Audio is overdriven and delayed in Ubuntu 20.04

Solution 1:

I'm running 20.04 as well having the same issue. I've figured out that when this happens to me it's accompanied by my audio setting automatically switching from 5.1 surround output to analog stereo for some reason. Upon switching it back, it works fine, but after switching I usually have issues with buffering, currently my audio is delayed maybe 300ms

Hoping to find a solution soon. I do not have any audio related packages installed apart from recent installation and latest updates