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SadestPotato
5 years ago
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Audio Cracking/Popping When Loading or Music is Playing (M1 MacBook Air)

So I started to play Sims 4 on the new MacBook Air with the M1 chip and the game works great, no complaints in terms of the performance. However, I did notice that the audio crackles and pops almost ...
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    alex5215927
    5 years ago

    I found a solution. No promises that it'll work for everybody, but it seems to be working for me. Open the Audio MIDI Setup app (should be under Other in Launchpad), click the Format dropdown, and change it to 96,000 Hz. I don't know why this worked, but I'm not having any crackling anymore.

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gordonabishop
5 years ago

I'm having the same issue.

  • Operating System: Big Sur 11.0.1
  • Mac model: MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
  • Processor: Apple M1 Chip
  • Memory (RAM): 16 GB
  • Graphics: Apple M1 Chip

I'm also having an issue with audio crackling when playing the game, which started before this update but is still occurring after updating. Audio crackling only occurs in the game.

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Nicv1990
5 years ago

You get around this a little bit by changing you audio in game options   I don’t think sims 4 works well with dual stereo speaker so trying to turn that stuff off 

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