Pcsx2: Burnout 3 (USA) - Crackling Engine Sounds

[escape209]

PCSX2 version:
1.5.0-dev-2237

PCSX2 options:
Plugins used:
All default, no speedhacks, following GSdx settings:

Description of the issue:
Frequently, your car's engine will have this annoying crackling to it. It seems to happen most often when I go into a race with software mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiTBlEJnd94

The mods aren't the cause of the issue. I get the problem with an unmodified copy, I just happened to have the modded copy selected when I was recording the video.

How to reproduce the issue:
Go into a race with software mode enabled.

Last known version to work:
Issue has always been present.

PC specifications:
CPU: i7-7700K
GPU: GTX 1050
OS: Windows 10 x64
RAM: 8GB

[MrCK1]

What about your SPU2-X settings?

[escape209]

[MrCK1]

DirectSound is obsolete now, a lower latency with XAudio2 and ASync Mix or None would probably work better.

[atomic83GitHub]

Use Directsound only if you have a very old sound card wich does not support Xaudio2 (the Directsound succesor).

[mirh]

I'm not sure to which windows version you have been left, but sound card has nothing to do to support windows's apis.

[MrCK1]

I can't reproduce this on my NTSC copy, disable the de-alias filter that you were using in the video and/or check your sound card's drivers.

FWIW, my Creative sound card will randomly start crackling whenever Windows feels like it, which forces me to disable and re-enable the output device in the Sounds->Playback tab. That could possibly work for you as well

[escape209]

I found now it's definitely because of DirectSound. I think the "nice" tag beside the DirectSound option is misleading as it implies it's better in some way than XAudio, which is only "recommended", which is the reason I was using DSound (I'm not really an audio guy.)

[MrCK1]

Ok I'll close this then.

[MrCK1]

Reopening since I am able to reproduce on 1.7 with certain race events using XAudio or PortAudio. Settings don't seem to affect the issue.