Static ticking noise while adjusting volume

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bblax

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When I adjust the volume on my pc while playing audio it makes a little tick for each increment. It is the same for both speakers and headphones. It sounds like static/interference, but I don't know, since I'm not using a wireless mouse or anything like that. What can this be?
And I'm NOT talking about the windows sound that plays when you adjust the volume using the slider =)
 
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You are most likely hearing interference generated by the computer's circuitry. Integrated sound devices that are included on most motherboards tend to be more susceptible as they usually are built using lower cost components, and they are often closer to motherboard's circuitry which is causing the interference. If possible, switching to digital output from your sound device may eliminate the computer as a source of interference, but not all sound devices have the option and it usually requires a receiver or speakers on the other end capable of decoding the digital output.

There is likely nothing you will be able to do about the noise when adjusting volume, short of replacing your current sound device.
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Computers generate large amounts of internal noise which is not always filtered out by low end audio equipment integrated into motherboards. It's also possible you are not running the most beneficial driver software for your particular sound device.

We can't be much more specific without knowing more details. Are you adjusting a hardware volume such as a physical knob on a set of speakers, an amplifier, or using a software volume, such as what would be found near the clock in the System Notification area in Windows?
 
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Ok, I guess that makes sense. I am using the newest driver. I can hear the tick both when A) turning the physical knob on the speakers and B) adjusting windows volume while using headphones.
 
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You are most likely hearing interference generated by the computer's circuitry. Integrated sound devices that are included on most motherboards tend to be more susceptible as they usually are built using lower cost components, and they are often closer to motherboard's circuitry which is causing the interference. If possible, switching to digital output from your sound device may eliminate the computer as a source of interference, but not all sound devices have the option and it usually requires a receiver or speakers on the other end capable of decoding the digital output.

There is likely nothing you will be able to do about the noise when adjusting volume, short of replacing your current sound device.
 
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