ok, let's try this test:

in the recording tab, disable the realtek mic and stereo mix. it's possible they're bleeding over as those 2 are stereo but the BT is mono

also disable the realtek speakers. you can re-enable them once we figure this out.

Didn't fix it either.

However I noticed that the sound distorts while I'm in the recording tab, but if I disable the Bluetooth mic it works fine. Really odd. I have no issues when I use Skype. So vent works fine if I'm not using the Bluetooth input device but the mic built into the computer. Naturally a built in mic normally has crappy sound input.

ok, that's why it sounds bad in vent if it sounds bad in the recording tab.

can you temp disable Skype then listen in the recording tab again.

in thinking about this I remember that vent disconnects from the mic when going into setup, which is why it sounds good at that point.

can you post pics of the windows taskmanager/processes tab. I see if there's anything else running that we can try disabling