Question Game sound cuts out when playing games but other apps (like spotify) keep playing sound

[GuiSantos]

Ok... this is really grinding my gears.
First of all before anything else, here are my specs:

• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU
• MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X 12G
• ATX MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus Motherboard
• G.SKILL Aegis 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz

Don't know if I'm missing any component for this problem but oh well.

So whenever I'm trying to play a game, the ingame sound randomly cuts off but whatever sound I had running in the background, be it Spotify or a chrome tab, It keeps playing.

This has left my mind boggled and can't figure for the life of me what the hell is going on.
I've updated sound drivers, GPU drivers but still can't figure it out.

Recently tried playing Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition, and the sound randomly cuts off, I can be standing still without using my mouse or keyboard and the sound cuts off anyways, but any other sound coming from anywhere besides the game plays fine.

Recap: the ingame sound keeps cutting off while whatever sound playing outside the game keeps playing without problems.
If you have any idea on how to solve this annoying problem, any help would be appreciated!

 

[GuiSantos]

sigh for anyone with possibly the same problem as me...
Try deleting your audio drivers, plugging out and in your audio cable, and having another go at your game.
I'll try to do some more tests with this "discovery" and will post here.