Crackling at the Beginning of Recorded Calls

Hello,

I’m experiencing an audio quality issue with call recordings, and I’m hoping someone from the community or Nylas team might have insight.

Problem description

At the very beginning of every recorded call, there is a short but noticeable crackling / buzzing noise

This happens systematically on all recordings, regardless of the call content.

  • The noise occurs only at the start of the recording (first few hundred milliseconds to ~1 second).

  • The rest of the call audio is clean and sounds normal.

  • The issue is present even when the call itself sounds fine in real time — it only appears in the recorded file.

What we’ve checked so far

  • Happens across multiple calls and users

  • Not related to microphone quality or background noise

  • Reproducible consistently

  • Same behavior across different recordings

Expected behavior

The recording should start cleanly, without distortion or crackling at the beginning.

Question

  • Is this a known issue with call recording initialization?

  • Are there any recommended workarounds or configuration changes to avoid this initial noise?

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