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First thing I always ask myself is what changed?




OK, we've ruled out the possibility that my underwear somehow caused it...

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Did you install anything, add a device to your network, put a new bulb in the fridge ..





last thing I remember changing is that I switched from an M-audio device to a Focusrite Scarlett... but that was several weeks ago, and it has been working well until now.


the defrag finished up and the problem persists.

it doesn't have a wireless network card.

Projects with a lot of tracks are what's failing... even if all but one is muted. I tried several projects with only 3 tracks and they played fine.

I'll go back and see what kind of effects I have on all those tracks....