Sekiro isn't the only game affected , but both cases started happening at different times, and Sekiro has a community, unlike the other game, so I'm hoping that if I solve it for this, I can solve it for the other one.

After the initial cutscene cinematic, with the soldiers fucking each other up, the game just loses all audio, I have verified the files, I have checked my devices, I have checked the Volume Mixer, but nothing works. Keep in mind, if I start a new game, I can hear the initial cutscene, but right after that the game, once again, loses all audio. Menus, dialogue, combat sounds, literally no audio.

Any help (including linking posts which may be talking about the issue), besides obvious suggestions already mentioned above, is welcome. Thanks in advance lads.

Edit: I solved the issue, apparently Realtek thinks it's really funny to hide settings away, and Stereo wasn't working for some fucking reason. I'm grasping at straws to not look foolish, but I really am confused as to why the cutscene had audio. Regardless, I'm going to keep the post up because I think it's funny. And in case anyone else finds themselves in the same pickle as I, now you know not to make a Reddit post bitching about it and appear schizophrenic just to solve it right after.
tldr: don't be a fucking idiot like me