Permanently Fix Crackling Audio on Windows!

[@TheFranswahStudio]

Thanks for watching! Check out the article I wrote on this issue: thefranswah-studio.com/cpu-affinity-and-priority-with-process-lasso/

[@OverworldCane]

Perhaps you would be able to assist me with the issue I am having. I do not use things like voicemeter or discord, where the concern for crackling and popping issues seem to have arisen; however, my crackling and popping is happening every single time I do anything related to multitasking on my PC. For example: I am watching a KZbin video, and during the video, I open my computer's settings menu in a new window, HORREDNOUS crackling noise, followed by the setting windows immediately CLOSING ON ITS OWN. I've updated every driver I can think of, including BIOS. I've tried adjusting the minimum processor state in power options, I've tried turning off Fast Boot in windows, which allegedly solved this problem for others. I am at a loss. I work with my PC every day, and I have to live with this irritating crackling.

[@chacam4652]

@@OverworldCane actually to fix it is very simple. you just need to go to the sound settings in the control panel. in playback select the audio you are using then open properties. go to advanced then untick the allow applications to take exclusive control of this device. do that for all audio types in the playback menu except voicemeeter.

[@Rita-b2u1f]

​@@OverworldCaneI need help with this message

[@perfectsoulmates2023]

This did NOT work in my case. My mic makes crackling sounds when I speak probably because I have a higher pitched voice. I have done precisely what you suggested. I have also used noise gate as well as every other filter in OBS playing around with all kinds of combinations in the settings. I have done the 48 khz tactic as well. NOTHING has worked so far. The crackling / small popping sounds when I speak just wont go away whenever I use OBS to stream. When I am NOT using OBS my mic is fine.

[@lodewijklangeweg742]

Wow! Thank you so much! After having heard the annoying crackling for months and watching many videos on how to fix it, and following their instructions that did not end the crackling, finally a tutorial video that offered and resulted in the real solution. No more crackling at all. ❤️

[@JonNation]

It didn't work unfortunately. Still crackles, and sometimes sounds robotic, or talking like underwater.

[@nathirdparty4179]

I turned on "Fast Start-Up" Then turned it off after a week, and my PC Audio cracks and pops even reinstalling /updating sound drivers, disabling audio enhancements , Processor Minimum Power and other else... still suffering from this :(

[@Sigorzav_Mixing]

this is the only one solution that fixed the issue of getting crakling audio only in broswer even i set my audio interface buffer size to 1024, thank you for making video!!

[@shivambharati1338]

Thanks man!! How can i thank to you 🙂... Tons of videos on youtube, lot of articles on internet about popping and crackling sound.. but never found one single working solution...all they say about just turn off audio enhancements, turn off third party exclusive control, turn off spatial sound, update drivers, update windows.. blah blah blah... everything is just useless. it does impact on popping sound but never could vanish it completely. & here you go and help us... Thanks allot, Subscribed to you and turned on bell notifications.. Tuned inn ❤

[@Oreojerabek]

KING i have this problem for like 2 years and googled to find solution i love you and it solved thank you

[@darryl5277]

Big thanks my man you just fixed my issue i was having with crackling audio while playing playstation games and for soome reason ghost recon wildlands....would only crackle while i was in game but when id go back to desktop to try fix the issue my friends audio via discord was crystal clear but as soon as i go back in game crackling would start again. anyways i followed your simple steps and its all fixed so thank you very much. people give this man a follow

[@cody_raves]

for anyone wondering THIS WORKS WITH VOICE MOD! if you have voice mod crackling this WILL fix it

[@jorga78]

Questo video mi ha salvato. Stavo impazzendo appresso a una scheda audio behringer umc404hd che infilava "scoppietti" in tutte le registrazioni...sia con microfono che con segnale diretto.....fatte queste cose tutto è sparito. SEI UN GRANDE!!!

[@OfficialChavis97]

Hey there! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I tried this out, and as far as I know, the audio _still_ crackles. In fact, it's only gotten worse-- When I try to fix the audio issues, whatever program I'm currently running completely mutes, and doesn't play audio again until I close it and reopen it. But similar case to you, I recently got an AMD driver, and my audio problems started occurring when I got it. Should I try to uninstall the AMD driver, or are there any other things you might suggest to help with this problem? Thanks.

[@WhatLurksBeneath]

Bro! I was about to ragequit on OBS Studio until I found this video. Thanks dude, you're a life saver!

[@brunodeoliveira331]

Hi ! Not working on my computer with popping/crackling I assume the problem isn't there...

[@hanp8]

buy a DAC/amp, disable in-built realtek audio, if your motherboard has a built in wifi, disable that too, both in the bios. Then in the device manager, make sure all audio devices are disabled except for the DAC/AMP. Also reinstall GPU driver (try this if none of those above steps work). There should be no more crackling noise.

[@smithy4471]

Holy hell man, this has been driving me insane and now I'm hearing my game and discord wonderfully, thank you so much bro!!

[@Dunc]

Another solution if someone doesn't want to download Process Lasso is to use a batch file that calls a PowerShell command. You can then set the batch file to be run at Windows startup. I use Voicemeeter and have the same crackling issue and thought it was just my computer for the longest time. I have both the batch file and powershell script built if you would like to see it to make another video about it. The PS script is 2 lines and the batch file is 1 line so it's very basic and not complicated. More specifically, I'm not a computer programmer and I was able to understand what the script was doing. What it does is it sets the audiodg process to a priority to high and an affinity of CPU 2. Both adjustments are obviously editable in the script.

[@RoyBeerZ]

I'd love to see your solution, as I really don't like the idea of installing a software only for a workaround. Been having this issue for ages already now, just yesterday I reset my PC to factory settings in the hopes that would fix it - and the crackling didn't show up until ... well, until now :D

[@Dunc]

​@@RoyBeerZ I'll keep this as short as possible due to character limits and in case Franswah wants to make another video for content. Open up (2) blank Notepad files File 1: this will be the PowerShell file that actually makes the changes. Paste the following text on 2 separate lines (don't type line 1 and line 2, that's just for reference) Line 1: Get-WmiObject Win32_process -filter 'name = "Audiodg.exe"' | ForEach-object{$_.SetPriority(128)} Line 2: Get-Process Audiodg | ForEach-Object {$_.ProcessorAffinity=4} Note: the priority 128 value is what makes it high priority and affinity value of 4 is what locks it to only CPU 2. You can change these values as needed if you wanted. Last step: save this notepad file titled whatever you want with ".ps1" as the file extension when naming it. File 2: this will be the batch file that runs the PowerShell file. Paste the following text on 2 separate lines in File 2 (don't type line 1 and line 2, that's just for reference) Line 1: @ECHO OFF Line 2: PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& {Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList '-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ""C:\FolderName\File1Name.ps1""' -Verb RunAs}" Note: reference the file path of the .ps1 file you made and put that as file path in File 2. Only replace the actual filepath text and not any of the quotation marks. Also, this will run in Admin mode so it will ask you each time to allow it to run if double-clicking the .bat file manually. Unless you run it via Task Scheduler as admin. Last step: save this notepad file titled whatever you want with ".bat" as the file extension. Now you can run the .bat file using Windows Task Scheduler after logging into Windows or link it to hotkey button on something like the Stream Deck. If you search Google for this code you'll get hits as that is where I found this code myself. What is strange is that I also have voicemeeter on my work laptop that doesn't use Discord and I have no crackling issues when chatting with people via Teams.

[@StevensxD]

@@Dunc Update: I try to do a shortcut that runs everytime I boot Windows. When I do this, Affinity it's still normal + All cores selected. So I'll keep using Process Lasso for now.

[@Dunc]

@@StevensxD does the priority and affinity change if you run the shortcut manually? If using Task Scheduler then delay it by 30 seconds so that audiodg is running and can accept changes.

[@StevensxD]

@@Dunc No, it doesn't. I right clicked, eject like Admin and nothing change.

[@nonocompro108]

I confirm this solution. I use it since almost 2 years an it fixed my crackling 100%. Also paid lasso license. It worths the investment. Thanks!

[@TheFranswahStudio]

Thanks for confirming! Definitely a great solution to the problem! Easy to use as well.

[@TuhoeTaniwha]

Awesome I just used an activator for lasso and unlocked it for free

[@wtfdoeswindsortreatyevenmean]

@@TuhoeTaniwha same

[@Iconic_Blitz]

Thank you so much for this fix homie! I was dealing with this for months. Audio is now crackle free. Subbed for sure

[@Csbckt6]

Thank you for the video. Followed your tutorial steps & I am listening to my music from my dj digital turntable & virtual dj , so far , no crackling noises . I’m really shocked & impressed. I think it’s done the job . Cheers bro thank you

[@notverygeordie]

As a software dev, this approach makes my skin itch. It is masking the problem rather than understanding the root cause and making informed decisions to solve it once and for all. That said, I’m not a Discord developer, so I’d be stuck with this too. Fundamentally any time you feel the need to touch any process priority, it is a massive red flag. Trust me. I’ve fixed situations where developers in my company kept hiking thread priorities until 24 cores running at Real-time priority stopped windows from working entirely… (this isn’t as critical as that and will work - it just makes my skin itch, like I said).

[@dungareion]

I'd love to hear or read your solution. This fixed the issue with my crackling sound immediatly. I'd like to know what was causing it and how to fix the problem rather than patch it. That written this did work. Now why did it work? Why is it a patch? What was the root problem? What's a better fix?

[@notverygeordie]

@@dungareion I’d have to go in with dev tools, a reproduction and work it all out. As I said, I’m not any kind of Discord dev, so I’m not able to comment. The slight process priority boost will mean that audio code will be interrupted less, probably preventing the cracking. Isolating it to the single core will stop it from affecting the rest of your machine much to achieve that.

[@skatemore33]

@@notverygeordie It's not specific to discord. Happens with Zoom and other VOIP software. Would really like to nail down the cause as well, because I'm not happy with this fix either (even though it does fix it).

[@DieTabbi]

Didnt understand what you did. I had no issues 2 days ago with discord and today? I have bad mic sound and dont know why or how to solve it

[@davewuff]

THIS IS THE FUCKING SOLUTION OMFG THANKS

[@MarcoCalia]

Grazie molto interessante, una domanda: la Motherboard è una Thunderbolt? Oppure l’hai collegata a USB-C l’apollo? Sono indeciso se prendere Apollo USB oppure Thunderbolt

[@shawnpwatsons1]

Much improved. I unchecked my a couple of Microsoft Edge Affinity for processor 2 so it doesn't share with the audio.

[@wesleychef]

This fixed mine and I thought it was my new expensive gaming headset thank you

[@nomanisanisland]

Haven't tried it, but as an audio engineer myself, you seem to know this. Never experienced the effect but certainly worth dedication to a core 🙂 Thanks.

[@kerlowkey]

For those who have NVIDIA drivers, I think it was cuz of the recent driver update. But the latest driver update fixed it for me. Finally

[@PetrHipik]

I have new RTX 4080 and last update and i have sound stutter and crackling everytime when gpu spikes high core and memory clock. IDK what to do....

[@vidgamarr5126]

@@PetrHipikAre you still experiencing the crackling/ popping issue? I have the new RTX 4090 and the crackling for me starts about 30-60ish minutes into gaming. Driving me insane, but it’s only ever when my system is under heavy load. It’s incredibly peculiar.

[@PetrHipik]

@@vidgamarr5126 Not now. After some updates gpu drivers its totally gone. I think its 6 months when problem was solved.

[@websurfer8041]

sadly this also did not work for me. I've tried everything the internet has to offer and I'm just taking an L at this point. Only other solution I've seen that allegedly works is factory resetting the PC. I might just end up having to bite the bullet on this one.

[@vidgamarr5126]

Did you ever end up finding out what the issue was? Within 30-60 minutes of gaming I experience the audio crackle and it’s been driving me nuts, I think playing around with the Affinity cores in this program helped me out. **Edit** so the crackling for me was being caused by my GPU getting too hot overtime. That explains why it would only crackle during heavy loads. Installing 3 extra fans in my case solved the issue completely.

[@JozaMan-t6n]

I can't find a video that shows an example of what this crackling audio sounds like. I'm new to pc and I just got mine and I'm having this issue. Not only is it crackling but it also makes my screen stutter hard, fps drops and after a short time it will restart itself. No blue screen nothing just turns off and back on. I thought it was the wiring in my building, I got that issue fixed and I still have this issue. Could it be my monitor?

[@Saardist69]

I my case it was the mouspad. After disconnect it from usb the crackling ended.

[@bobby6427]

I just bought a 4000 dollar computer and my AUDIO IS CHALKED

[@vasanthgodfrey]

Update the bios

[@shane_8796]

Had the issue with call of duty and Spotify now gone! Earned my sub

[@Ashgrom]

Well so far so "good". The config has reduced the crackling significantly but it's not all gone. Microsoft really need to get their shit together. I even rolled back to windows 10 hoping that would solve it (Windows 11 was extremely unstable anyway and BSODing all the time).

[@Toblies]

OMG. This video is The STOOL!. I've been trying to fix this for a while.

[@TheFranswahStudio]

Glad this was your answer! :)

[@lynic-0091]

This actually fixed it! You sure know what you're talking about, thanks for the fix and knowledge.

[@myyoutubeprofile-c3u]

Thanks

[@TuhoeTaniwha]

this is gold and is the perfect Vid for the fix

[@TheFranswahStudio]

Thank you TT

[@hevytheghost5233]

Was really hoping this would work. But it didnt. Thats just my luck i guess. Weird thing is that the audio only pops when i go full screen, on youtube, for certain videos, and its intermittent.

[@tl231]

Super helpful and exactly what I needed. Thank you!

[@I_RacooN_I]

God bless you my friend.. you have saved me hours of time, and the remaining hair on my head.

[@TheFranswahStudio]

Glad I could help

[@nigelphillips7454]

@@TheFranswahStudio hi can process lass work after being expired and does ghz matter i have 2.10 ghz also do i need any other tools

[@arendon]

This is a fantastic piece of software. I just got the pleasure to know it because of this great and concise video. Thanks.

[@kkillaWOW]

This is amazingly helpful!!! Many Thanks!

[@Ryanmdrover]

Thank you sooooo much for this. Finally fixed the issue for me.

[@blazbohinc4964]

If your system crackles, it's either CPU overstress, PCH voltage not high enough, RAM speed too high (or voltage too low).. and this shit. And on the absolute last place - drivers. It's almost never drivers.

[@RumblyOcean]

Thank you!! This also worked on Red Dead Redemption 2, I've been trying to fix the audio crackling forever and this was just the solution I was looking for!

[@M1sterGuy]

This had no change. Ive reinstalled drivers, changed cables, set priority and affinity, turned off enhancements, and more. This is a fresh install of windows, new mobo cpu and boot drive. I never had this issue beforehand. As soon as I booted the fresh build I have this weird issue. Its like the sound card is turning off then "Popping" back on.

[@Applepro7]

you found a fix yet? Im in the same boat after install new windows after upgrading my SSD

[@reaperzxxtj8759]

There is a fix coming in September with the 24h2 windows 11 build. If you run windows 10 you are out of luck as windows 10 EOL is scheduled for October of 2025 and no further work will be provided.

[@Wakui]

didnt fix anything for me

[@HDRV224]

i have crackling sound on my razer kraken 7.1 headshet when i listen music , will it gonna help ?

[@Z0RSY]

Will this help with a dual pc setup my elgatoHD60Pro gets this audio crackling out of no where im not sure if its this issuse or the hdmi cord

[@CrisR76]

thanks again bro, you save my audio twice already (also i follow you on Hover :D) good job

[@TheFranswahStudio]

Hey thanks! Thanks for the follow as well :) hopefully can create better content on YT moving forward.. really pushing for it

[@yabikirura379]

Holy moly, what a great video.

[@ThePersistentRumor]

Holy crap! At long last, this issue is fixed. I can't thank you enough, but thank you, thank you, thank you. :-D

[@stevewoodyt]

Nice! Ive been having issues with an old mackie interface drifiting and eventually after 10-30 minutes start to pop and crackle with any audio. I hope this helps.

[@stevewoodyt]

Also, a note. There is something called probalance thats ticked by default. i dont know what that does so i turned it off.

[@StenIsaksson]

I tried to increase the buffer size. Having the same sample rate on every device and such. Nothing worked. But setting affinity on audiodg worked for me. And also using Lasso to auto-set it everytime the PC starts. I also heard that audiodg is really really old and haven't been updated in a long time.

[@reaperzxxtj8759]

24h2 windows 11 build , September 2024. However there will be no fix for windows 10.

[@wilddropbear7215]

man sadly like 20 different videos and i still can't fix the crackling noise i keep getting but it only crackles on my web browser like youtube or anime

[@chrisclique4678]

this fixed audio problems in my pc in some games and i bet my whole pc feels wayy more responsive

[@facundovaldez6990]

I tried it because my u-phoria umc204HD really doesn't get along well with Windows... but it didn't work, unfortunately.

[@AQAmagic]

This fix my problems with the NVIDIA BROADCASTER in his time. Currently I have audio problems with new focusrite drivers, the drivers that comes in the Focusrite Control 3.11, I'm using LatencyMon to see wich drivers are getting high DPC or high execution, and I will apply this, similar to the audiodg.exe , but I'm not on the sweet spot yet. This is so frustrating, I'm kinda understanding why the mayority of the audio people choose Mac for their workstation solutions. I try with linux too (alsamixer, currently trying pipewire), but It's a nightmare too, not because of linux, I'm comfy on that, but let's say even with all the problems windows presents, it's easier than linux. If somebody has a recomendation or have been on my position, any help will be really appreciate it. Thanks.

[@MCPEngu1]

on linux i just add "options snd-hda-intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N" into /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

[@AshwinSKumar]

Will this work for Windows Server 2022?

[@olorindream9421]

Bruh... I've been fighting with this for YEARS... (well maybe months) but... No more snap, no more crackle, no more POP. [Insert praise here]

[@ghostblaze01]

This solution can fix cutting out audio in games ? (Amd gpu)

[@REPTARisaG]

DUUUDE!!!! Thank YOU! this is an amazing app to have.

[@judyhamo-r5l]

didnt work

[@EmanuelTeisanu4]

Danka! it helped soooo much make more videos amigo!

[@zerostat]

Great video but didn't resolve my crackling. For me it only happens when I record an on screen video or game, I'm about to pull my hair :(

[@rogeriomenezesx]

Amazing man !!

[@anthonyboxwell6304]

Do you know if it would fix crackling in final fantasy 7

[@maerrorskhosana3513]

Will this help with Ableton Live

[@oCatBR]

can someone help me? out of nowhere a popping sound plays in my headset, VERY LOUD It occurs when I'm playing fortnite, but I wasn't in any voice channel inside the game, the audio wasn't even an audio from the game itself as if it were an EXTERNAL audio.

[@edturner4219]

You're the Man. Thanks.

[@robdax3122]

Doesn't work at all

[@initial9895]

didnt work for me im afraid been trying to fix my crackling and popping audio for the longest time now

[@soulballet]

Does this work on windows on parallels for mac

[@tjlaflame]

mvp status on the vid ill be joining the discord! THANK YOU lol

[@AshwinSKumar]

Audio DG is not showing up in Project Lasso!

[@Alaniasty]

why after reset windows doesnt remember settings of audiodg ?????

[@locutusGam3rs]

I have a question i been having issues with my audio I been having static Is there anyway to fix it I been dealing with it for months I went through every pair of headphones that I can think of do you have any suggestions?

[@juanmacastro90]

use voicemeeter , and select MME audio driver that have much buffer size. Look that the sample rate in sound panel match with all your gear / try that,.

[@yannpoco]

I use Microsoft’s own hardware Surface Laptop 3 with AMD chips, and it’s full of popping audio, even after a clean system reinstalling, what a nightmare! It’s ridiculous.

[@WDC-TacPotato]

Bro this isn't working😭😭😭

[@giovani_aesthetic]

hey mate can you help me and say why i dont have audiodg.exe running on my pc? (windows 11)

[@TheFranswahStudio]

It might not be running.. you should try restarting the PC and see if the process is there after you start

[@hannesschubert135]

thanks

[@alexmfcamara]

Well, sad to say that this stopped all my sound in windows. Had to uninstall Process Lasso

[@SPECREY]

dam.man it did not work can you help me.please im having this noise for a long time

[@Dreamylapse]

Didn't work for me... I'm on Ryzen 5500, and the only thing that works 100% is to switch pci bifurcation 2x8 in BIOS. So far no better solutions.

[@nearthe2nd]

I'm on AMD Ryzen 3 3200U with Radeon Vega Mobile GFX 2.60GHz. How would I go about switching pci bifurcation 2x8 in BIOS? It's somewhat better I guess, but the Audio Crackling is more slightly more inconsistent.

[@hoffy1003]

Hmmm, Process Lasso is showing no active processes. Yeah, Chrome came up and DWM.exe but that's about it.

[@furyfalcon1933]

followed step by still didnt fix rather disrupted more :(

[@cogrock]

Cheers for the video, but no matter what I did, Process Lasso just would not update the Affinity or Priority for me on boot. Such a shame. I found an alternative though, so for anyone having the same issue as me System Explorer worked and correctly applies the settings on boot. Same fix, different software.

[@EdxY]

Bro ur a life saver for me process lasso did not work too but after using system explorer it’s permanently your a legend ❤️

[@L457_W15Hexe]

tysm

[@Sunny-ku5ow]

yeah your tottaly getting a subbed this worked for sure and no im not a bot

[@snicklefritzfry]

Was very hopeful for this but, like everything else I've tried, it didn't work...

[@TheFranswahStudio]

Sorry to hear that... good to check sample rates and that sort of thing as well

[@gamingheadztvMediaHeadztv]

so your saying it effects me as a music producer to ..welp im doing this for my daw to then

[@johnygthing]

R u active?

[@macsseo]

ur a legend btw

[@Stranded360]

Didn't work.

[@ubozkurt]

sounblaster recon youtube stop randomly . i try lesso

[@pcluva]

still didn't help. I'm loosing it here..

[@UDPTProRookie513]

New sub cause of you thank you bro

[@TheFranswahStudio]

Thanks for the sub!

[@UDPTProRookie513]

U welcome my boy!!!

[@kamenkamena197]

Additional solution from my side: I tried about 1000 things to solve popping on "Audio over USB port", but the only thing what helped me is to disable the USB 3.x support in Windos Device Manager (Universal serial bus contrtollers). -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIjFgHiNgcaHkNk

[@reaperzxxtj8759]

This is dumb

[@Rita-b2u1f]

I don't want to be on this app it just popped take me off this ad I don't want it on my phone phone..

[@BoReynolds]

I DON'T USE DISCORDS EVER. MY problem is cracking and popping in my PAID Voiceovers! AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

[@BoReynolds]

And after doing EXACTLY whats done in this video........STILL THERE,. Dammit!

[@BoReynolds]

THAT DAMN APOLLO TWIN!

[@Dbeastlygamer95]

Just FYI I had this same issue, went to that guys video, and then looked around and found a different video that doesn't mess with that at all. Instead it was the Default Sample Rate in Voicemeter system settings as well as setting the voicemeter default format in the Voicemeter output's properties to 48000Hz. Here is a link to the video that helped me. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH-wh5muftCHobc

[@ChubbsChipmunk]

TYSM!

[@nikkesposito4033]

This did not help me.

[@branidev]

didn't help but nice try