I have a fix for it with my communication with a Valve developer. ONLY DO THIS IF YOUR COMFORTABLE WITH EDITING FILES IN DESKTOP MODE/CONSOLE. You can also just wait for the update which i was told will be out ASAP.
Do the following:
Open a terminal prompt (Called Konsole in desktop mode)
Make sure you setup a sudo password for your deck user by running “passwd” (without quotes, applies to each command i give after this). If you did this already, skip this step.
Make sure read only is disabled by running: “sudo steamos-readonly disable”. It will ask you to enter your password. You can enable this again when completed by just replacing disable with enable.
Then do:
sudo nano +45 /usr/share/wireplumber/main.lua.d/60-alsa-acp5x-config.lua
Remove the entire line 45. The command i gave you should have you on the line. It should look like “[“api.alsa.period-size”] = 256,”
Save it by CTRL + O. Then exit nano via CTRL + X. Reboot by typing sudo steamos-reboot.
Test the mic. Should work if done correctly.
Again, i am not held responsible if you do this incorrectly. If you are not comfortable doing this, wait for the official update for the fix.
Updating to version 3.5.6 fixed it for me. It was release just today and it’s only available on the preview channel so far: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/5484883079143560634?