06891: darkseal: There's audio stuttering ("pops") in some tracks.

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
06891	Sound	Minor	Always	Feb 26, 2018, 19:32	Mar 25, 2021, 22:45

Tester	TesterNes	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Open	OS	Windows Vista/7/8 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Acknowledged			Driver	dataeast/darkseal.cpp
Version	0.194	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	06891: darkseal: There's audio stuttering ("pops") in some tracks.
Description	There are audio tracks with sound stuttering resulting in a multiples "pops" sounds. You can hear it easily in the track "Credit -Legend", the sequence after the 1 Player button is pushed at the beginning of the game.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information	It seems that all Mame versions have this issue.
Github Commit

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Regression Version
Affected Sets / Systems	darkseal

Attached Files	Original Pcb.mp3 (208,560 bytes) Feb 27, 2018, 10:36 Uploaded by TesterNes In the original, the sound is clear and a little bit slower.
Attached Files	Mame.mp3 (229,876 bytes) Feb 27, 2018, 10:37 Uploaded by TesterNes In the Mame version, the sound stutters with "pops" and it seems a little bit speed up.

No.14786 Tafoid Administrator Feb 26, 2018, 23:23	It is so low and barely audible I'm not convinced the original PCB output didn't do the same thing - just you never hear.
No.14789 TesterNes Tester Feb 27, 2018, 09:59	You can compare it with Final burn alpha emulation, Original soundtrack or the real pcb like I did. This is a mame issue.
No.18599 Osso Moderator Mar 23, 2021, 18:46	FWIW the crackles are produced by the "oki2". It can be checked by reducing its volume to 0 via sliders.
No.18600 Haze Senior Tester Mar 23, 2021, 19:02	to my ears they're there in the original recording too, just mixed in at a lower level, I think it's meant to be percussion?