major audio issues when switching out of rekordbox using DDJ-800

If I'm running rekordbox and DDJ-800, switching to another application like messenger, web browser, etc will usually cause audio to stop working, sounds completely chopped up. problem doesn't go away when I switch back to rekordbox, but if I toggle PC master out audio goes back to normal.

HP Victus laptop

11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz   2.30 GHz

Windows 11 Home OS Build 22000.978

latest version of rekordbox 6.6.5