Audio crackling across entire system when starting emulation

[AbletonV]

When starting an emulation the audio across my entire computer because distorted and crackly and I have to replug in my headphones to fix it. I can't be sure if it's Dolphin causing it or it's something else, but it doesn't happen with any other games or applications and it has only ever happened while using Dolphin. If it seems like some other problem I'd be glad to know.

[DJBarry004]

Which audio backend are you using? Make sure it's set on Cubeb. If you have set any enhacements on your audio devices you may want to disable them too, just to confirm it's not the cause of your issue.

For instance, it recently happened to me using headphones (but during video playback instead of running Dolphin). It turned out that I had messed up the equalizer (e.g. too much bass). I toned it down, plugged back my headphones and the sound got fixed.