out)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/43430008/#Capcom-vs-SNK-2-EO (Both) (#526)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/56550028/#Dr-Seuss-The-Cat-in-the-Hat (Missing)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541000e/#Harry-Potter-and-the-Chamber-of-Secrets (Both)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530004/#Halo-Combat-Evolved (#143)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/564e0004/#Hunter-The-Reckoning (#595)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/5655002d/#Hunter-The-Reckoning-Redeemer (#595)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4a410005/#Goblin-Commander-Unleash-the-Horde (Missing)
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/545100fa/#Nickelodeon-SpongeBob-SquarePants-Lights-Camera-Pants
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/43430007/#Marvel-vs-Capcom-2-New-Age-of-Heroes (Missing Sound effect)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/54510005/#Red-Faction-II (Audio missing except music)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d53000a/#Sudeki (Menus)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410065/#Total-Club-Manager-2005
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4947003b/#Terminator-3-Rise-of-the-Machines (Cuts Out)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410091/#Half-Life-2

Utilziation crackiling/Stuttering

• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541000d/#007-Agent-Under-Fire
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541000b/#2002-FIFA-World-Cup
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/54540010/#Carve
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/52410006/#Crash
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/42560002/#Disney-s-Chicken-Little
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/53450026/#ESPN-NHL-Hockey
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410072/#FIFA-Street
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410085/#FIFA-Street-2
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410086/#Fight-Night-Round-3
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530064/#Halo-2 (mixing)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541001d/#NCAA-Football-2003
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/45410050/#NBA-Live-2005
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530011/#NBA-Inside-Drive-2002(Pause menu)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410002/#NASCAR-Thunder-2002
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541001b/#NASCAR-Thunder-2003
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410048/#NFL-Street
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410057/#NFL-Street-2
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/454100a5/#NHL-07 (weird static/Crackling/Pops)
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/4541007c/#NHL-06 (weird static/Crackling/Pops)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/53450088/#OutRun-2006-Coast-2-Coast (Stuttering)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/544d0009/#SeaBlade(weird static/Crackling/Pops)
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/454d0005/#Starsky-Hutch
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/454d0022/#Taito-Legends-2
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/434d0050/#TOCA-Race-Driver-3
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d4a0002/#Totaled
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410021/#Tiger-Woods-PGA-Tour-2003
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45530011/#Whiplash
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d53003d/#Sega-GT-2002-JSRF-Jet-Set-Radio-Future #339
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/49470018/#JSRF-Jet-Set-Radio-Future #339
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530032/#Shenmue-II (Really Bad)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/41430014/#XGRA-Extreme-G-Racing-Association

Miscellaneous

• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/53450021/#Sega-GT-Online (Use multiple Voice channel sound muffled)
• [ ]https://xemu.app/titles/4143000c/#Urban-Freestyle-Soccer (Use multiple Voice channel sound muffled skateboard sound is corrupted)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4947002c/#Sega-GT-2002 (Use multiple Voice channel sound muffled)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530021/#Crimson-Skies-High-Road-to-Revenge (Use multiple Voice channel sound muffled) (#147)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410032/#F1-Career-Challenge (echoes)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410014/#F1-2002 (Crashes the game)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530001/#Oddworld-Munch-s-Oddysee
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/41430018/#All-Star-Baseball-2004-featuring-Derek-Jeter (Lags)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4b4e0002/#AirForce-Delta-Storm(Missile alert sound crashes the game (NTSC-J) (#361)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d530005/#Amped-Freestyle-Snowboarding (Skipping audio tracks crashes the game)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/454d0008#Bad-Boys-II (FMV are out of sync)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/454d0016/#Bad-Boys-Miami-Takedown (FMV are out of sync)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4b4e001a/#Silent-Scope-Complete (Not mentioned)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/434d0047/#Second-Sight (FMV are out of sync)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/54510018/#The-Punisher (FMV are out of sync)
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/5345003c/#Sonic-Mega-Collection-Plus (Audio desyncs/FMV Laggy)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4c410008/#Gladius (Audio desyncs)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4c410013/#Star-Wars-Republic-Commando (Audio cues are broken)
• [ ] http://xemu.app/titles/4c41001a/#Star-Wars-Battlefront-II (Audio skipping)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/41430004/#Turok-Evolution (Intro has the audio cutout, voice line only play from one ear)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4156002b/#Spider-Man-2 (Audio desyncs)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/56550023/#The-Hobbit-The-Prelude-to-the-Lord-of-the-Rings (Audio desyncs)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4b4e0023/#Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-2-Battle-Nexus (Screeching sonud)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4b4e002a/#Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-3-Mutant-Nightmare (Screeching sonud)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/45410036/#Madden-NFL-2004 (announcers voice line only play from one ear/crackling)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4541008d/#MVP-06-NCAA-Baseball (announcers voice line only play from one ear/crackling)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/53450029/#Spikeout-Battle-Street (Sometimes messes up)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/4d570029/#Mortal-Kombat-Shaolin-Monks (Audio sync issue during cutscenes)
• [ ] https://xemu.app/titles/41430010/#SX-Superstar (Not Stated)
• [ ]https://xemu.app/titles/5655000f/#Battlestar-Galactica (voice line only play from one ear)

Expected Behavior

The Audio Should work correctly

Additional Context

All game Test Before January 3 2021 fall under untested as Audio was implemented before that point Also, most issues can be fixed by enabling the full DSP pipeline from the UI but comes with a performance penalty. So not sure how the dev will solve the issue completely.

[RageXbox]

Halo 2 as well for utilization crackle

[AhayriSG]

https://github.com/mborgerson/xemu/issues/531

[FlavioBSJ]

Otogi 1 has the Utilziation crackiling/Stuttering problem as well, but for some reason it only really starts being apparent around stage 5, with really bad effects at stage 6.

[MaouYumisu1]

AMF Bowling 2004 intro FMV stuttering constantly. https://youtu.be/mhTrF2u1uic

[RitschiRitsch]

I may add Painkiller Hell Wars to that list. Some sound effects are missing or on low volume (e.g. rotating sound of Painkiller weapon is missing; shotgun primary fire low volume).

[RinMaru]

https://xemu.app/titles/4d530053/#Grabbed-by-the-Ghoulies Grabbed by the Ghoulies also has audio issues where sound effects are very low volume to the point you cant hear anything but music https://xemu.app/titles/54510005/#Red-Faction-II Red Faction 2 Has missing audio only Music plays

[Hinotoumei]

hunter the reckoning and hunter rededeemer both still have audio problems. there's no sfx. enabling dsp makes it worse.

[RinMaru]

https://xemu.app/titles/5451008b/#Nickelodeon-Tak-2-The-Staff-of-Dreams Tak 2 and the staff of dreams suffers from audio sounding very low quality the grunts and voice files in particular

[MaouYumisu1]

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006 has alot of audio stuttering ingame. https://youtu.be/QBAm_oUj0Ps Not as bad with the rain but still there. https://xemu.app/titles/4541007e/#Tiger-Woods-PGA-Tour-06

[Finalzero2005]

https://xemu.app/titles/4d530004/#Halo-Combat-Evolved I'm playing the german version of this game and Cortana and the Master Chief are WAY TOO QUIET. You can barely hear some during cutscenes or in-game. The Marines and Covenants on the other hand sound perfectly fine.

[michaelCaleyWhaley]

+1 still seeing sound issues in Hunter the reckoning

[hmuphilly]

Air Force Delta Storm should be considered broken on steam deck, half of the screen is missing and the first screen becomes glitchy.

[ehw]

One thing I noticed with Black Stone, the sound effects somewhat play (but are very crushed and clip a lot) with Real-time DSP processing DISABLED. If it's enabled, no sound effects play at all. Only music is unaffected.

[TheChosenOne914]

the punisher i keep getting this c++ error at random times happens when i start the xemu app or certain levels clicking on abort retry ignore all do the same either crashes xemu app forcing it to close or lock up and freeze up not responding Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Assertion Failed! Program File: /hw/xbox/nv2a/pfifo.c Line: 297 Expression false for information on how your program can cause an assertion failure, see the Visual C++ documentation on asserts (Press Retry to debug the application - jit must be enabled)

[KhenemetHeru]

Various games, but specific example: Battlestar Galactica - Cutscene videos start skipping/stuttering audio; seems to be video-related as it shows a severe dip in framerate on both audio and video in live debug window at the time, like, every other second, after about 1 minute or so of playing the cutscene. Every long cutscene video does it, regardless of rendering engine, vsync on/off and dsp on/off; shorter ones under a minute do not. This has been an issue for quite some time going back at least a year or more. Perhaps caching?

[ghost]

https://xemu.app/titles/45410035/#NCAA-Football-2004

[OrganicOstrich]

MTV Music Generator 3 Remix no longer has any audio issues

[OrganicOstrich]

Mashed: Fully Loaded has no audio issues and needs to be removed

[mirrornoir]

+1 for Call of Duty 2: Big Red One having audio issues in cut scenes only. The videos seems to play at half frame rate (Edit: Confirmed 15 fps average) and the audio exhibits a doubling up, in which each "cached" couple second snippets of audio is repeated twice before continuing. I'd argue this may be a video decoding issue rather than pure audio.

The audio in the rest of the game is fine, despite some ~22Khz sounding sound effect samples which are most likely intended, although original console comparisons were not performed.

Videos and audio perform as expected in the sequel by the same studio, Treyarch, in Call of Duty 3. I'll be happy to provide any additional debugging information required.

[thekovic]

Half-Life 2 might need to be added. Many effects (for example, Combine soldier gun shots) only play in the left ear/speaker. Makes it very difficult to tell which direction you are being attacked from.

[OrganicOstrich]

Out Run Coast 2 Coast didn't have any noticeable stuttering