Allen & Heath Xone:PX5 USB dropouts/audio distortion in OBS – Need help!

Hi everyone,

I’m facing a frustrating issue while trying to stream/record my live sets using my Allen & Heath Xone:PX5connected via USB directly to OBS Studio.

Randomly during my sets, I experience temporary audio dropouts on specific USB channels. Whenever a channel drops out, the audio on that specific channel immediately becomes heavily distorted.

To troubleshoot this, I have already tried:

  • Changing the USB cable (tested with high-quality, shielded cables).
  • Switching to a completely different computer (the issue still persists).

Has anyone here faced this same issue with the Xone:PX5 and OBS? If so, how did you fix it? Could it be a driver issue, buffer size settings, or something related to how OBS handles the multichannel USB interface?

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!