diff --git a/src/emu/sound/x1_010.c b/src/emu/sound/x1_010.c
index 1025f9d99d4..4d6741c844c 100644
--- a/src/emu/sound/x1_010.c
+++ b/src/emu/sound/x1_010.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ x1_010_device::x1_010_device(const machine_config &mconfig, const char *tag, dev
 		m_region(*this, DEVICE_SELF),
 		m_rate(0),
 		m_adr(0),
+		m_divider(0),
 		m_stream(NULL),
 		m_sound_enable(0),
 		m_base_clock(0)
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ void x1_010_device::sound_stream_update(sound_stream &stream, stream_sample_t **
 				volL     = ((reg->volume>>4)&0xf)*VOL_BASE;
 				volR     = ((reg->volume>>0)&0xf)*VOL_BASE;
 				smp_offs = m_smp_offset[ch];
-				freq     = reg->frequency;
+				freq     = reg->frequency>>m_divider;
 				// Meta Fox does write the frequency register, but this is a hack to make it "work" with the current setup
 				// This is broken for Arbalester (it writes 8), but that'll be fixed later.
 				if( freq == 0 ) freq = 4;
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ void x1_010_device::sound_stream_update(sound_stream &stream, stream_sample_t **
 			} else {                                            // Wave form
 				start    = (INT8 *)&(m_reg[reg->volume*128+0x1000]);
 				smp_offs = m_smp_offset[ch];
-				freq     = (reg->pitch_hi<<8)+reg->frequency;
+				freq     = ((reg->pitch_hi<<8)+reg->frequency)>>m_divider;
 				smp_step = (UINT32)((float)m_base_clock/128.0f/1024.0f/4.0f*freq*(1<<FREQ_BASE_BITS)/(float)m_rate);
 
 				env      = (UINT8 *)&(m_reg[reg->end*128]);
diff --git a/src/emu/sound/x1_010.h b/src/emu/sound/x1_010.h
index a5026124210..7b6e8b6c883 100644
--- a/src/emu/sound/x1_010.h
+++ b/src/emu/sound/x1_010.h
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ public:
 
 	// static configuration
 	static void set_address(device_t &device, int addr) { downcast<x1_010_device &>(device).m_adr = addr; }
-
+	static void set_divider(device_t &device, int div) { downcast<x1_010_device &>(device).m_divider = div; }
+	
 	DECLARE_READ8_MEMBER ( read );
 	DECLARE_WRITE8_MEMBER( write );
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ private:
 	required_region_ptr<INT8> m_region;       // ROM
 	int m_rate;                               // Output sampling rate (Hz)
 	int m_adr;                                // address
+	int m_divider;                            // Frequency divider (used by downtown)
 	sound_stream *  m_stream;                 // Stream handle
 	int m_sound_enable;                       // sound output enable/disable
 	UINT8   m_reg[0x2000];                // X1-010 Register & wave form area
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ extern const device_type X1_010;
 
 #define MCFG_X1_010_ADDRESS(_addr) \
 	x1_010_device::set_address(*device, _addr);
-
+#define MCFG_X1_010_DIVIDER(_div) \
+	x1_010_device::set_divider(*device, _div);
 
 #endif /* __X1_010_H__ */
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/seta.c b/src/mame/drivers/seta.c
index 08c7af95f61..63bded42e7d 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/seta.c
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/seta.c
@@ -7823,6 +7823,7 @@ static MACHINE_CONFIG_START( downtown, seta_state )
 	/* sound hardware */
 	MCFG_SPEAKER_STANDARD_MONO("mono")
 	MCFG_SOUND_ADD("x1snd", X1_010, 16000000)   /* 16 MHz */
+	MCFG_X1_010_DIVIDER(1)
 	MCFG_SOUND_ROUTE(ALL_OUTPUTS, "mono", 0.50)
 MACHINE_CONFIG_END