No, Noel, that didn't work either.

My settings were working ok in everything but this count-in with the 64 bit version, and even there in the 32 bit.

I just tried something, which didn't fix the problem, but made an interesting experiment:

I did a drag-drop of the song to an mp3. The rendered version does not show that distorted count-in! It's fine on the mp3! How weird is that?

Wish I had a way to capture the sound so that you could hear it. Might be an "aha!" moment for somebody?

Just to recap, what I have done so far:

1. Tried the 32 bit BIAB with same songs, which worked great.
2. Loaded factory defaults for the 64 bit version: no change.
3. Changed settings according to Bloc-Head's advice: no change.
4. Changed settings according to Noel's advice: no change.
5. Attempted to render the song to show it's distortion: rendered mp3 sounds fine!

I may have done a few other things that I don't remember.

What about trying to re-install BIAB 2019? Is that worth a try?

Thanks, Noel, for your help. And to everyone else, as well.

Jim

BIAB 2020 with Reaper 6, on an AMD 8 core CPU, 16GB RAM, 240 GB SSD and 1 TB HD. Retired and trying to make some serious music, before Arthur Ritis spoils the fun.