A little more info.

I spent some time working through a few theories and none of them pay off but I do have additional information.

It has nothing to do with the midiman, even if I run emulated soundblaster sound it's still effected getting choppy and cutting out.

Also I switched mice and I still have this problem.

When I run Dosbox on by Core2duo it doesn't have these problems.

I'm running under Windows 8 but I have tried every compat mode and it doesnt change anything.

Here are my settings:

[sdl]

fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=original
windowresolution=original
output=ddraw
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper-0.74.map
usescancodes=true

[dosbox]

language=
machine=svga_s3
captures=capture
memsize=16

[render]

frameskip=0
aspect=false
scaler=normal2x

[cpu]

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

[mixer]

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

[midi]

mpu401=intelligent
mididevice=default
midiconfig=2

[sblaster]

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

[gus]

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

[speaker]

pcspeaker=true
pcrate=44100
tandy=auto
tandyrate=44100
disney=true

[joystick]

joysticktype=auto
timed=true
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=false

[serial]

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

[dos]

xms=true
ems=true
umb=true
keyboardlayout=auto

[ipx]

ipx=false

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
cycles=max
mount c d:\dosbox
path=z:\;c:\utils\
c:
cls

Hey I figured it out! Sorry there was no way anyone could have helped me with the information I had given.

Apparently Dosbox has a problem with EVGA's precision X software. I had it set to target 60 FPS and that's what was causing the problem.

So well if anyone has this weird issue in the future i hope this helps, 🤣.