diff --git a/game/overlord/sbank.cpp b/game/overlord/sbank.cpp
index 922e7237de..b64354c117 100644
--- a/game/overlord/sbank.cpp
+++ b/game/overlord/sbank.cpp
@@ -26,18 +26,14 @@ void sbank_init_globals() {
 }
 
 void InitBanks() {
-  for (auto& gBank : gBanks) {
-    gBank->bank_handle = 0;
-    gBank->sound_count = 0;
+  for (auto bank : gBanks) {
+    bank->bank_handle = 0;
+    bank->sound_count = 0;
 
-    gBank->in_use = false;
-    gBank->unk4 = 0;
+    bank->in_use = false;
+    bank->unk4 = 0;
 
-    // paper over bank allocation differences
-    if (g_game_version == GameVersion::Jak1)
-      gBank->in_use = 1;
-
-    strcpy(gBank->name, "<unused>");
+    strcpy(bank->name, "<unused>");
   }
 
   if (g_game_version == GameVersion::Jak2) {
@@ -46,24 +42,24 @@ void InitBanks() {
     gBanks[0]->spu_size = 0xAFCC0;
 
     strncpy(gBanks[1]->name, "gun", 16);
-    gBanks[0]->spu_loc = 0x131740;
-    gBanks[0]->spu_size = 0;
+    gBanks[1]->spu_loc = 0x131740;
+    gBanks[1]->spu_size = 0;
 
     strncpy(gBanks[2]->name, "board", 16);
-    gBanks[0]->spu_loc = 0x131740;
-    gBanks[0]->spu_size = 0;
+    gBanks[2]->spu_loc = 0x131740;
+    gBanks[2]->spu_size = 0;
 
     strncpy(gBanks[3]->name, "level0", 16);
-    gBanks[0]->spu_loc = 0x131740;
-    gBanks[0]->spu_size = 0x42800;
+    gBanks[3]->spu_loc = 0x131740;
+    gBanks[3]->spu_size = 0x42800;
 
     strncpy(gBanks[4]->name, "level1", 16);
-    gBanks[0]->spu_loc = 0x173f40;
-    gBanks[0]->spu_size = 0x42800;
+    gBanks[4]->spu_loc = 0x173f40;
+    gBanks[4]->spu_size = 0x42800;
 
     strncpy(gBanks[5]->name, "level2", 16);
-    gBanks[0]->spu_loc = 0x1B6740;
-    gBanks[0]->spu_size = 0x42800;
+    gBanks[5]->spu_loc = 0x1B6740;
+    gBanks[5]->spu_size = 0x42800;
   }
 }
 
@@ -132,11 +128,17 @@ SoundBank* LookupBank(const char* name) {
     if (idx < 0) {
       return nullptr;  // not found.
     }
-    auto& bank = gBanks[idx];
+    auto bank = gBanks[idx];
     // they had some weird stuff here that took advantage of the fact that this region was
     // 16-byte aligned, so it probably wasn't a memcmp, but this is easier.
-    if ((memcmp(bank->name, name, 16) == 0) && bank->in_use) {
-      return bank;
+    if (g_game_version == GameVersion::Jak1) {
+      if ((memcmp(bank->name, name, 16) == 0)) {
+        return bank;
+      }
+    } else {
+      if ((memcmp(bank->name, name, 16) == 0) && bank->in_use) {
+        return bank;
+      }
     }
     idx--;
   }
diff --git a/game/overlord/srpc.cpp b/game/overlord/srpc.cpp
index 23e2a9ae78..be76346c93 100644
--- a/game/overlord/srpc.cpp
+++ b/game/overlord/srpc.cpp
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ void* RPC_Loader2(unsigned int /*fno*/, void* data, int size) {
         if (!bank->unk4) {
           bank->in_use = false;
         }
-        bank->in_use = 0;
+        bank->in_use = false;
         snd_UnloadBank(handle);
         snd_ResolveBankXREFS();
       } break;
diff --git a/game/sound/989snd/blocksound_handler.cpp b/game/sound/989snd/blocksound_handler.cpp
index 21b8ea12d6..d1a7a4b516 100644
--- a/game/sound/989snd/blocksound_handler.cpp
+++ b/game/sound/989snd/blocksound_handler.cpp
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ void blocksound_handler::set_vol_pan(s32 vol, s32 pan) {
       }
 
       auto volume = m_vm.make_volume(127, 0, m_cur_volume, m_cur_pan, voice->g_vol, voice->g_pan);
-      auto left = m_vm.adjust_vol_to_group(volume.left, m_sfx.d.VolGroup);
-      auto right = m_vm.adjust_vol_to_group(volume.right, m_sfx.d.VolGroup);
+      auto left = m_vm.adjust_vol_to_group(volume.left, m_group);
+      auto right = m_vm.adjust_vol_to_group(volume.right, m_group);
 
       voice->set_volume(left >> 1, right >> 1);
     }
diff --git a/game/sound/989snd/blocksound_handler.h b/game/sound/989snd/blocksound_handler.h
index 700386d656..e6c675838b 100644
--- a/game/sound/989snd/blocksound_handler.h
+++ b/game/sound/989snd/blocksound_handler.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class blocksound_handler : public sound_handler {
                      s32 sfx_vol,
                      s32 sfx_pan,
                      SndPlayParams& params)
-      : m_sfx(sfx), m_vm(vm), m_bank(bank) {
+      : m_group(sfx.d.VolGroup), m_sfx(sfx), m_vm(vm), m_bank(bank) {
     s32 vol, pan, pitch_mod, pitch_bend;
     if (sfx_vol == -1) {
       sfx_vol = sfx.d.Vol;