technical assistance

Hey Gang! Having a bit of trouble with my microphone setup and hoping people can tell me where I'm going wrong? So basically whenever I use my soundcard & mic (Line 6 Toneport UX2) it comes out EXTREMELY crackly on streams to the point you cant even hear what's being said and it didn't use to...

So I've been trying to create videos with OBS. and it's taken me longer then I'd like, but I noticed I'm having an audio issue. Where it's delayed by between 1-3 seconds (too lazy for an exact timeframe. It's delayed by a constant timeframe between 1-3 rather then varying between 1-3 seconds for...