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Hearing random voices

This is a bit of weird one and I have no real expectation of this getting resolved, I just wanted to know if someone else have experienced this. Recently we (all the players in our Roll20 game) have begun hearing random snippets of voices. They're just random parts of sentences, appearing at random times over the course of multiple sessions. This may also be a bug with Discord. It's super strange. Has anyone experienced something like this?
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Pat S.
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If it was happening on discord, you will need to ask them as this forum is specifically for Roll20 issues. If it was happening while using the native feature of Roll20's audio/video then no I never heard of that happening.
You or another player might have their sound mic settings turn on in roll20. Head to the settings tab (top right corner, the small cog) scroll down to the bottom and you will see " I want to  receive  from others: " and " I want to  broadcast  to others:"   switch both of them to Nothing (disabled) and press the reconnect button beneath.
So, just to clarify a few things. This only  happens when we're on Roll20, we have spent many hours each day on Discord doing other things. None of the players are broadcasting or receiving audio. As I said, very strange. 
Have the DM turn off Voice and Video in Roll20. about 90% of the times I've heard what you're talking about, it was someone forgetting to turn off their Mic in roll20.
If its not the player or the DM broadcasting voice or video, then it could be within the music being played, some of the ambient tracks have odd voices in them. Ask your DM just check if they have music playing in roll20, if so get them to turn it off.  Are you the only player this is happening to in your game?
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It's the ghost in the machine!  If you're using Discord for comms, the GM should turn off the sound and video settings in roll20.
It's happening to everyone, people hear the same thing. We checked the music, nothing there. It only started recently. It's a pretty clear voice even if it's just for second or two. It just sounds like some dude chatting with his mates.