Bob, thanks for your response. I really really don't want to be part of this tiny minority. I mean, there has to be a reason at some level that this is happening. It's especially infuriating because it is intermittent. One day, things are fine, then the next, they're terrible. Haven't changed a thing, in fact sometimes I haven't even turned off the machine -- or, in a few cases, even exited BiaB. So Yeah, I'm frustrated -- to put it mildly.

It's worth mentioning that I didn't have this problem with v2017. I would get the occasional rice krispie, which was solved by shutting down unnecessary processes or exiting other programs. But nothing like I'm getting now. So something's changed. And I'm not talking about going to 64-bit either. I'm running 32-bit and will continue to run it until they've got the bugs worked out of the 64-bit version. So something has changed with the 32-bit version that causes it to occasionally become a resource hog whenever RealTracks are being used.

I've known about increasing the buffers for a long time. Currently I have them set to 512 which I think, if anything, is a bit on the high side. But I'll give it a try and see if increasing them will get rid of the distortion.

I haven't tried BiaB yet today. I left it up last night and didn't turn off the machine. Last night it was running RealTracks without issues. Hopefully, today it will continue to run RealTracks without issues. I'd give it a try now, but it wouldn't be a fair test. I have two browsers open right now. In the past, when it was running right, having a browser open didn't affect it any, but I don't want to push things, so I'll try it out after I've finished this post and exited both browsers.

I've been using the M-Audio ASIO drivers for years without incident. They work just fine with other applications, such as Cakewalk Sonar, now Cakewalk by Bandlab, and others, such as Studio One and Reaper. I don't think the M-Audio ASIO drivers are the problem. I don't like ASIO4ALL because it wants to take over your system and not let anything else play. Also, its menu is rather arcane and choosy and often takes a bit of finessing before it is setup correctly. It's a last resort, but I guess I should try it when nothing else seems to work.

Guys, I used AVG for years and finally dumped it when it got way too possessive of my system and became harder and harder to install the free version. I've been using MS Security Essentials for probably 7 or 8 years and it has done a good job. Occasionally I'll run Malwarebytes or Spybot but all they catch are malware that's attached itself to my browser, most of which is rather inoffensive stuff. Intrusive, yeah, but not much else.

Okay, well, time to shut down the browsers and give BiaB another try. Hopefully it's still working okay.

Last edited by cooltouch; 02/17/19 05:53 AM.
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