Audio settings freezes when I click to open it

So I’ve been dealing with this encounter for a long time now. Everything on my desktop works perfectly fine, except for when I go to click the audio settings on my taskbar. It causes my cursor to freeze and I can’t adjust any settings. So I have to press esc to exit out of it. For now, all I can do is go through system settings and make any changes through there. Is there any way to fix this? Thank you.

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  Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
  root=UUID=53c22c6b-f041-4db6-87ad-18ae76e504f0 rw quiet apparmor=1
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.3 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: H81M-HD3 v: x.x serial: <filter>
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: FA date: 12/01/2014
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.59 GiB used: 3.51 GiB (22.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4770 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Haswell family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28 cache:
  L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 54296
  Speed: 3425 MHz min/max: 800/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3425 2: 2889
  3: 2415 4: 3718 5: 2692 6: 2597 7: 2350 8: 2998
  Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts
  clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm
  dts ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht
  ibpb ibrs ida invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor
  movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb
  pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
  smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
  tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave
  xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] driver: nvidia v: 495.44
  alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b81
  class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: ARC Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 5-1.1:7 chip-ID: 05a3:9331 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
  loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 94 s-size: 1038x292mm (40.9x11.5")
  s-diag: 1078mm (42.5")
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96
  size: 510x287mm (20.1x11.3") diag: 585mm (23")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 81 size: 600x340mm (23.6x13.4")
  diag: 690mm (27.2")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 495.44
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20
  class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
  bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media USB Audio Device type: USB
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0d8c:0012
  class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: ARC Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 5-1.1:7 chip-ID: 05a3:9331 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-5: Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone type: USB
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 5-1.4:6 chip-ID: b58e:9e84
  class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
  vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
  chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 1.05 TiB (38.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
  size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 1TB
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GH24NSC0 rev: LI00
  dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 12 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 487.5 GiB size: 478.76 GiB (98.21%)
  used: 104.64 GiB (21.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb6 maj-min: 8:22 label: N/A
  uuid: 53c22c6b-f041-4db6-87ad-18ae76e504f0
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 800 MiB size: 798.4 MiB (99.80%)
  used: 115.1 MiB (14.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21 label: N/A
  uuid: C7F0-DBB8
  ID-3: /run/media/davidw2001/4412185012184976 raw-size: 442.6 GiB
  size: 442.6 GiB (100.00%) used: 215.32 GiB (48.6%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb4
  maj-min: 8:20 label: N/A uuid: 4412185012184976
  ID-4: /run/media/davidw2001/Storage raw-size: 1.82 TiB
  size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 759.31 GiB (40.8%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda2
  maj-min: 8:2 label: Storage uuid: 72DC9C67DC9C277F
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
  label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 529 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery
  uuid: 480C10900C107B60
  ID-3: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 99 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
  uuid: A010-B96E
  ID-4: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
  label: N/A uuid: N/A
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: C-Media USB Audio Device type: Audio,HID
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0012 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 5-1:2 info: VIA Labs Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 2109:3431 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1.1:7 info: ARC Camera type: Video,Audio
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 05a3:9331 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 5-1.2:4 info: SINOWEALTH Game Mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 480mA chip-ID: 258a:1007 class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 5-1.3:5 info: Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum Mechanical Keyboard
  type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:c335 class-ID: 0300
  serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 5-1.4:6 info: Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone
  type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
  rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: b58e:9e84 class-ID: 0300
  serial: <filter>
  Hub-9: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 46 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 31%
Info:
  Processes: 265 Uptime: 2h 16m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1390 pacman: 1376 lib: 387
  flatpak: 5 snap: 9 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.8
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.08

Here’s the system information.

This kernel is EOL. Install another one such as 5.10 LTS or 5.15 for example, reboot in one of them and then remove 5.13.

Only one of them should be running. Follow what is described here:

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Still freezing. Removed pulseaudio

So I somehow found a solution to my audio devices setting freezing. When I unplug my Blue Yeti microphone, the freezing goes away. Is there an incompatibility with a Yeti microphone in Manjaro?

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