Grandia Problems

Hey guys, I'm new to emulators, and I'm playing through Grandia. There seem to be a few problems though.
1. Music during cutscenes skips.
2. Music and speech during gameplay loops and skips.
3. I've been trying to configure things on my own, like controller settings for my keyboard and sound, etc, but all my menu options are greyed out, and I can't access them.

What do I need to get these things fixed? I'm a total idiot with this stuff, so please be gentle with me so that I can understand what you guys are talking about. I'd really appreciate any help here; if someone can indeed help me I'll be a happy lady. :3

Also, an online tutorial says that F1 saves the game, but pressing it appears to do nothing. Hur dur this is just my luck. :3

could you please post your emulator configuration also post your PC specifications,and which emulator are you using

Are you play on a PS2 emulator or PS1 Emulator?

Because when you said "Press F1 to Save" it sounds like your talking about saving a state in ePSXe or SSSPSX