Premiere adding random audio pops that aren't in OBS source audio (v23.5 and v23.6)

Hello @Will.., @Kcaudill, @Gasques, @Fia258832444its,

Can one of you upload a sample clip to DropBox or Google so I can pass it along to developers?

Here are some other things you can try (if you have not already done so).

1. Check Sample Rate Settings: Ensure that your audio device's sample rate settings in OBS match those. Go to Settings > Audio in OBS and set the sample rate to 48kHz. Also, ensure your audio devices (like your microphone and headset) are set to the same sample rate in your system’s sound settings1.
2. Adjust Buffer Size: Sometimes, increasing the buffer size can help reduce audio pops and clicks. You can adjust this in the audio settings of OBS or your audio interface software.
3. Use Noise Suppression and Noise Gate Filters: Adding these filters to your audio input in OBS can help reduce unwanted noise. Right-click on your audio source in OBS, go to Filters and add Noise Suppression and Noise Gate. Adjust the settings to find the best balance for your setup.
4. Update Drivers and Software: Ensure all your audio drivers and OBS are current. Sometimes, outdated software can cause compatibility issues that lead to audio problems.
5. Check for System Conflicts: Ensure no other applications are interfering with OBS. Close unnecessary programs and check if any background processes might be causing conflicts (such as Spotify and Chrome).
6. Try the Beta: Your issue might be fixed there.

Many helpful tutorials on YouTube can guide you through these steps. This one works well for Audition.

I hope these suggestions help you eliminate annoying pops and clicks in your OBS recordings. If you need further assistance or if you can provide me with some samples, feel free to contact me.

Thanks,
Kevin

This is clearly a bug as I was able to demonstrate (and Adobe could recreate it very easily as well) in the newest version of Premiere. Is anyone at Adobe actively looking into this? This has completely broken track effects for me which are quite honestly essential to the work I do.

I'm having the same issue of clicks and pops, usually at the heads and tails of clips. It seems to get worse when applying track effects (eq, denoise, compression, etc.). I've even started avoiding track effects because of this.

It has really frustrated me today in that if you play a section of the sequence several times you'll hear different minor clicks and pops, or maybe they'll eventually all go away. Then on export, there will be a few new clicks and pops. Then immiately exporting again, they will be gone or in different spots. So, this can't simply be related to hardware or buffering if they're appearing randomly and sporatically in exports.

While some of these clicks and pops are minor, they sound like poor edits on dialog, and when you're working on a fully narration driven video (like I am today) it's maddening to re-export and rewatch time and time again hoping there won't be any glitches in the export. Adobe, you're wasting my time!

I've also been having this problem for ages. For me, I often get a problem when I use any audio transitions when trying to edit together dialogue, forcing me to use keyframes constantly instead of constant gain or constant power. Sometimes, that isn't the best solution either! It's so time consuming, and embarrassing to submit work with pops I might not know are there and DEFINITELY are not in the source audio. I've tried every solution in this thread and nada.

I've been having the exact same issue for ages now. Clicks in the audio that don't appear in the original recording and don't appear in the waveforms on premiere either but can still be heard in playback and export. The audio in my case comes from mp4 files recorded in OBS studio. The weirdest temporary solution I've found is to play ANY mp4 file using media player and then sometimes it goes back to normal, but it's very inconsistent and temporary. I hope the Adobe team actively looks into a fix because it's clear to me that this is affecting a lot of people with a wide variety of PC specs and recording software.

Same issue here as well. It only occurs within footage recorded in OBS which is really strange. I've been getting around it by rendering the audio with the pops and adding the Automatic Click Remover effect to problematic segments to eliminate the pops. This process is quite tedious however and sometimes doesn't fully remove the pops as you can still hear them slightly. Would be awesome if someone found a better workaround to this issue 😞

Same issue here.  Everytime i import Video recorded with OBS, the audio has clicks and Pops thats not in the source file.  I can play the vidio in Quicktime player and other software and the clicks and pops are not there.  This has been driving me bonkers for months trying to figure this out.  Still no solution @1713136  Come on guys im spending a lot of money per month on your software.  Really thinking about switching over to different software if this isn't fixed.  

Having the exact same issue.

I can sometimes get it to stop by bringing it back and forth in audition, but that doesn't always work.

This bug is persistant, and inconsistent, which is game breaking. I have to scan every single second of every single render before I release it, otherwise I might miss a click or pop in the middle of someone speaking or whatever.

Adobe, please do something about this, it's game breaking.

Hello @Will..,

Thanks for the message. It’s been a long time since you filed this bug, and I apologize for the lack of a solution. Are you still having this issue? If so, please let the team know.

I'll move your post to the Discussions board while we await your information.

Thanks,


Kevin

Btw, The pops/clicks is not shown in the waveform. But you can hear it when preview, and when you export the clip, it's just there for no reason.