Audio popping issue

[ashtheash]

It's been 10 days and nothing is being done.
This is what I have: Sound is crackling like crazy and I can only "hear" music and system sounds, all other is muted for some reason.
I tried every possible fix on my end that was ever mentioned here or on Reddit.
At that point I wasn't gonna let my sub run without playing so I soldiered on and it spoiled my experience.
I find it absolutely not acceptable to wait for the patch on the 21st to fix these issues, hotfixes exist for these specific cases.

[VaireAsani]

Reporting in again - issues are still the same for me. The latest thing I have tried is removing all audio devices and then rebooting, which didn't help either.

[twixelstix]

So, I'm not sure what changed? But the last few days I've been able to play relatively fine without any serious issues but if anything it feels like more of a duct tape fix.
I have my distance set to 100, my sound effects set to 20, and then the player effects set to 6 each just so you can barely hear it. It seems to work for me, if I get a slight crackling then I noticed I can just move my camera around and it seems to fix itself right. Hope this helps someone until they fix it.

[Jinx_Devereux]

Bump! Still experiencing all this jazz, would love a fix

[LumineM]

Ever since prerelease i've also been having the same audio issues, like "crackling" and stutters...

Did a full reinstall of the game itself, all sound and video drivers, and still no change at all. I want to keep playing to advance my MSQ, but since the music is one of the main draws for me, I have the feeling i'm being held back and won't have the full experience w/o it.

[Aylin]

Ran chain FATEs last night for about 3 hours and didn't experience the audio issue as I previously had, but did have it a bit while crafting/checking my retainers in my house (which I didn't have an issue with previously).
It seems mildly better, but it might just be a coincidence on my end.
Hoping that next week's patch does something to remedy this- I really want to turn my sound back up again.

[spamantha]

Was not a severe issue until the final fight in Endwalker. I had to quit during the fight, and then I was forced to skip the cutscene afterwards because it was horrible. Restarting, DX9, etc have not fixed it. I have played this game for 8 years now, and this is absolutely devastating for me, because I live for the storyline, and it's been...ruined now. Just bumping this because this is still a severe issue, and it's ridiculous that the game has been out for almost 2 weeks now of early access, and this is still an issue.

[Kazemon15]

Yeah directx9 helped sometimes but not all the time. I had audio stuttering, slowing down, no sound effects, ect. I did manage to finish the MSQ but some cut scenes were just... not good. I really wish this issue was addressed already because sound is one of the most important things next to visual to enjoy the game. Because getting passed the queue is all well and good, but there are still those who cannot play even if they can log in due to this issue.

[Tokavo]

Good day to all! I apologize for my English, I use machine translation.
The same problems with sound. During the battle, the use of skills, a strong crackling is heard. The problem is relevant for all locations of the game world.
I also tried to get rid of the problem by reinstalling the sound card drivers, deleted and reinstalled the game. Connected and disconnected various external audio equipment. Nothing helps. Perhaps the problem is in an outdated AMD FX 8320e processor and a weak built-in sound card?

[Au-ro]

This is the same issue I'm having, but it lasts MUCH longer and ends with 1fps for 5-10 seconds. Only for it to suddenly stop and go back to normal. EW dungeons are unplayable.