Emulator Issues #6188
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Music not correct in Tales of Symphonia - posible audio mixer issue
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Description
Game Name?
Tales of Symphonia - Gamecube
What went wrong?
It seems some notes are missing in music tracks, most noticable in first village in the game, Iselia.
Raw audio data seems to be correct, because file which dolphin dumps if "dump audio" is used, when converted to another formats, sounds exactly as it should.
However, when playing in Dolphin, music doesn't sound correct.
Here is the same file, first uploaded to soundcloud.com which converted it, and it sounds correctly
https://soundcloud.com/rpglord/audiodump-tos
Here is untouched file wav file, it's the same file as the one I uploaded to soundclod.com, but it sounds differently, it has some missing notes.
This is exactly how music track sounds when game is played in Dolphin.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/28qh74
Here is youtube video of game's OST, and it can be seen that converted soundcloud.com file sounds more accurate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6kyOUkJ0A0
This issue is present in both HLE and LLE.
What version of Dolphin were you using?
This issue is present in all dolphin version except few version from ax hle brench before it was merged, for example 3.0-842
What version of Dolphin used to work?
3.0-842
What Operating System were you using and what are your hardware
specifications?
Windows 7 x64
i5 2400
660 gtx
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Updated by delroth over 11 years ago
- Status changed from New to Accepted
- Issue type set to Bug
- Priority set to Normal
- Category changed from dsplle to dsphle
The old HLE code from 3.0-842 uses a different audio mixing path compared to new HLE or LLE (goes through HLEMixer which new HLE bypasses by writing samples to RAM... like it should :<). Makes sense that it would be a mixer issue if it impacts both new HLE and LLE but not old HLE.
Updated by digiadventures over 11 years ago
delroth, I am pretty sure 3.0-842 was from your new ax hle brench :)
Maybe you didn't impement writing samples to RAM yet back then ???
Updated by delroth over 11 years ago
Oh, I thought you were talking about a 3.0-842 version from master (these "short" versions are meaningless, there can be several commits from different branches mapping to the same version number).
If you could find the first commit that introduces this bug, it would be very helpful.
Updated by digiadventures over 11 years ago
Ok, I will do it now :)
But important to note that NONE version from master ever worked, even the versions before 3.0-842.
It only worked correctly for few versions while you were still working on new ax hle.
I will find exact versions when it started and stopped working
Updated by digiadventures over 11 years ago
Ok, it worked correctly since the begining of your new hle brench, and it stopped working in 3.0-844 revision:
"Fix samples clamping and interlacing in the OUTPUT command. Shouldn't have assumed previous AX HLE was doing something right"
Maybe old HLE was doing something right afterall :)
It does not seem this is mixer bug, more likely a bug which has been present for ever in LLE and is also now present in new HLE as well...
Updated by delroth over 11 years ago
That's very weird: all that commit does is reverse the L/R audio channels.
I'm thinking there is an issue in your audio setup where your left or right audio channel is wrong.
Updated by delroth over 11 years ago
That could also explain why you can't hear the issue on soundcloud: it might not output the audio in stereo mode.
Updated by digiadventures over 11 years ago
But why would it metter ? I am not hearing notes, I am not paying attention to from which speaker sounds are coming...
I will try with headphones in case something is wrong with my speakers and report back..but did you try to listen to files I uploaded, do you hear any differences in them ?
I played .wav file in Windows Media Player
Updated by delroth over 11 years ago
- Status changed from Accepted to Questionable
Can't hear any difference, and 3 other people on IRC have listened and can't hear a difference either (JC47, Sonic1, Garteal).
I really think this comes from your audio setup (either speakers/headset or windows audio configuration).
Updated by digiadventures over 11 years ago
LOL you are right, I feel like a fool now, something is wrong with my speakers and I was not even aware of it !
Tried with headphones and it is working as it should now.
Sorry for wasting your time, you can close this issue :)
Updated by delroth over 11 years ago
- Status changed from Questionable to Invalid
Well, that was fun to debug :P