Audio file sounds fine in media player, but when put into Premiere Pro it gets crackly.

[Gage28947808r3bj]

Been looking all over the place for a fix for this but can't find anyone with the same problem as me. I recorded some audio with my friend for a Youtube video, and the audio file sounds PERFECTLY fine playing through the media player on my computer. However, when I put it into premiere pro, THEN it sounds really clicky and sort of cuts out a lot for his audio only.

We were recording through a dual XLR microphone setup using streamlabs OBS. We've done this a million other times and have never had the issue before. Recording in 48khz and the sequence setting in premeire is set to the same thing. Premiere pro doesn't detect it as variable frame rate either. I've tried setting my default input in audio hardware to "No Input" and setting the latency higher too, neither seemed to work.

I've tried every solution I've been able to find for similiar sounding issues but none of them fix the weird clicking noise. Exporting it also has the clicking noises too. Any solutions anyone might have would be much appreciated!

I attached two examples. The one with the black background is the audio as it sounds in premiere, it has the weird staticy/clicky noise. The one with the green background is the one playing out of the media player, it sounds normal. 

[Peru Bob]

Try Preferences > Audio Hardware and set Input to None.

[Gage28947808r3bj]

Tried that, that didn't work either

[Peru Bob]

Delete the Media Cache and Media Cache files:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/faq-how-to-clear-your-media-cache-in-30-seconds-in-premi...

If that doesn't work, try resetting the preferences:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/faq-how-to-reset-trash-preferences-in-premiere-pro/td-p/...

If that doesn't work, try resetting the Workspaces:
Reset a workspace
Reset the current workspace to return to its original, saved layout of panels.
1. Do one of the following:
• Click the Workspace menu icon and select Reset to Saved Layout.
• Choose Window > Workspace > Reset to Saved Layout.
from here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/workspaces.html

If that doesn't work, try creating a new project and import the old one into it.

[scm28]

I've had this problem too, the crackly static sound that only shows up after exporting it.  It's happened several times.  It's infuriating that this keeps happening and ruining my videos AND that there appears to be no fix for it or a desire to fix it.  

Here's my latest post begging for help: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/distorted-audio-after-export-2024/m-p/145599...

[ajphotographix]

Were you able to find a solution? I am having this issue as well. Super frustrating. I built a PC. Was editing on my laptop previously and never had this issue. So in my head there is a lot that I feel like it could be. But it sounds so good in media player. Recording in OBS studio with video, remuxing to MP4, media player sounds great, Premiere Pro has crackling. So frustrating.