Same issue here. Garbled noises are being heard on top of my music (playing in the background via Rhythmbox) after starting Firefox and visiting some random website.
My desktop is an AMD Ryzen on a Gigabyte X570 mobo with an nVidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU. Like others noted, the noises seem stop for a while when I change the Output Device from "Line Out - Starship/Matisse" to "HDMI / DisplayPort X - GP106 High Definition Audio Controller". But after some minutes playback (or perhaps visiting some other page with firefox?), the garbled noises appear again... Also, like others, the noises disappear if I close Firefox... uname -a Linux ryzen 5.8.0-59-generic #66~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 17 11:14:10 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux sudo dmidecode -t 2 # dmidecode 3.2 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 3.3.0 present. # SMBIOS implementations newer than version 3.2.0 are not # fully supported by this version of dmidecode. Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: X570 GAMING X Version: Default string Serial Number: Default string Asset Tag: Default string Features: Board is a hosting board Board is replaceable Location In Chassis: Default string Chassis Handle: 0x0003 Type: Motherboard Contained Object Handles: 0 sudo lshw -C sound [sudo] password for dimitris: *-multimedia description: Audio device product: GP106 High Definition Audio Controller vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0.1 bus info: pci@0000:08:00.1 version: a1 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:127 memory:fc080000-fc083fff *-usb:0 description: Video product: Webcam C270 vendor: Logitech, Inc. physical id: 3 bus info: usb@5:3 version: 0.12 serial: 212F66E0 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=snd-usb-audio maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s *-multimedia description: Audio device product: Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 0.4 bus info: pci@0000:0a:00.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:129 memory:fc900000-fc907fff lspci | grep Audio 08:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) 0a:00.4 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller dpkg -l | grep firefox ii firefox 89.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1906741 Title: Firefox sometimes causes garbled audio Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Opening certain applications/websites at the same time as Firefox causes the audio to become garbled. The audio sounds distorted with an echo. Certain actions are guaranteed to cause this, but it can also happening when only running instances of Firefox. I've been able to consistently cause this by launching Zoom from a link within Firefox. This does not occur when using Chrome. The only way to fix the issue is to shut down all audio-related programs. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: firefox 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-56.62-generic 5.4.73 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-56-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: rdevans 55475 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: rdevans 55475 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC3: rdevans 55475 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: rdevans 55475 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20201112153044 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Dec 3 16:55:36 2020 Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-20 (1140 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) IpRoute: default via 10.0.0.1 dev enp7s0 proto dhcp metric 100 10.0.0.0/24 dev enp7s0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.7 metric 100 169.254.0.0/16 dev enp7s0 scope link metric 1000 Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:354 PrefSources: prefs.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=83.0/20201112153044 (In use) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-11-12 (21 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/18/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.40 dmi.board.name: H67M dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.40:bd02/18/2011:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnH67M:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.sku: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. 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