audio

Hey guys, My old Dell vostro 1015, inbuilt speaker went kaput years ago, so I used to use speakers in the past & later started using only headphones. Have been using the laptop since 2011. Not sure, what happened but since morning, my audio kept breaking, tried searching around a bit for...

There's this guy on youtube called macroblank that uploads these royalty free tracks that's basically just lounge music. I'm going to be away from anywhere with internet and I've downloaded the albums but all of the files are mp4 or webms. I know how to convert them to mp3s but when I do that...

I’ve been having the same audio issue since last December. I’ve tried to fix it several times, but I’m not exactly what you would call “smart.” Anyway, the issue is that my microphone keeps picking up desktop audio, and there’s a constant buzzing whenever I try to record. I bought a new mic, but...

My main PC is output to vintage audio gear so I've never used the audio output jack on this monitor. I connected a small active speaker today and there is no signal going to the speaker. Speaker and cable are fine. Please help as my intention is to use a small powered speaker setup for most of...

Hi, Windows cannot find any audio device on my PC. I have my USB headset plugged in, and I have the onboad audio of my MSI PRO-Z790-A-WIFI motherboard but neither appear. I've updated my BIOS. I have installed the chipset and audio drivers from the MSI website. Also, I updated my Nvidia...

I've had some issues with Acer Purified Voice Console, and frankly I've had enough. I wanted to listen to some music while talking to some friends, and listening to music while talking to friends, or at least use or play any game that utilizes microphones causes the audio to be drowned, thanks...

I am attempting to set up a home theater with 5.1 and eventually 7.1 surround sound with my PC. My preferred connection is an HDMI through my GPU directly to an AV receiver with 7.1 capabilities. I also have a sound card installed, which may be causing the issue. However, disabling the device...

Hello, I'm asking for help because I have a problem with my headphones, there's no sound coming from them. I've done all the basic operations. At first I had no sound at all, so I installed the drivers. It didn't work, then I used the problem solver and it worked. Then I tried connecting my...

[Moderator edit to break up solid paragraph of text.] Weeks ago, i used to be able to get on calls with my bluetooth headset (WH-1000XM4) with no problems, except, obvioulsy, hearing everything on low quality audio (which happens with bluetooth devices when the microphone is in use) However...

If you can fix this, I am more than willing to gift someone £5 Steam Credit. I'm hoping Toms hardware wizards can solve this. Had this issue for well over a year now, Microsoft refuses to do anything about it, on any page, Reddit is stumped. I Havent been able to use a computer for...

Hi everyone, My monitor is plugged into an Nvidia 4090 via a DP cable. I use the audio channel of this DP connection, and this always worked fine until a few months ago: The audio device disappeared. In Device Manager it used to show up under 'Audio inputs and outputs'. Using a HDMI cable also...

I've had these products for quite a while now: Products: Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro Headphones FiiO E10 USB-Powered Headphone DAC Sometimes audio only comes from the left-side of the headphones. The right-side is silent. I have 'mono audio' switched off. I've tried disabling/enabling the...

Hello, hopefully someone here could assist me with the problem I'm having. My specs CPU: i7-13700k GPU: 4070 Ti RAM: 32GB For a few FC games now, the audio of the game has been crackling/popping while playing but it gets worse during cutscenes. l've been able to resolve this problem by...

Hello all, I hope you are doing well. I purchased a Dell XPS 8960 a few months ago, and it's working well except for the fact that occasionally, about once every hour or so depending on what applications I'm using, the audio either buzzes loudly, distorts, or cuts out completely until I unplug...

Hello ! I am sorry if I haven t posted in the right category ! A few days ago i have got a Lenovo ThinkStation for really cheap (around 130 euro ) Specs : Cpu : E5-2690v3 Ram: 64 gb ddr4 ecc (in dual channel but i will plan a future upgrade ) Psu:490w gold oem It was cheap because it came...

So i very recently build a new pc and i got MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK, now the problem i have is that when i plug my headset or speakers in L OUT (Marked Green) they work, but when i try plugging in other ones in RS-OUT or CS-OUT (Marked Blue) windows doesn't register them at all. I switch a lot...

Hello everyone. I need your help regarding a sound card. I am using the on-board audio on the Asus ROG B650E-E motherboard and I am not happy with the sound at all. It causes crackling in the sound especially in high basses. I tried different speakers but the result did not change at all. I have...

So I've had this PC for about 2 years now, and about 2 weeks ago it started to randomly stutter no matter what i was doing. I could be playing Call of Duty, or doing something simple like watching youtube or twitch, and its even happened a couple of times with nothing open. The stuttering will...

So... I had an Onkyo TX-SR393 AV Receiver (5.1ch HDMI 2.0) hooked up to a Windows 11 PC and a Hisense 75E7KQ TV... and the surround sound worked perfectly with it > in KODI and in MPCHC . windows recognized that i have 5.1 speakers and set audio output as such in the sound control panel. but...

Hello, I've been having this issue for about 9 months with varying frequency; sometimes it can happen multiple times a day, and sometimes I go multiple weeks without an incident. It usually happens when the PC is relatively idle, for example, when listening to music or watching a video, but...

Hello, I’ve been having a problem with the wired audio on my computer for about 5 months now, but it’s steadily gotten worse, to the point that the audio is unusable. Under load and occasionally on startup, my headphones pop and in the audio devices menu the connected headphones connect and...

I've been having audio issues like popping/crackling when pausing, or listening to certain audio for a while now. this PC is less than a year old and has been having problems with my audio for a while now. used latencymon and got these results also here is everything I tried that I can...

So I have speakers hooked up to the 3.5mm jack on the monitor and it outputs sound when my nintendo switch is connected (via HDMI) but not on my pc (via DP) any ideas? In the sound control panel I have my normal headphones, Speakers Realtek USB Audio (says "not plugged in"), Headphones Realtek...

Hello all I built a PC 6 months ago and have had numerous issues with it. The current issue I'm trying to resolve is crackling audio. I've updated all my drivers to my ASRock motherboard's recommended ones as well as even replacing the motherboard with a RMA. Even after replacing it I'm still...

Hello, recently my PC has been doing constant audio glitches. I installed LatencyMon to check for what exactly happens (providing details below). What step should I take to solve the problem? Thank you Link to Main Image: https://ibb.co/kMpPqg1...

Before I start - I've done a lot of searching and trying to find a solution on my own, but not a lot of people are looking for what I want. I just completed a new build with 2 major differences - no PCIE sound card, and Windows 11 instead of 10. For many years now I have used a sound card for my...

I just do clean install windows 10, everything seems normal, no problem, but i just notice that my Audio is missing, it says "No speakers or headphones are plugged in" Both Rear and Front panel not working I've tried these steps: 01. I've install Realtek Audio, it installed, but nowhere to be...

I just got a Samsung HW-C460 soundbar and i tried connecting it to my PC with USB-A to USB-A but it won't connect (it says no usb). so I'm assuming now that i need to connect it with the optical audio cable, but my motherboard doesn't have an optical audio port on it. Does anyone know if theres...

Hey all, New to Tom's Hardware and I need some help. I got an AudioTechnica AT 2020 and my friends hear static at random times. I fix it temporarily by disabling and re-enabling the Focusrite that it connects to, but then it happens again at a seemingly random time later. Here is a video link...

Front and back sound jacks on motherboard "Board Explorer" show as "Disconnected" as opposed to other slots' "Empty", and no audio output or input I have encountered this problem after buying this computer on facebook marketplace, and I didnt think to check the audio. PC specs. MBD: MSI...

Hi everyone I’m having my first real sound issue, and am not very technical to be able to sort it out. I’m just starting to work with music on my PC, and have been trying out a couple of the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) packages for this. I've been trying a DAW called Cakewalk for a week...

Problem: Recently my mic has a lot of static in the background when I use it, it's heard in recordings and on web voice recorders/Discord. This happens on both the front and back audio jacks, I've tested other headphones and the same result. The audio from the headphones itself is fine but the...

TL;DR; Certain games make entire PC stutter for 10-20 seconds, followed by my headphones audio peaking as loud as possible. system background process goes high in % when this happens. Thanks for any help! This is a weird one.. and I consider myself a pretty techy guy and this still makes 0...

I'm trying to listen to a video on one monitor with my airpods while playing call of duty on the other monitor and have game audio thru my gaming headset. Everything works fine until call of duty launches, then my air pods quit playing audio from my other montior. game audio thru the headset...

Good day, I have no clue if this is the right sub forum to post this question, but it's related to consumer electronics so here goes. I'm hoping to upgrade my car's factory speakers, I currently have these in mind: https://pioneer-mea.com/en/products/ts-a1687s/. I already upgraded my car's head...

I'm looking to build a high quality gaming PC that can handle live streaming. I haven't purchased anything yet, i'm just doing a lot of research and i'd like to get your thoughts on the parts below and what i can improve on/if anything is overkill. I'm located in United States, i'd like to stay...

I've been trying to get my headset mic to work for multiple hours now and nothing seems to fix it. It honestly might be dead for no reason at all but I'll give it one last shot. I've tried pretty much everything I've found online from uninstalling in device manager or through control panel...

Hi all, Having trouble with audio on my Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 ProX and haven't been able to figure out a solution so far. My laptop has recently returned from a repair by Lenovo due to a faulty power button however, since it has been returned I have been experencing strage issues with the audio...

I recently purchased an ASROCK B550M Steel Legend + 16GBx2 XPG 3200 + Ryzen 5 4500 and I'm having problems with the 3.5mm audio jack. When I'm playing some games like Fallout 76, Baldur's Gate 3, Forza Horizon 5, Divinity: Original Sin 2 I hear a crackling/popping noise and just when I'm playing...

Hello, I have a bunch of issues with the motherboard. First, the back panel jacks are only working for outputting audio to my headphones, but they do not accept input audio from my mic (mic is seperate from the headphones). Front panel is working just fine. Another issue is that after...