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[Mybad]

I've played Cave Story for a while and to make a long story short, parts of the music skip.

For example:
Normal
Melody: Di didi da do de da.
Rhythm: bum bum bum bum

What my computer is doing.
Melody: Di...... da .... de.....
Rhythm: bum bum bum bum

This seems different from your average sound problem because for one, it gets worse over time and only affects the melody, and two this problem is also affecting the organya viewer music as well as the game.

The game is not lagging or crashing. But I find it diffcult to play when you only hear 1/3 of the melody in seperate beats. Every masterpiece of a song is reduced to extremely simple and annoying noises.

I'm running this on Windows XP, I tried changing my speakers and doing a virus scan already. If you need anymore information please let me know.

[JakeXanth]

Fucking n00b.
Though you bring up a good question. The reason it's doing this is because your soundcard is shit. Get a new one. If it doesn't fix the problem, stop running things that use sound.

Or maybe... that's just how the song goes.
Perhaps you should give us a video recording.

[Mybad]

Ok first of all that was just rude. Second of all, my computer can play the songs correctly except in the game or in organya viewer. If I go on to youtube for example, I can hear the songs properly in the videos.

[Mybad]

Ok, can you recommend a good sound card then?

[JakeXanth]

No, because I don't give a fuck about what my soundcard is, let alone some n00b's. Look for one your goddamn self or ask someone else.

[Mybad]

Ok I'll see if someone knows something about soundcards and wishes to recommend one. But just for the record, are you sure that it's my sound card?

[andwhyisit]

Ok I'll see if someone knows something about soundcards and wishes to recommend one. But just for the record, are you sure that it's my sound card?

Two things:
1. Ignore Jacob.
2. I have no idea to be honest. The weird thing is that everything else plays normally. Is it certain notes? Or does it just skip randomly? There is always a chance that it could be a driver issue or some other software related issue rather than a hardware issue (soundcard).

[d4vz]

Try disabling any enhancements your sound card might be using.
Experiment with your sound card's properties... I had a similar problem on my old computer, and fixed it by trying different settings.

And welcome to the forums

[JakeXanth]

Is it certain notes? Or does it just skip randomly? There is always a chance that it could be a driver issue or some other software related issue rather than a hardware issue (soundcard).

It's random notes. The soundcard being the problem makes sense, because it's only one form of file that's screwing up. Since I don't know much about any technical stuff, though, I can't be of much help in this thread, and therefore will be sitting out. Good luck.

[Mybad]

Actually now that I think about it, there aren't any particular notes it screws up on. However I only experience the problem with certain songs.

Songs that are slightly messed up.

Mischievous robot, Meltdown 2, Jenka 1, Jenka 2.

Songs that are really messed up.

Mimiga Town, Safety, Grasstown, Quiet, Hero's end.

The other songs in the soundtrack are fine.
Is there something about these songs that might cause a problem?

Edit: How do I access my sound card's properties? I don't know where to look.