sound issues

[emjeeman]

Hi!

I'm really digging this emulator and the interface is beautiful. Nice work

However, I am experiencing some problems.

First off, I'm using 0.9.1 which I downloaded off the site's download section just a few days ago.

1) EDIT: SOLVED

2) I'm experiencing some real slowdown in the sound and it sounds jerky/static-ish/stuttering. The game runs at fine speed and video looks great. It's just the primary sound is slow and poor quality. Audio that requires Atrac3+ works fine, though. If it may be the cause, I'm playing Mega Man Powered Up, a Capcom game. I haven't had the time to test with other games, though.
More on this issue: in the first few seconds of playing (Mega Man Powered Up in my case), the sound is great. A few seconds later, though, the quality and speed drops gradually to a certain low. Then the sound is slow, jittery/stuttering. The quality just flat-out deteriorates down to a low level.
Even more info: the sound especially stutters when there's a lot going on, on the screen. For example, if I'm on a menu with lots of animation, the sound quality drops. When I switch to another menu that's just a still image, the sound goes back to playing very nicely.
So it seems like the primary sound is taking a hit when the game is more busy.

Thanks!