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> By latest package do you mean the Qt port in our master branch or the last gtk4 release? oh sorry i did not know the distinction. i installed it...

> Same to me, but it's randomly happening as I stated in [#4085](https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects/issues/4085). Can you try to downgrade pipewire to test if the crackling sound occurs? i have downgraded these...

> > i have downgraded these packages: gst-plugin-pipewire-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-audio-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-pulse-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst libpipewire-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-alsa-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-jack-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst > > and the issue is actually gone, which is weird, because when i updated these...

> > i have downgraded these packages: > > gst-plugin-pipewire-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-audio-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-pulse-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst > > libpipewire-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-alsa-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst pipewire-jack-1_1.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst > > We stopped using gstreamer a few years ago. So its...

a majority of the crackling is gone with the pipewire update a month ago, however i now get "pops" occasionally when audio starts or stops now. this is not present...