Space Channel 5 - Good Audio Settings
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I was hugely disappointed when I tried to play Space Channel 5 (a rhythmn-action game) but the timings were all off. I was sure I couldn't have suddenly become so bad at this game since I played it on the Dreamcast a few years ago!

I found the trick to getting the timings much better is the audio settings. By default, PCSX2 includes quite significant audio lag which badly affects rhythm-action games.

Here are the settings I'm using:
- SPU2-X Settings
- Interpolaion: 1 - Linear (simple/okay sound)
- Disable Effects processing - On
- Module: 1 - XAudio 2 (Recommended)
- Synchronizing Mode: Async (Breaks some games)
- Latency: 25ms (avg)


I needed the "None" on synchronzing to enable latencies lower than 50ms.

With the above settings, I could actually hit the buttons in time to the music! And I haven't seen any audio synchronizing issues yet.

If anyone else finds ways to reduce audio latency without sacrificing the sound quality, please comment below.

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#2
Just found some settings which enable even lower audio latency. Will update original post.
#3
Dammit - using "None" for synchronizing is great at first, but at the first boss the timings went out of sync. Will update OP back to "Async".
#4
these settings have always latency and impossible to play game correctly!
solutions?
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