Audio popping issue

[ClarkCiccero]

I have the same issue here, Directx12, did everything and the sound is cracking a lot. Thank god is the game, and not in my end.

[Poccola]

Adding my experience to this thread.

I've been having audio issues that seem to be related to Dx11, every time I boot up the game with my headset plugged in the game crashes on start up and when it doesn't and I manage to get into the title screen the audio is distorted/choppy, and I mean all audio from bgm to effects.
I'm very puzzled as when I was playing Endwalker last weekend I didn't encounter any audio problems. It just started happening this last monday.

I've noted that this happens when I have my headset plugged in, when I dont have a headset plugged into the pc the game boots up just fine. Even if I start the game without the headset plugged into the usb port and get in game, as soon as I plug the headset back in, the game just crashes.

I've tried Reinstalling my gpu and audio drivers along with FFXIV, meddled with the audio settings in windows, deactivated any audio enhancements, deactivated support for dx11 in ffxiv's client and although audio sounds alright in dx9 it lags and crashes in areas with a lot of players. I tried to play other games aside from ffxiv and they all work fine. It seems to be a specific issue with FFXIV.

At this point I'm not sure what can be done to fix this issue, and its unfortunately very frustrating having to deal with this in one of my favorite games.

[AsheStrachan]

Still unplayable with this audio problems

[AluneTempest]

im gonna ask this again, someone notice if your CPU is in high usage after this patch?
i think this overused/overheat on CPU is the cause of the problem

[KnottySloth]

im gonna ask this again, someone notice if your CPU is in high usage after this patch?
i think this overused/overheat on CPU is the cause of the problem

not over 50% at all. dont think temperature is a thing

[OneIlmPunch]

Hello everyone, I haven't had a chance to read the thread in it's entirety, but as someone who's experiencing the audio bug -ONLY- in combat I may have found a solution. By limiting my FPS with the in-game settings to 30 frames, audio popping during combat appears to have stopped. I don't know if there is a full list of things to try, but forcing ones FPS to a lower cap may help.

Regardless; Good luck everyone, and let's keep posting what we can and hope for a better solution from the Devs to arrive sooner rather than later.

[Adamantini]

same problem here. I'm going to try out one of the ideas people have written here, and I'll come back if I can find something useful.

[Interrossiter]

Please be aware that the issue relating to combat noise/effects being 'muted' or flat also occurs on PS5 & this has only occurred since Patch 6.0 release. All attempts to achieve previous sound levels via PS5 itself & in game settings have failed.
It would appear that it is the game that is at fault & not our equipment & devs please need to investigate/resolve as the current sounds are absolutely awful.

[GorthRedsteel]

Another day, another day not being able to play the game that requires a monthly sub. Feels GREAT. Let us continue being ignored by SE for another 2 weeks. Maybe by then, we will be able to hear something from their end. Just gotta stay... positive, lads.

[Jizu]

Hello fellow Audio-issues havers.
I mainly post as a bump to this thread, but also as a small vent. So if you're looking for a solution, I'm sorry I don't have one.

As you most likely have as well, I have tried every option I've found on the internet, and nothing has changed.
I've been silent and patient, because I know what a big undertaking this Expansion has been and I do not want to play that fact down, but I have to remain unbiased and remind myself: This is a product I have paid for, with a service fee I pay every month in order to use this service.

I am aware that we are being compensated for the huge queue times and disconnections happening, which is highly admirable, very nessecary even for many people, with the lenght it takes them to log in during the few hours they have available to play each night.
But I too have high queuetimes. I too have disconnection issues, and even had them about 2 weeks before EW EA, for no apparent reason. But now, even after braving the login and having a luckily stable connection for the evening, the game is basically still unplayable.

I can't level my classes, I can't progress the MSQ, I can at most put everything silent, watch youtube videos and craft, because the sound is unbearable if I even think about fighting something.
It's frustrating to know, that I've tried everything and have waited a full week since I was supposed to be able to enjoy the product I purchased and am currently paying for, and nothing has changed.
I've never had sound related issues before. Any other game, even more demanding ones, run perfectly fine on my computer.
It's sad to know there will not be additional compensation for this, since it doesn't affect everybody.

Again, many people had issues logging in and staying logged in recently, but at least when they were they had a great time. I am not, as you all aren't either I assume.
I just stopped playing again after a couple hours in which I thought I could try the MSQ again. But only 1 encounter with a single beast later I am tired. I am tired and sad that all I can do is play it silently or not at all.

We all agree that the music this game has is fantastic, even the small battle themes are recognizable and amazing. I want that to be my experience with this game, and this expansion. My first expansion I've been part of the live release.
Currently every encounter, every step forward in any direction of the game, I worry my sound will crack and pierce my ears. Once that happens my immersion is intensly broken, but to be honest, it is as soon as I hear it happen in the loading screens when I think about doing anything. Any moment I do anything in the game, I expect it to happen. I worry it'll start any second (which it usually does..) and it already pulls me out so far.

ShB SPOILERS:
Imagine you're about to face Hades, you stare him down, the Theme starts playing and all you hear is a crackling mess of screeching.
ShB SPOILERS END

I worry that that might be my experience with EW if I keep going. I'm not far into the MSQ but I don't know whats gonna happen next. I hate to think that might happen.

I know others have it worse when they have queues of 5k+ just to be dropped from the queue and having to requeue, I've been lucky that my times were high but I have gotten in within reasonable times so far. It doesn't make me less sad though.
But I guess I am just human, and I'm selfish in saying this, but I feel like I was entirely unable to play since EA release, whilst no one I know personally had any issues besides logging in and maybe 1 DC a night. Why do I have to deal with this? Why do I get treated the same, when I am pretty much completely unable to enjoy what I paid for just the same?

Best of luck, I envy all of you for whom any of the possible fixes have worked! Enjoy the game and turn that sound up! For all of us sitting on the bench, ready to follow you, fellow Warriors Of Light. ♥

TLDR: It's a bump. It's a vent. Wish i had a solution for yall, cus I know what it feels like. But I did see, we finally made it onto the "known issues" list, so one can only hope.

EDIT: I saw a new 'fix' by setting your power usage to balanced, it didn't work. But it made me notice something about the issue when I tested it. It seems like there is a 'build up' and a 'threshhold' to it. When I start the game fresh, I go to bigger fates to make sure that if the issue could happen, it would.
It works fine for a minute maybe, but theres a certain point at which it just breaks and any effect that worked before is now broken and the bgm is forever broken aswell.