In case anyone is using Debian Testing/Unstable and experiencing audio issues, I thought I’d share this.
Until the bugs get fixed, there are two workarounds:
- Uninstall FluidSynth
- Add
systemctl --user restart pipewireto your session startup; this eliminates the problem.
As I want FluidSynth, I went with the latter.
Ubuntu had a general crackling issue introduced last year, an issue around a buffer size which I fixed by copying
To ~/.config/pipewire
Uncomment
And increase to 512/48000. Restart.
Increase buffer until stuttering ends. Note this also introduces delay to audio.
Perhaps your issue is something similar? I wouldn’t blindly make these changes on your end, but maybe it’s something to search up on.