Sound issues across various apps?

hello! i’m gonna try my best to explain this issue because it’s kinda weird and isn’t being consistent, im kinda new too so please be patient ^^

it is a sound and mic issue, and maybe some network issues? none of which happen on windows

the sound and mic issue:

i can’t hear any music on spotify, but i can hear sounds everywhere else. however, when i test left and right audio channels, the left channel comes out the right earbud (the one labeled R on my actual iems) and vice versa

and vesktop (discord) isnt recognizing my mic at all, even though its being recognized in volume control. here are my audio and volume control settings:

port: headphones profile:analog stereo duplex

port: microphone (unplugged) profile: analog stereo duplex

heres the possible network issue, it keeps coming and going without me doing anything in particular:

while i was troubleshooting yesterday, i went to youtube to test out a video and it never loaded… meanwhile every other part of the internet was loading fine and i even ran a speedtest to get my usual results. it’s gone for now but it was just there like 30 minutes ago and i don’t know if i did anything to make it go away this time.

the audio and mic issue is also coming and going without me doing anything in particular

here’s the link to my bug report: 0a91342

any help is appreciated, and like i said, i’m kinda new to this distro and linux in general, so be patient with me :grinning_face:

thx!!