# FxSound causing lag/skipping sound often **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [August 25, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-causing-lag-skipping-sound-often/3513 "2024-08-25T18:15:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kinyelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Kinyelo](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Kinyelo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-causing-lag-skipping-sound-often/3513/1 "2024-08-25T18:15:58Z")
Every so often, i’ll get a constant audio issue where the sound is constantly skipping every half second or so. I have to completely close FxSound to get the audio working normally, or restart my computer every time. Neither is a permanent option. I am unsure what’s causing this. In my FxSound app, i have the output audio set as FxSound, and my windows control panel speaker output is also FxSound. Don’t know what to do to have this permanently fixed as it happens with whatever version. ---
**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-causing-lag-skipping-sound-often/3513/2 "2024-08-25T19:14:05Z")
Hi \2hd#Tf8)F,[ , Have you tried applying the suggestions from the main troubleshooting thread at the top? I would particularly recommend scanning with LatencyMon. > **[Resplendence Software - LatencyMon: suitability checker for real-time audio...](https://www.resplendence.com/latencymon)** > > LatencyMon: suitability checker for real-time audio and other tasks ---
**Author:** ![Thelucifer1978](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/thelucifer1978/32/2100_2.png) [@Thelucifer1978](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Thelucifer1978)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-causing-lag-skipping-sound-often/3513/3 "2024-08-25T20:40:11Z")
Hello @Kinyelo and welcome to the forum, how much RAM do you have and how old is your PC/Laptop and what CPU do you have, i used to have the same problem a few years back with my old pc is had only 2 GB of RAM but now with my current laptop it has 12GB or RAM so no problem there, so consider the option of upgrade to more RAM or even upgrade to a new pc/laptop, and don’t forget to try out LatencyMon as @doolhoofd suggested it will give you some good results ---
**Author:** ![Kinyelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Kinyelo](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Kinyelo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-causing-lag-skipping-sound-often/3513/4 "2024-08-25T20:53:19Z")
I’ve got 32GB of ram. ---
**Author:** ![Thelucifer1978](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/thelucifer1978/32/2100_2.png) [@Thelucifer1978](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Thelucifer1978)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-causing-lag-skipping-sound-often/3513/5 "2024-08-25T20:55:57Z")
That’s strange ok so ram is not an issue here, but what about drivers do you have the latest drivers installed? ---
**Author:** ![Kinyelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Kinyelo](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Kinyelo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-causing-lag-skipping-sound-often/3513/6 "2024-08-25T21:08:05Z")
Everything is updated. ---
**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-causing-lag-skipping-sound-often/3513/7 "2024-08-27T09:10:57Z")
> [@Kinyelo](#): > > Don’t know what to do to have this permanently fixed To be fair, neither do we… > > > Multiple forum members have reported various different cases of strange and unwa…nted distortions in their audio after installing FxSound. > While some cases get solved, the causes more often than not remain unknown. > In cases of stuttering/lagging audio, the advice given by forum member caleb59 to install the latest Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers for Intel users, and to run a scan with \[LatencyMon\](https://www.resplendence.com/latencymon) for possible latency issues on the machine, proved to be most helpful so far. > Improvement of stutter issues was also reported on other websites after turning off the onboard WiFi or Bluetooth (without disabling the network adapter) or after removing any attached WiFi or Bluetooth dongles. > It also seems worth noting that FxSound's \_Ambience\_ slider was specifically designed to add a form of echo known as \[reverb\](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation) to the audio output.