Hey everyone,
I really need help with a problem that’s driving me insane. My setup is very solid, my PC is more than powerful enough, everything in my DAW sounds perfect… but when I route my mic into FL Studio and from there with effects through **Loopback** into Discord/Teamspeak, the people listening hear horrible artifacts.
💸 I’m offering **€20 PayPal** to whoever can help me actually fix this issue. I’ve wasted hours trying things, but I just want to make live music with effects for friends on Discord without static ruining it.
# 🔧 My Setup
* **Mic:** Lewitt LCT 440 Pure (XLR condenser, phantom power enabled)
* **Interface:** Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 (4th Gen)
* **DAW routing:** Mic on Input 1 → effects → Master Out 3–4 → Loopback → Discord « Mic »
* **PC specs:**
* AMD Ryzen 9800X3D
* RTX 5080
* 64GB DDR5 @ 6400MHz CL28
* NVMe SSD (14k read/write)
* 1000W PSU
* **Software:** Focusrite Control (latest drivers), Discord, Teamspeak, DAW (live music setup)
# ⚡ The Issues
1. **Static Bursts** – Every 15–20 seconds, listeners hear a very loud static noise for about a second, then it’s fine again… until it happens again.
* On my end (DAW monitoring, direct interface monitoring) everything sounds **clean**.
* Problem only exists in the Loopback signal going into Discord/Teamspeak or any other input.
* Video: [https://onedrive.live.com/?qt=allmyphotos&photosData=%2Fshare%2F38BE119CE5AF63C0%21s88b60c8f15a7448a82d0ff34aa3c3986%3Fithint%3Dvideo%26migratedtospo%3Dtrue&cid=38BE119CE5AF63C0&id=38BE119CE5AF63C0%21s88b60c8f15a7448a82d0ff34aa3c3986&redeem=aHR0cHM6Ly8xZHJ2Lm1zL3YvYy8zOGJlMTE5Y2U1YWY2M2MwL0VZOE10b2luRllwRWd0RF9OS284T1lZQndHYVdPVEZDdlhhRHQzbVlrMmF2NUE&v=photos](https://onedrive.live.com/?qt=allmyphotos&photosData=%2Fshare%2F38BE119CE5AF63C0%21s88b60c8f15a7448a82d0ff34aa3c3986%3Fithint%3Dvideo%26migratedtospo%3Dtrue&cid=38BE119CE5AF63C0&id=38BE119CE5AF63C0%21s88b60c8f15a7448a82d0ff34aa3c3986&redeem=aHR0cHM6Ly8xZHJ2Lm1zL3YvYy8zOGJlMTE5Y2U1YWY2M2MwL0VZOE10b2luRllwRWd0RF9OS284T1lZQndHYVdPVEZDdlhhRHQzbVlrMmF2NUE&v=photos)
2. **Weird Whale Noises** – That one is an additional problem I hear, too. Sometimes the mic starts making deep, wobbly « whale sounds » and suddenly gets very loud. Then it stabilizes and works fine for a while… until it randomly happens again. As I said, unlike the other problem, this one is also wrong and hearable in the monitoring.
# ✅ What I’ve Tried Already
* Adjusted buffer sizes (low, medium, high) in Focusrite Control → no change
* Double-checked sample rates (everything locked to 48kHz)
* Swapped USB ports (direct to motherboard, no hubs)
* Reinstalled Focusrite Control and drivers (latest version)
* Restarted Discord/DAW/PC multiple times
* Phantom power stable (no dropouts)
# 🚨 Key Info
* In my DAW and headphones: **everything is perfect**.
* Issues **only happen in Loopback** → what people hear on Discord/Teamspeak (even when I hear it flawlessly)
* Definitely not a PC performance issue (the system is overkill).
Has anyone experienced something similar with the **Scarlett 4th Gen Loopback** feature? Could this be a driver/firmware bug, or am I missing something?
Any help is massively appreciated 🙏
Aidez-moi les amis, je suis sur le point de balancer tout mon équipement par la fenêtre.
Je suppose que dans FL, vous l’avez configuré pour utiliser ASIO, mais qu’en est-il dans Discord ? Si vous utilisez le pilote Windows WDM pour Discord, vous devriez vérifier quelle fréquence d’échantillonnage et quelle résolution ont été définies dans le Panneau de configuration Windows > Son > Enregistrement et vous assurer que celles-ci correspondent à la fréquence d’échantillonnage et à la résolution que vous utilisez dans FL. Toute différence entre les deux demandera effectivement à Windows de convertir la fréquence d’échantillonnage et/ou de tramer à la volée, ce qui n’est jamais une bonne chose et risque de causer les problèmes que vous rencontrez.
Je n’ai jamais utilisé Discord, mais s’il peut utiliser ASIO et que c’est ce que vous avez déjà configuré, assurez-vous qu’il est également réglé sur la même fréquence d’échantillonnage et la même résolution que FL, pour la même raison.