Darius wrote:

(that's all 8 )

That's not terribly helpful. Which 8?

Jorpho wrote:

Darius wrote:

(that's all 8 )

That's not terribly helpful. Which 8?

I assumed it did not matter which as all are experiencing the same issue.

Stonekeep
Abuse
Blakestone AoG & PS
Arena
Daggerfall
Battlespire
Redguard

There is a lag whenever a track or sound effect switches/plays and occasional pops and stutter during the same track.

Without computer specs, it's safe to assume a misconfigured DosBox with all those games running at max cycles.

i5-3570k 3.4ghz
8gb ram
gtx670 4gb
Windows 7 x64

auto/max/10000-40000 cycles still produce the problem. I reset to the default settings and it still happened. Is there a way for me to test where the problem is coming from?

DosBox .conf file:

1[mixer]
2#   nosound: Enable silent mode, sound is still emulated though.
3#      rate: Mixer sample rate, setting any device's rate higher than this will probably lower their sound quality.
4#            Possible values: 44100, 48000, 32000, 22050, 16000, 11025, 8000, 49716.
5# blocksize: Mixer block size, larger blocks might help sound stuttering but sound will also be more lagged.
6#            Possible values: 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 512, 256.
7# prebuffer: How many milliseconds of data to keep on top of the blocksize.
8
9nosound=false
10rate=44100
11blocksize=1024
12prebuffer=20

Alter Blocksize and/or Prebuffer.
If you're using a batch file similar to the one in your other post (affinity 1 and such)...don't. Just run DosBox and the appropriate .conf file.

Could you please post the entire CONF file? I found that double buffering setting can have an affect on music.

fullscreen=true
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=1920x1080
windowresolution=original
output=direct3d
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper-SVN-Daum.map
pixelshader=bilinear.fx
usescancodes=false
overscan=0

language=
machine=svga_s3
vmemsize=2
captures=capture
memsize=31
memsizekb=0
memalias=0
forcerate=
cgasnow=true

frameskip=0
aspect=false
linewise=false
char9=false
multiscan=false
scaler=none
autofit=true

vsyncmode=force
vsyncrate=75

core=auto
cputype=auto
cycles=auto
cycleup=10
cycledown=20
isapnpbios=true

aux=false
auxdevice=intellimouse

nosound=false
swapstereo=false
rate=44100
blocksize=1024
prebuffer=20

mpu401=intelligent
mididevice=default
midiconfig=
mt32.reverse.stereo=off
mt32.verbose=off
mt32.thread=off
mt32.dac=auto
mt32.reverb.mode=auto
mt32.reverb.time=5
mt32.reverb.level=3
mt32.partials=32

sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplemu=default
oplrate=44100
hardwarebase=220
goldplay=false

gus=false
gusrate=44100
gusbase=240
gusirq=5
gusdma=3
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND

innova=false
samplerate=22050
sidbase=280
quality=0

pcspeaker=true
pcrate=44100
tandy=auto
tandyrate=44100
disney=false
ps1audio=off
ps1audiorate=22050

joysticktype=none
timed=true
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=false

serial1=dummy
serial2=dummy
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled

printer=true
dpi=360
width=85
height=110
printoutput=png
multipage=false
docpath=.
timeout=0

parallel1=disabled
parallel2=disabled
parallel3=disabled
dongle=false

glide=true
lfb=full
splash=false

xms=true
ems=true
umb=true
automount=true
int33=true
biosps2=true
keyboardlayout=auto
files=127

ipx=false

ne2000=true
nicbase=300
nicirq=3
macaddr=AC:DE:48:88:99:AA
realnic=list

[ide, primary]
# enable: Enable IDE interface

enable=true

[ide, secondary]
# enable: Enable IDE interface

enable=true

[ide, tertiary]
# enable: Enable IDE interface

enable=true

[ide, quaternary]
# enable: Enable IDE interface

enable=true

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.

Maybe try with vsync disabled?

Change to:

core = dynamic

cycles = 18000 (or to 20000)

In my i7 720QM notebook, a cycles of 18500 equals to a 486DX2 system running at about 66MHz - tested with PC Tools 9's System Information Professional. The core must be at dynamic, though.

Despite setting core to auto, the performance does not scale well automatically with higher end games.

if still noticing lags,

change to :

output = opengl or overlay

outputs generally will come in the way of smooth sounds.

And disable that pixel shader.

For max speed in a system, the :

core should be dynamic,
cycles should be max.

I'm playing Blood at 800x600 with smooth sound and graphics in the above mentioned notebook.

try prebuffer=80 It worked for me when I had stuttering sound.