Losing control of character + sound engine crash (bug reference included)

Since the EA launch, I have had this very annoying issue, which I originally believed to be caused by the game clashing with my GPU, but it's actually a sound related issue.

The issue (on Atlas screen):
Whenever I am on the atlas screen, I get these short "bursts" of my screen and mouse cursor freezing completely - usually lasting 2-3 seconds. It gets especially bad when I'm scrolling the atlas, with it having to load in new areas. It happens randomly.

The issue (in maps):
When I'm playing maps, especially when there is a lot of mobs and effects going on, my mouse cursor freezes completely for 2-3 seconds and while this happens, I also lose all control of my character. This means whatever movement direction I was going when the freeze starts, my character will keep running in this direction automatically - like the button is being pressed by the game itself. I am unable to move, or perform any action during this 2-3 second "freeze" period. This means my character often just runs straight into a horde of monsters if I happened to go in that direction - causing lots of deaths because of this. While my character is in this state, everything else on the screen still moves - monsters, effects, projectiles, etc.

Why I believe it's a sound/sound engine related issue:
If I play a very mob heavy map and it drags out, eventually the freezes become so frequent that I get a full PC freeze for about 8-10 seconds where I am unable to perform ANY input, even Ctrl-Alt-Delete. When this freeze ends, all sound disappears, like the internal game sound engine has crashed. If I tab out of the game, I still have sound on my PC and on Youtube videos - but all sound in the game is gone. After this sound crash, my game runs COMPLETELY SMOOTH. Not a single freeze, lag or stutter from this point, even in the most juiced maps.

Again, when this happens, only my character and mouse cursor is frozen, but everything else on the screen still moves and kills me. It feels like the game completely disables my mouse and keyboard during these freezes - since the actual game itself keeps moving.

I made a /bug command from after the sound engine crashed with this reference ID: Bug Report ID: #666869646

Hopefully you are able to see something from this. I will post my basic specs here, but if you need more info, PLEASE let me know and I will provide everything. This issue is really ruining my game experience.

Windows 10 Home - 22H2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
RAM: 64GB
GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
SSD storage drives