Sound problem

[Voxelhdtf]

Hi.

Recently I have noticed that everything I play from spotify gets some wierd spikes of distortion or something. This happends only when I am playing something from spotify in the dowloaded program or directly from the browser. Since I am a sound technican this is driving me crazy, both to listen to and not know what is cause it. 

[Sebasty]

Hey @Voxelhdtf

That's pretty unpleasant.

First of all, do you get these spikes when you play any genre (including classical, ambient, classical rock and other very dynamic genres) or when you just play some more 'noisier' tracks?

I for example experience some weird sound issues in the web player when I play very noisy tracks like Run by Veorra. Best described as if compressor was left on (volume drops now and then). However my friends don't have this issue so it might be my external soundcard or browser.

For the desktop client try going to Spotify Preferences and toggling off  'Set same volume to all tracks'.

Search for 'Sound' in Windows and you should have a small window with tabs like Communications, Recording etc. Set Windows to do nothing under Communications tab, and make sure audio enhancements are disabled.

Check that your audio drivers are up to date. Windows might lie so try checking your computer or soundcard manufacturer's site.

Let me know what happens! 🙂