Weird crackling mic Issue

[G_G_Freak]

So, I've got an issue where when I open DRG while in a Discord call with a friend, My mic starts to go all staticy and crackly. Only DRG produces this issue, and Since I bought the mic today, It's not a case of faulty hardware. I'm using a Blue yeti X with a Wired USB connection. This occurs even if I've got another, unused and muted mic set as my Audio input device for the game, and it happens only once I get into the actual game itself, not during its initial loading screen or start menu.

[ShugoTheRipper]

Disable GPU acceleration on Discord, RTX GPUs use dynamic interrupts and it does not play well with some systems.

You can technically change the interrupt type style (software level) of a GPU but it is difficult and will hurt performance.

At least this was my issue and it took me about a month of research to figure out why Discord and Nvidia Broadcast were causing my audio to ♥♥♥♥ the bed.

You may not have an RTX GPU but the premise is the same. But my guess is you are rocking RTX with a Ryzen CPU.

The real killer is is you use programs like LatencyMon for trouble shooting audio it will also report everything is fine.

[G_G_Freak]

I tried out disabling the Hardware/GPU acceleration on Discord, but that didn't help it at all. I also decided to test it further by using the mic while not being in a discord call of any kind, and the crackling issue persisted. So far, it seems It's exclusively a problem with DRG, without any other program or system getting in the way.

[ShugoTheRipper]

Odd maybe change the mics sample rate or something like that, past that I got nothing; sorry.

Killing off master EQ is a common suggestion, but it has never worked for me.

[G_G_Freak]

That's fair, and thank you for your help. I have found a second game that causes this same issue, and weirdly enough, this is a Single-player game, Pacific drive. Given the fact that that's a game that doesn't even have a mic function, I can't understand why playing it would cause my mic to crackle like this.

[danielalbu]

Originally posted by G_G_Freak:

So, I've got an issue where when I open DRG while in a Discord call with a friend, My mic starts to go all staticy and crackly. Only DRG produces this issue, and Since I bought the mic today, It's not a case of faulty hardware. I'm using a Blue yeti X with a Wired USB connection. This occurs even if I've got another, unused and muted mic set as my Audio input device for the game, and it happens only once I get into the actual game itself, not during its initial loading screen or start menu.

The problem is NVIDIA Broadcast.
It started out great but the recent versions of the Geforce driver mess up the audio in NVIDIA Broadcast.

Here's one possible solution for the problem:
https://youtu.be/C-7_dyjTirE?si=lvEy5WHx_qbqI2Ec

[Alex]

Originally posted by ShugoTheRipper:

Disable GPU acceleration on Discord, RTX GPUs use dynamic interrupts and it does not play well with some systems.

You can technically change the interrupt type style (software level) of a GPU but it is difficult and will hurt performance.

At least this was my issue and it took me about a month of research to figure out why Discord and Nvidia Broadcast were causing my audio to ♥♥♥♥ the bed.

You may not have an RTX GPU but the premise is the same. But my guess is you are rocking RTX with a Ryzen CPU.

The real killer is is you use programs like LatencyMon for trouble shooting audio it will also report everything is fine.

I have like almost a decade in pro audio, I could not for the life of me figure this out.

You sir are a legend, Happy new year

[Alex]

Okay, I found out something else.

With Steams new game record feature, this can cause the audio to crackle as well. try disabling recording for DRG.

OR you can disable it for every game if you dont use it.

Steam > settings > game recording