Boom 2 - Stereo Sound Enhancer for Mac - Global Delight fixed this issue for me!!!!! Now I'm looking for some free software, that is doing the same... But you can try a trail and check it out!

I have been in contact with both Apple and the creator of an app which makes the crack sound. For Apple, this is ONLY an Apple-issue, that they will look at if the sound comes when there is no third-party apps open. The creator of the app, said that when all their sound is turned off, they don't make any sound. So this means, that we will never get this solved. They are firing bullets at each other. This is very sad. I think we should try make a list of programs that has this problem and also maybe try find out what coreaudiod is doing. ChatGPT has told me, it is an audio driver.

This is what I found in the console: HALC_ProxyIOContext.cpp:1149  HALC_ProxyIOContext::IOWorkLoop: skipping cycle due to overload HALS_IOEngine2.cpp:3683 Detected possible coloring mixer glitch on BuiltInSpeakerDevice: buffer time: 10222740 actual time: 10221968 safety violation: -268 with 2 running contexts HALS_IOEngine2.cpp:3683 Detected possible coloring mixer glitch on BuiltInSpeakerDevice: buffer time: 10223236 actual time: 10222087 safety violation: -163 with 2 running contexts HALS_OverloadMessage.cpp:644  index: 0, start: 0x103be423d17e, duration: 0x2b, fault address: 0x107684000, fault pc: 0x1a184fe6c, faulting TID: 0x10ab9f, fault type: 0x1, PID: 0x406c this erros continues from index 0 to index 66 HALS_OverloadMessage.cpp:644  index: 66, start: 0x103be423d14d, duration: 0x2c, fault address: 0x107680000, fault pc: 0x1a184fe6c, faulting TID: 0x10ab9f, fault type: 0x1, PID: 0x406c HALS_OverloadMessage.cpp:681  lastStackshotStart: 86478510820208, lastStackshotEnd: 86478511948958, numStackshotsTaken: 1855, sumOfTakenStackshots: 4264003166 HALS_OverloadMessage.cpp:267  HALS_OverloadMessage: Overload due to HAL client proc exceeding io cycle budget HALS_OverloadMessage.cpp:273  HALS_OverloadMessage: Overload due to the driver taking too long  HALS_OverloadMessage.cpp:194  Audio IO Overload thread: 10a134 inputs: '<private>' outputs: '<private>' cause: 'Unknown' prewarming: no recovering: no    CAReportingClient.mm:537  Sending message { message="{   "HAL_client_IO_duration" = 25665708;   HostApplicationDisplayID = "com.ColossalOrder.CitiesSkylines";   cause = "PageFaultsOffIOThread,ClientHALIODurationExceededBudget,DriverTookTooLong";   deadline = 10220870;   "input_device_source_list" = "";   "input_device_transport_list" = "";   "input_device_uid_list" = "";   "io_buffer_size" = 1024;   "io_cycle" = 3005;   "io_cycle_budget" = 21354125;   "io_page_faults" = 0;   "is_prewarming" = 0;   "is_recovering" = 0;   "issue_type" = overload;   lateness = 237;   "other_active_clients" = "[ { HostApplicationDisplayID_other_client: com.spotify.client, sample_rate_other_client: 48000.107769, io_buffer_size_other_client: 512 }, { HostApplicationDisplayID_other_client: com.ColossalOrder.CitiesSkylines, sample_rate_other_client: 48000.107753, io_buffer_size_other_client: 1024 } ]";   "other_page_faults" = 67;   "output_device_source_list" = "Internal Speaker";   "output_device_transport", reporters="<decode: missing data>" }

This problem has been here for a whole year! Let's celebreate with a little birthday for this issue!

The actual problem is right here: I'm sorry, but I don't know how to do anything about it - if you do, please tell me what to gather of other informations! default 00:52:29.068202+0200 coreaudiod index: 1, start: 0x4ed87457e7, duration: 0x57, fault address: 0x170a60000, fault pc: 0x1071a6e94, faulting TID: 0x22161, fault type: 0x1, PID: 0x1829 default 00:52:29.068643+0200 coreaudiod index: 2, start: 0x4ef420a99d, duration: 0x67, fault address: 0x170ae8000, fault pc: 0x1071f3ae4, faulting TID: 0x22166, fault type: 0x1, PID: 0x1829 default 00:52:29.068830+0200 coreaudiod index: 3, start: 0x4ef420aa27, duration: 0x19, fault address: 0x170aec000, fault pc: 0x1071a6e94, faulting TID: 0x22166, fault type: 0x1, PID: 0x1829 default 00:52:29.069006+0200 coreaudiod index: 4, start: 0x4f0fe02c13, duration: 0x1b6, fault address: 0x131830000, fault pc: 0x184f7ae8c, faulting TID: 0x22166, fault type: 0x1, PID: 0x1829 default 00:52:29.069175+0200 coreaudiod index: 5, start: 0x4f0fe02df9, duration: 0x3f, fault address: 0x131834000, fault pc: 0x184f7ae8c, faulting TID: 0x22166, fault type: 0x1, PID: 0x1829 default 00:52:29.069413+0200 coreaudiod index: 6, start: 0x4f1946d84f, duration: 0x21d, fault address: 0x131838000, fault pc: 0x184f7ae8c, faulting TID: 0x22166, fault type: 0x1, PID: 0x1829 default 00:52:29.069598+0200 coreaudiod index: 7, start: 0x4f1946dac1, duration: 0x53, fault address: 0x13183c000, fault pc: 0x184f7ae8c, faulting TID: 0x22166, fault type: 0x1, PID: 0x1829 error 00:52:29.069854+0200 coreaudiod   3331         HALS_OverloadMessage.cpp:218   HALS_OverloadMessage: Overload due to HAL client proc exceeding io cycle budget default 00:52:29.074139+0200 coreaudiod Audio IO Overload thread: 22166 inputs: '<private>' outputs: '<private>' cause: 'Unknown' prewarming: no recovering: no default 00:52:29.074431+0200 coreaudiod     CAReportingClient.mm:508   message {     "HAL_client_IO_duration" = 32055166;     HostApplicationDisplayID = "com.ColossalOrder.CitiesSkylines";     cause = ClientHALIODurationExceededBudget;     deadline = 3541862;     "input_device_source_list" = "";     "input_device_transport_list" = "";     "input_device_uid_list" = "";     "io_buffer_size" = 1024;     "io_cycle" = 112;     "io_cycle_budget" = 21354125;     "io_page_faults" = 0;     "is_prewarming" = 0;     "is_recovering" = 0;     "issue_type" = overload;     lateness = 557;     "other_page_faults" = 8;     "output_device_source_list" = "Internal Speaker";     "output_device_transport_list" = BuiltIn;     "output_device_uid_list" = BuiltInSpeakerDevice;     "safety_violation" = 1;     "sample_rate" = 48000;     "scheduler_latency" = 18083;     "smallest_buffer_frame_size" = 512; }: (     26564372725762 )

I have this issue! My Mac is few months old and it just started yesterday! Why does this happen? First time was on YouTube, I and was 100% sure, that my 6.000$+ laptop didn't make this sound, I went a little back in the video - and thank god it was still there - then I tried going back again, just to be sure - and now NO SOUNDS!!! What the danm Apple! I think it is when the machine is under heavy load, but yeah this laptop Apple M1 Max with full specs, so expensive - but I was sure I wouldn't do such a thing!