Audio popping issue

[twixelstix]

Having the same issue, and it's really bumming me out. I switched to dx9 and it doesn't seem to be as crazy.
It mostly happens with combat when there's more than just myself and another person involved, but every so often I'll notice it stutter randomly if someone runs by. Also been noticing a few little graphical hiccups here or there and just recently had my game crash when trying to teleport.

[TankYoos]

Same issue. It first started with the music popping. I changed the equalizer to normal and it solved that. But it still does it for the battle music and i think abilities as well. Never had this problem prior to 6.0

[DaBigDorf]

Also having audio stuttering. mostly in combat.

[SleepyMoony]

hello i am also having this issue. it only happens when i am in combat, when someone near me is in combat, or someone uses a skill that might be used during combat. seems like only the bgm is getting effected though; turning it off has fixed the issue. In the meantime i'm manually playing area music on loop through youtube but that's not what i might call ideal.

earlier i also had an issue where VO wasn't playing, either in or out of cutscenes. it fixed when i restarted the game later, but i just muddled through it at the time because of queue times haha

update: moving my listening position all the way to "character" like @Elliah-Seraheart suggested fixed it, for now at least. Thanks!!

[Elliah-Seraheart]

hello i am also having this issue. it only happens when i am in combat, when someone near me is in combat, or someone uses a skill that might be used during combat. seems like only the bgm is getting effected though; turning it off has fixed the issue. In the meantime i'm manually playing area music on loop through youtube but that's not what i might call ideal.

earlier i also had an issue where VO wasn't playing, either in or out of cutscenes. it fixed when i restarted the game later, but i just muddled through it at the time because of queue times haha

update: moving my listening position all the way to "character" like @Elliah-Seraheart suggested fixed it, for now at least. Thanks!!

I've not yet heard of someone having these issue's exclusively with BGM. For me, and many others the issue happens with any sound. Be it BGM, Sound effects, Ambient or Voices. It's an absolute mess in dungeons - and makes cutscenes almost unwatchable.

That said, I am glad you resolved your issues somewhat. Pls still make sure to send in a bug report regardless. Mentioning the issue, your specs and the fix that worked for you might help them detect the underlying cause.

[Shian]

I was getting a lot of problems with the sound system.

When I ran the game through my headset on Direct X 11, it would crash on startup.
I fixed it by turning off Direct X 11 mode.

However, the game now crashes on graphical problems, so I had to swap back to Direct X 11. I updated all my drivers and I was able to play the game with sound through my speakers. But the sound would pop in and out and not play randomly.

If I swapped to my headset, it would again crash.

So I tolerated the speakers popping for a while and then I ended up purchasing the sound add on and ran the sound through my headset and I haven't had problems with the sound since.

The only issue now is I can't actually play the game without my headset. As much as I love the improved sound, some times I don't want to wear my headset and unfortunately, going back to speaker mode means the audio issues come back.

[lumielle_]

Hello there!

I have the same problem. Once I start fighting or people around me are fighting it becomes almost unbearable and I need to take off my headset.

I tried out different things:
Switched headsets, updated drivers and even reinstalled the whole game. It sadly changed nothing.

I have no issues while watching Videos or in TS, the problem only appears while playing FFXIV.

[Resheph]

The patch notes had a note that said the issue has been addressed. I am still having as many audio problems as before and following the advice to reduce my device's sample rate has had no effect. I came back just to play Shadowbringers and Endwlakers after a 4 year hiatus (we had a kid) and this is extremely disappointing. In the six years I played this game prior to having our daughter, I never had any issues with sound. W. T. F.

[RevanNight]

I have had the exact same issue here with what I refer to as massive echo like sound. It's a strobe type sound that is very loud and makes it impossible to enjoy the game. My problem also started at Endwalker launch and the new addition of Immerse Spacial Audio, which I think is the actual culprit. I do not have that enabled btw. Now today, after the supposed "fix" patch.. it is STILL bugged. I have tried everything I can to fix the issue on my end (which honestly, I shouldn't have to) to no avail. I really hope they get this fixed for real so I can get back to my favorite mmo. And yes I do have AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core Processor 4.00 GHz