Audio getting worse soon after entering the game

After the latest update, along with FPS getting lower and lower to the point of my character disappearing from the screen altogether (at which point I have to exit the game forcefully) the audio sounds extremely poor very early on, much earlier than the FPS drop issue.

It ends up getting that 'robotic' tone like when you're on a Skype call and the connection is really slow.

Until now I've played Ritual without any issues whatsoever for an entire day even.

Should I post a log for the next time I catch the game doing this or is it a known issue (tried finding the Audio bug but no luck)?