Has the Voice Message codec or processing changed recently ?

[Mozoloa]

Steps to reproduce

1. On the web app in a conversation (I only have bridged conversations with bots)
2. I start recording a voice message
3. It records alright and sends itself

Outcome

What did you expect?

I think I remember not long ago but the sound seemed almost uncompressed with no major artifacts, this is what I would expect.

What happened instead?

The audio is seriously lacking bass and is often getting major artifacts that completely distort the voice, especially when there's a bit of background noise. It seems that there's some sort of noise removal activated, that wasn't here before or maybe I didn't notice but I doubt that.

Is there a way to choose the codec settings for the voice messages, especially the processing part ? At least to remove the noise reduction. I use a professional headset processed in a professional mixer with standard broadcast/radio tools, with monitoring activated. This is not an issue on the input audio side.

Operating system

Windows 11 22H2

Browser information

Rambox 2.0.10 so Electron/Chromium but not sure where to find the Version

URL for webapp

Private server

Application version

Element version: 1.11.20 Olm version: 3.2.12

Homeserver

Synapse 1.76.0 (pretty sure)

Will you send logs?

Yes

[Mozoloa]

So I've made some tests and yes, sometimes a single sudden background noise will take a decent quality vocal and turn the rest of it into some underwater sounding mush. I'm fairly confident this did not happen before.