A loud "Beep" sound for Lossless Music

I am also experiencing the loud noise between tracks when using lossless music. I am on a 2019 iMac 27 with BigSur 11.4 and the latest version of Apple Music.

Unfortunately, I am afraid it will damage my speakers when playing at high levels. Hopefully, there will be a bug fix for this???

This is insane. The bleep is so f***ing loud. I can't listen to lossless music without being scared of that bleep coming on.

Dev teams, please get on this quickly. It's a bug that can actually hurt users/cause pain!

Edit: For Spec details, I am streaming music from my 2019 Intel MacBook Pro. This issue does not arise on the iPhone. Let's hope it stays that way.

Please try to fix this issue as it literally hurt the ears and it doesn't matter even if the system volume or Music volume is low. It's just happen to me right now and feeling least interested to use Music app till the issues is resolved.

I spent a long time on Apple Support going through various options. The last suggestion was:

Power down the Mac

Start in Safe Mode

Try Music again - this time there was no beep

Restart in normal mode

It seems to have worked for now

Update:

It didn't work. That noise is still there when playing the first song after waking the Mac and when switching to a different album or playlist.

I don't have any downloads so I can't say anything about that but it happens in new songs and songs in my library.

Trying support again.

Tried again. This time they suggested an SNC reset and it seems to have done something so I'll have to wait and see if the solution holds up this time.

I do hate intermittent faults.

SMC reset went like this

1 shut down Mac

2 on the built-in keyboard press and hold your Mac may turn on - mine did

Control on the left side of the keyboard

Option on the left side of the keyboard

Shift on the right side of the keyboard

Keep holding all 3 keys for 7 seconds then press and hold the power button as well if your Mac is on it will turn off as you hold the keys

Keep holding all four keys for 7 seconds then release them.

Wait a few seconds then press power on and log on.

Like I said it's working for now even when I put the Mac to sleep and logged off music and back on again. I don't have any downloads so I can't say anything about that.

This applies to M1 MacBooks only

The support article is for Intel Macs

Came back after a while and the first few songs went fine but then I went to a different album and there was that beep again. I don't think it's anything on the Mac it's a Mac OS bug. is there any way of getting Apple to look into it?

I also have this issue. On a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), listening with wired headphones (AIAIA TMA-2). It happened the very first time I downloaded a song after turning on lossless 24bit/48khz for downloads only, it was also the first restart after updating to Big Sur 11.4.

The beep was very loud and hurt my ears. It also happened a couple of times right at the start after replaying the song, but by that time I had taken my headphones off 😅. I've now turned off lossless option until its fixed so I can listen without the anxiety of getting attacked by my headphones at random, shame, the song sounded great after that first blip.

It must be something Apple can fix with an update, hopefully soon. You can't expect everyone to reset their NVRAM and SMC to fix it.

I did everything Apple Support suggested including resetting SMC and the issue is still there. It seems pretty random as to what songs are affected but it’s in lossless and spatial audio. I don’t mind losing lossless since my AirPods don’t support it but I do want spatial audio to work. I’ve left feedback on the Apple website but meanwhile I think we have to use iPhone for lossless.

I've noticed a number of users mentioning "lossless" audio. I don't believe that is the issue. I believe it is when a playlist goes from a non-Dolby Atmos song to a Dolby Atmos remaster.

The sound is deafening and has eliminated my desire to listen to this "new" way of enjoying music.

To turn off Dolby Atmos, go to preferences>playback> and select "off" from the dropdown for Dolby Atmos.

Unfortunately turning off atmos doesn't fix the problem. Most albums aren't available in atmos either. With atmos set off this issue still persists. It's hard to believe Apple rolled this service out without finding this bug in testing.

Found another issue using lossless on mobile. Some tracks will fail part way through, maybe due to cell signal connection issue and a terrible digital error sound will blast and it will skip to another track.

I've never had this problem with FLACS or flacs converted to M4A played in the music or old itunes app. ALAC needs some help quick!

This is happening on all my Apple devices, (iOS and macOS), with wired and bluetooth speakers, wired headphones directly connected to my MacBook Air or through an USB DAC, AirPods Pro and Max. Seems to be an Apple Music bug related to lossless files.

Having the same issue too today. The loud beep is deafening and could potentially damage our ears or speakers.

Always on Mac OS and apple music when skipping random tracks.

Apple Devs! it's been weeks since this issue was reported. This is causing us pain and could potentially be hazardous to our ears. Please fix this.

OMG what is going on Apple! I just plugged in my headphone to play a song @ about a 1/4 of the sound on Apple Music and half the sound overall on the headphones going out. When I pressed play a loud "UMP!" frequency sound hit my eardrums like a snare drum! UNACCEPTABLE. I dont think this is due some NVRAM either. Test before you release this stuff please! This is going to rupture someones eardrums!