diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/APU.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/APU.cs
index e517535364..c30e082cfe 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/APU.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/APU.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo
 
 				public bool IsLenCntNonZero() { return len_cnt > 0; }
 
-
 				public void WriteReg(int addr, byte val)
 				{
 					//Console.WriteLine("write pulse {0:X} {1:X}", addr, val);
@@ -822,6 +821,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo
 				noise.clock_env();
 			}
 
+			public void NESSoftReset()
+			{
+				//need to study what happens to apu and stuff..
+				sequencer_irq = false;
+				_WriteReg(0x4015, 0);
+			}
+
 			public void WriteReg(int addr, byte val)
 			{
 				pending_reg = addr;
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Core.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Core.cs
index 436f654044..aac3bb8b2a 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Core.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Core.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo
 			if (resetSignal)
 			{
 				cpu.NESSoftReset();
+				apu.NESSoftReset();
 				//need to study what happens to ppu and apu and stuff..
 			}