Software Causing Crackling In Audio

[tyty4646]

 I have been experiencing an annoying crackling or popping sound when I play music. It occurs sometimes with the beat of some of the instruments in music. I use the Equalizer APO software in order to get good sound from my computer but even disabling that didn't fix my problem. I tried all of my audio outputs on the front and even on the back where the I/O ports are. I also tried multiple pairs of headphones, multiple pairs of earbuds, and even my computer speakers and this crackling happens with all of them. This just started happening about a week ago. I didn't download any new software or install any new drivers except an Nvidia GeForce Game Ready driver which I had problems with in the past. This problem occurs when I play sound or music from any program. I have Realtek audio installed on my computer. I have tried reinstalling GeForce Game Ready drivers which I thought may have caused the problem. I yelled out in joy when it was gone, but I was back to my depressed state when I restarted my computer and it came back. I tried this with different Realtek versions and the same sequence of events happened. I am running Windows 10 Creators Update. Thanks, T.

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[tyty4646]

Here's something interesting: I recorded my computer's audio output in Audacity using "Realtek 2nd output" which I have my headphones plugged in and there is almost no popping/crackling. It happened only one time in the entire song I was recording when before it would be out of control in the amount of popping going on. Crazy. I stopped recording and it started back up.

[CrippledROBOT]

On 11/8/2017 at 2:39 PM, tyty4646 said:

Here's something interesting: I recorded my computer's audio output in Audacity using "Realtek 2nd output" which I have my headphones plugged in and there is almost no popping/crackling. It happened only one time in the entire song I was recording when before it would be out of control in the amount of popping going on. Crazy. I stopped recording and it started back up.

Try a fresh video driver install. I am having popping issues as well (though a bit differently than you). Some people have suggested that this may help!