09113: vanguard: Music is too loud, sound samples are too soft

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
09113	Sound	Minor	Always	Feb 13, 2025, 13:32	Feb 15, 2025, 06:44

Tester	JimCarlTay	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Open	OS	Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Confirmed			Driver	snk/snk6502.cpp
Version	0.274	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	09113: vanguard: Music is too loud, sound samples are too soft
Description	During gameplay, it is noticeable that the music is a bit too loud to the point of drowning out the sound samples.
Steps To Reproduce	On MAME, load the game, insert a coin, and press start. You can hear that the "Bon voyage" line is drowned out by the music.
Additional Information	If the game is run on another emulator (FinalBurn Neo), there is a better volume balance between the sound samples and the music. There, the music is at a reasonable enough volume with the sound samples brought forward so that voice lines like the "Bon voyage" at the start and the player ship's laser are heard clearly. The sample pack (with a name identical to the ROM set) must be added to the samples folder.
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Affected Sets / Systems	vanguard

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No.22990 125scratch Tester Feb 13, 2025, 17:10	This can be fixed with volume mixing, but I'd still say it's a definite issue, the mixing used to be much more reasonable. Applies to all other SNK6502 games too.
No.22991 JimCarlTay Tester Feb 13, 2025, 17:39 edited on: Feb 13, 2025, 18:05	Yeah, the slider controls can be used to alleviate this to a certain extent, but the bug best occurs when the volume sliders are set to their defaults of 100%. Unless I'm confusing this with the default volume mix originating from the driver.
No.22996 125scratch Tester Feb 14, 2025, 03:00	I don't think you're confusing anything.
No.22999 Robbbert Moderator Feb 15, 2025, 06:44	Confirmed. I didn't know it even had samples until I turned the samples volume all the way up. The explosion sound is barely audible too.