trying to play the game, after the opening cut scene and loads the game, when the main character awaken and a mysterious voice talks, it repeats it self twice, both characters do, its a an nonpaying problem, anyone else having this issue?

Some sound cards are not compatible with SR1 and cause the sound to repeat twice. Not sure if there will ever be a fix for that...

Just checking have you tried booting it in software mode instead? Its worth a shot.

just tried that samething

Same issue here, with an onboard and a PCI sound card. This completely destroyed the gameplay and sucks even out of cinematics. Wasted 6 bucks... *sigh*

Your best option now is contacting support.

I don't think there's much GOG can do about this issue.

BTW, I just played with some options and noticed that setting compatibility for the game to Win98/Me (I'm using WinXP), and setting Hardware Acceleration to Basic (not None) in Win audio settings makes things much better. Will see how this works.

idk bout anybody else, i'm on windows 7 and its locked to windows xp compatibly
http://imgur.com/J6V2D
and how do you mess with the audio settings?

Sorry, I never used Windows 7 (and probably never will), so I cannot say what should be done to get it work. On WinXP, in Control Panel > Sound and Audio Devices, "Volume" tab, under "Speaker Settings", there is the "Advanced" button. After pressing the button, a new window opens with two tabs: "Speakers" and "Performance". Under the latter, there is a "Hardware Acceleration" slider. "Basic" is the second notch.

Try running the game in windows 89/ME compatibillity mode, worked wonders under my old xp laptop where I also had the sound issues.

if i could i would, for me it locks it at windows xp, i cannot change it
http://imgur.com/J6V2D

Did you try changing the compatibility settings as an administrator, not standard user?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11841-run-administrator.html

Same thing, Both onboard and PCI one do not work with this game. I'm currently playing the PSX version through the emulator. Works like a charm. 6 $ are officially thrown away.

Same issue here. The first cutscene, when raziel wakes up, is totally messed up by the sound problem. The windows 89/ME compatibillity mode does remove that problem, but then the game becomes very jerky and unplayable to me, even on lowest settings.

same problem here, i have onboard sound from realthek and this crackling sound makes this game unplayable...legacy of kain lives from his audio effects and very good music :)
i hope a fix coming soon for this