Microphone sounds real bad when running on steamdeck

The frequency or something is real off with just vesktop.. regular discord / chrome picks up the mic just fine. It's not the internal mic im using but the issue is there with that one too. When I test it, its like the bitrate was just really low. sounded like a mcdonalds happy meal toy. everything else works though! Real happy with being able to stream audio... just cant seem to make my microphone sound like it should on the steamdeck. tried everything i could from my end using settings, not very linux savvy so any help or suggestions i appreciated. the issue persists with both internal mic and using a headphone mic. thanks for reading!