Audio Glitching on Realtek Speakers

[gidgeesheep]

Describe the bug

Sbox's audio is wrong (see video below) when played out of the main speakers of my Laptop. Using a different audio device on the same system is not causing problems.

To Reproduce

1. Have my laptop?? ROG Strix G513QY_G513QY and play S&Box using the main audio Realtek Speakers
2. Play any sound, especially sudden, or loud sounds.
3. Notice it is wrong.
4. Plug in any other audio device to fix it.

Expected behavior

The audio should play correctly without glitching noises.

Media/Files

Video with sound from Realtek Driver

https://github.com/Facepunch/sbox-issues/assets/55063683/570e7fb9-978c-426e-beb2-d6b39f0d49af

Switching to pair of headphones or any other audio device

https://github.com/Facepunch/sbox-issues/assets/55063683/204756f1-3a26-4564-9d50-c07d73d57844

The device causing trouble

Additional context

OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name SUPER-DUPER-LAP System Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. System Model ROG Strix G513QY_G513QY System Type x64-based PC System SKU
Processor AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX with Radeon Graphics, 3301 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends International, LLC. G513QY.331, 2/24/2023 SMBIOS Version 3.3 Embedded Controller Version 0.82 BIOS Mode UEFI BaseBoard Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. BaseBoard Product G513QY BaseBoard Version 1.0 Platform Role Mobile Secure Boot State On PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.22621.2506" User Name SUPER-DUPER-LAP\Christian Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 64.0 GB Total Physical Memory 63.4 GB Available Physical Memory 48.2 GB Total Virtual Memory 67.4 GB Available Virtual Memory 46.4 GB Page File Space 4.00 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Kernel DMA Protection On Virtualization-based security Not enabled Windows Defender Application Control policy Enforced Windows Defender Application Control user mode policy Off Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware No Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

[shurahgolden]

i could totally be wrong about this, but my microphone can sometimes output a similar glitching/static sound when the bitrate and or sample rate aren't the same. can you try making sure that the settings (bitrate & sample rate) are set to either: 44100Hz 16Bits, or 48000Hz 16Bits? also make sure that you have nothing enabled in the Room Correction tab and the Sound Effects tab. Also, if this still didn't fix anything than try turning your speaker configuration to Stereo mode, even if your speakers may be truly compatible with other modes, it's worth just checking. lemme me know if any of this fixed anything, and if so what did!

[gidgeesheep]

No, no changes in the speaker frequency made a change. It's just 48000Hz 16Bits permanently. But the problem remains.

[James76931]

I've been getting this bug for AGES... not with Realtek speakers but with my MOTU M2 audio interface. Has only ever been an issue in s&box.