Audio becomes distorted after launching a game

[PunchyTurtle]

This problem is only present in games. Everything else is fine; spotify, youtube, etc.

 

I'll launch a game and after a bit (30 seconds ish) the audio becomes super tiny and thin. Before this happens, the audio sounds normal and full. This is happening on all of my headphones. I've tried it with airpods, my Jabhra headphones, and my wired earbuds. I originally thought it was some issue with Bluetooth but it started happening with my wired earbuds today.

 

I think it has to do with mic inputs possibly because I changed the mic input for Deep Rock Galactic to something other than my Jabhra headphones and it worked fine with no issues. Doing the same for my airpods did nothing. I believe it happens when the game I'm playing starts asking for a mic input.

 

I've checked drivers and run the audio troubleshooter multiple times. I've also tried disabling enhancements and that did nothing.

 

Please help!

 

 

Specs:

ASUS - ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

AMD Radeon RX 6800M

16gb (2x8gb) @ 3200 Mhz

[Cyberat]

How about change all audio distortion programs back to 0 distortions ?

[PunchyTurtle]

I figured out that it was an issue with the hands-free feature on my headphones causing the audio quality to downgrade from A2DP to HSP or HFP due the bandwidth demand from the hands-free feature.

 

Here's a guide on how to disable it for anyone who may find this post in the future:

 

Windows 11

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/fix-for-low-bluetooth-audio-quality-due-to-hands/70b611be-2d69-4696-9071-93f5eb0881fd

Other Windows versions

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/fix-for-bluetooth-headphones-or-speaker-using/7023c43b-c001-42e9-9ec9-95a8f96a4b4c#:~:text=Open Devices and Printers from,free Telephony and click OK