Cyber Core Music Popping/Crackling

[skpstmgs]

Howdy folks,
Has anyone encountered an issue with the intro music in Cyber Core? Right when it starts, I can hear crackling/popping in the music, and it only lasts a few seconds. It always seems specific to the same spot and always sounds the same. I've tried running the game off of a floppy, in 10MHz mode and it's always the same. I tried running it from several sources, like the installed version from the V4 image as well as from a .dim converted to an xdf and written to a floppy. I even tried disconnecting the X68000 from my sound setup and just listened through the built-in speakers and I can hear the same noise. I'm using an XVI with an XSIMM VI, an IO Data 4MB memory card, and a sharp Midi card. I haven't tried taking out the XSIMM just because taking off the side panel is near impossible, as is pulling out those expansion cards, so I'm saving that as a last resort. I even made a recording of the noise if anyone wants to listen - issue is mostly in the first 10 seconds, though you can hear it faintly a few times afterwards. Every other game from the many I've tried on the X68000 sounds fine, so I'm trying to figure out if its a hardware issue or possibly something else. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[SuperDeadite]

I have experienced this as well.  And I own an original copy.  Before I had an hdd setup, I never had this experience, it only started after I started using the HDD.  I have found that if I reset the SRAM and turn the system completely off for a few days it goes away.  So I'm guessing the game's sound driver doesn't like something that the HDD images load into the SRAM causing it to glitch.

[skpstmgs]

Good to know I'm not alone with this issue. Any idea what the waiting period is for? I tried resetting SRAM and waiting most of the day without letting it boot to the HD, but it's still doing the noise after booting with the floppy. Guess I'll wait a bit longer and see if that does anything. Thanks for the advice.