Hi Bunyip,

Just a thought...this has happened to me in the past and the culprit was my sound card.
It seemed to hold on to the sound from the last time it played the song (it didn't refresh and clear its resources)

I can't tell you which sound card as I have a new computer (a desktop, which doesn't exhibit the problem) my old computer was an Acer laptop with its on-board laptop.

George


Windows 11 64 bit, Biab 2024 1111, Realband 2024
i7 Desktop Computer 16Gb Memory