I’ve been dealing with some stress and anxiety recently, and one thing that’s making it worse is a persistent audio issue on my PC. I use my computer for work and relaxation, so when the sound starts cutting out or behaving unpredictably, it becomes incredibly frustrating.
I’m using FxSound and have already tried some of the common troubleshooting steps, but I’m still having problems. Has anyone experienced random audio changes, volume fluctuations, or device switching issues? What ended up fixing it for you?
As a side note, all of this has made me realize I probably need to get better at managing stress in general. I’ve even been looking into whether I should talk to a therapist or psychiatrist, but that’s a separate issue. Right now, I’d mainly appreciate any advice on the audio problem.
This keeps the post relevant to the forum while mentioning the mental-health context briefly. A post whose main purpose is asking whether to see a psychiatrist or therapist would still be off-topic for the FxSound community.
Hi Hazel - I’ve had some similar issues with FX lately - volume fluctuations and terrible sound quality with vocals either disappearing in the mix or sounding like theyre singing somewhere way down the hall! - no matter what preset i pick. Things seemed to improve when I just ran the app “flat” - i.e. no preset picked and EQ flat - for a while. But last night I tried re-installing my old copy of the old DFX sound controller (v12) - which just WORKS and the sound quality improvement was frankly monumental!
[Apologies to the makers of these 2 products, I’m grateful to you - but I’m just telling it as it is - you have far less EQ controls on DFX but the interface is better looking, plus you have other “skin” options - and most importantly it sounds FAR better to my ears (which unfortunately FX was beginning to H-U-R-T!) I dont know why that is, but it is.]
As for your mental health - I hope your feeling better, but if youre not, I’m a semi-retired life coach & psychologist and so may be able to help you. So feel free to email me if you’d like to chat about your situation (or you’d like to try DFX v12, as its quite hard to find these days) but if not, because youre now feeling better then thats ok too of course 
2andy@email.com