I have this issue too. Hardware is a different external USB DAC (not Focusrite):
$ lsusb | grep DAC Bus 005 Device 004: ID 08bb:2704 Texas Instruments PCM2704 16-bit stereo audio DAC Symptoms: Clicking sounds. Irregular but pretty frequent, up to once a second. It happens on kernel 5.13.0-37, but it goes away if I revert to 5.13.0-35. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1966066 Title: audio from external sound card is distorted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-signed-hwe-5.13/+bug/1966066/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs