Please PROPERLY address audio stuttering issue

[paga]

So after 6.0.1 I also have issues with the sound, before that it worked perfectly fine.

Its not as bad as others but I do have slight crackling every so often which doesn't make the game unplayable for me but still lowers the enjoyment.

I have a Ryzen 7 5600x and a RTX 2080, FPS always over 100.

[Teiren]

To follow up, I'm happy to say that two times now, I've not gotten any audio stuttering whatsoever in the final dungeon of Endwalker. However, I did get it in the second-to-last dungeon of Endwalker, The Weeping City of Mhach, The Final Steps of Faith, and Alphascape 2.0. I really can't explain it. I originally assumed I got no stuttering in the final dungeon because the environment there may have slightly less simultaenous objects than other dungeons, but Final Steps of Faith and Alphascape 2.0 are just as relatively sparse. I really don't get it.

Please. Just go back to 5.5's sound engine. Please.

[GrimmStronghammer]

Bump. I'm also continuing to have the issue.

[minopoki]

So, in the Japanese Forums, they suggested we tried the LatencyMon software to detect latency issues for audio.
My result turned out bad, as seen in the image below.

How is everyone else's result?
To check, open LatencyMon, click the green start button, wait at least 5-10 minutes, and if it gets Green, it means it's good, black means not so good, red means bad.

If you get a green result, try then running the scan while playing FFXIV to see if results change.

[Godel]

Fx-8350 user here. Changing bitrate from 24bit48k to 16bit44.1k (lowest possible) was not even noticeably impactful on the amount of stuttering. Changing from DX11 to DX9 helps audio but it hurts graphics and at the end of the day the audio issue is still there.

I don't think LatencyMon results really mean anything....I am getting spikes over 2k µs range even without any applications running, yet I've never experienced audio anomalies while using any other applications. With FFXIV open it did spike up to 4.6k µs however, but the audio stuttering was happening even when it was consistently showing measurements <1k µs.

[Ariel_Valmont]

Want to bump this thread as well due to the comprehensive list of links on the main page. Fix the issue already!

[Muew19]

Make legacy sound settings option for us so we can use SHB sound engine. This new sound engine is problematic.

[KinDranex]

I'm 99.99% certain that the issue is the implementation of the "Immersive Spatial Audio" as turning it on fixes it for me, but the audio sounds awful. Like its underwater or something.

My audio issues come from like some sort of stutter issue where it tries to load crowd audio but can't.

[Grimno]

I'm 99.99% certain that the issue is the implementation of the "Immersive Spatial Audio" as turning it on fixes it for me, but the audio sounds awful. Like its underwater or something.

My audio issues come from like some sort of stutter issue where it tries to load crowd audio but can't.

Turning "Immersive Spatial Audio" also seems to fix it, though if I change equalizer to anything but Normal, it causes stuttering.
I'm now sort of at a cross-roads.
I could leave the spatial audio on. No more crackling. But everything sounds weird.
I could turn the spatial audio off. Crackling is back. But everything sounds normal.

And it's kind of a hard decision.
Constant discomfort from hearing the underwater variants of combat sounds like that is leaving me with a permanent >:\ face when it's on...
OR...
Physical pain to my ears from the crackling and static filled audio...

[Caderyn]

Turning "Immersive Spatial Audio" also seems to fix it, though if I change equalizer to anything but Normal, it causes stuttering.
I'm now sort of at a cross-roads.
I could leave the spatial audio on. No more crackling. But everything sounds weird.
I could turn the spatial audio off. Crackling is back. But everything sounds normal.

And it's kind of a hard decision.
Constant discomfort from hearing the underwater variants of combat sounds like that is leaving me with a permanent >:\ face when it's on...
OR...
Physical pain to my ears from the crackling and static filled audio...

It worked for me, though I feel kinda sick about it. I tried the ISA because I saw reports that it helped resolve this issue, instantly. Well : https://youtu.be/aqD8JIBqcxE Judge for yourself.