Update: I have realized that when I have the Asus Sonar Radar 3 and Asus Sonic Studio 3 running in the background it doesn't work. When I close them it does work, however my hunch is that audiosrv restart is still required.
This issue is commonly called as the "FMOD Error" which happens with Unity engine for some reason. I used the following suggestion I found on a Unity forum and for me it worked!
I am having the exact same issue. What I have noticed is that when i install the audio drivers downloaded from ASUS website (I got an B250F ASUS motherboard) the issue appears. If I then uninstall all the audio drivers and related stuff (like ASUS…