Weird blip sound with Realtek Alc1220A

Zethus said:

Any luck with this annoying issue? I've been having this problem for around 4 years now non-stop on two different custom PC builds. All Realtek on-board audio (MSI and Gigabyte mobos). I have even tried a USB sound card and still the same BS. In games it's the worst because a simple sound like a bird chirping can cause an audio blip, the sound of these blips or static pops can be faint or loud, seems to happen more with over-lapping audio (multiple sounds playing at once), and audio that loops can cause a loud pop/blip. I recorded this in Deus Ex: Human Revolution where it triggers when running on carpeted floors YouTube I can replicate this any time I want, it's not exclusive to this game. More recently is audio from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, I've noticed a ton of audio blips and pops (some faint some loud) so it's not just older games.

I try looking for information or ways to fix this every 4-5 months but haven't found any answers or leads to possible answers, or even have found many people with the same issues I'm having. I have all the same audio blips when from the videos you posted - I hear them all in the video and on my PC too.

No luck so far.
I also get small blips or pops in Star Wars: Fallen Order (for example when diving into water).
Anyway I am using Sound Blaster AE-5 now but it does not make any difference regarding this.

@Zethus

Go to control panel - hardware - sound. An old-timey interface should appear.

Double click your playback device.

Go to the Advanced tab

Select 44/16 from the shared mode drop-down (or anything other than the current setting, really)

Click apply

That session should be fine(at worst you have to restart apps/reload tabs playing audio at that moment). On the next restart you need to change it again.

They've really done a number on the audio subsystem.

That verifiably fixes it on my Ryzen machine on 1909.

Had the same thing on a Intel machine on 1803, where they broke the timers and disabling hpet worked, just the pops were slightly different.

Toofish said:

@Zethus

Go to control panel - hardware - sound. An old-timey interface should appear.

Double click your playback device.

Go to the Advanced tab

Select 44/16 from the shared mode drop-down (or anything other than the current setting, really)

Click apply

That session should be fine(at worst you have to restart apps/reload tabs playing audio at that moment). On the next restart you need to change it again.

They've really done a number on the audio subsystem.

That verifiably fixes it on my Ryzen machine on 1909.

Had the same thing on a Intel machine on 1803, where they broke the timers and disabling hpet worked, just the pops were slightly different.

Yea well, I also think that newer motherboards have revised chipset design (starting with Intel z170 or AMD equivalent) that gives motherboard certain (different way) of control over audio system. Whether you have internal or external sound card, makes no difference regarding poping or blip sounds. I also tried different op systems on my pc and the same problems where still present.

Toofish said:

@Zethus
Go to control panel - hardware - sound. An old-timey interface should appear.
Double click your playback device.
Go to the Advanced tab
Select 44/16 from the shared mode drop-down (or anything other than the current setting, really)
Click apply
That session should be fine(at worst you have to restart apps/reload tabs playing audio at that moment). On the next restart you need to change it again.
They've really done a number on the audio subsystem.
That verifiably fixes it on my Ryzen machine on 1909.
Had the same thing on a Intel machine on 1803, where they broke the timers and disabling hpet worked, just the pops were slightly different.

Appreciate the reply. I tried that in the past and just tried it again now but I still have the issue.

Toofish said:

@Zethus
Select 44/16 from the shared mode drop-down (or anything other than the current setting, really)

No PC should ever be set to 44.1 kHz because all PC audio chipsets runs natively at 48 kHz because that's what Intel's HD Audio default sample rate is set.

sandyt said:

No PC should ever be set to 44.1 kHz because all PC audio chipsets runs natively at 48 kHz because that's what Intel's HD Audio default sample rate is set.

Its just a temporary solution or workaround but agreed, MS should fix it.

Rottmeister said:

Its just a temporary solution or workaround but agreed, MS should fix it.

So does changing to 41000hz temporarily fix the issue for you?

If anyone can find a fix for this I will send them $50 through PayPal lol.

Zethus said:

So does changing to 41000hz temporarily fix the issue for you?

If anyone can find a fix for this I will send them $50 through PayPal lol.

Id say it lessens the symptoms but does not cure it lol.

Noup, still pops and crackles in Youtube, so 44.1 kHz wont do anything...

Well don't mean to keep bumping this but if I ever come across a fix or fix it myself I'll make sure to return here and post about it.