Answering things as I try them...

RealBand reports 115 tracks at 44.1kHz

I ran the same song as yesterday which uses the "_UNLOVED" style at 60BPM and I not that the first couple of rim-shots sound normal, then the subsequent ones sound doubled, like there's a quick echo (guess .. maybe 20ms delay?). I could measure that if it might be helpful, but I can't really see that it would be. At 60bpm that's exactly one perturbance per second, which might indicate an external factor. So ... I changed that to 70bpm, but the perturbance remains per bar (interestingly it's a little after the beat, maybe 60ms?)

Setting the checkbox in Song Settings made no obvious difference to the perturbance.
With the checkbox set, I get around 45% CPU during generation and around 22-27% during play.

At this point I decided to try a different style, just to eliminate the style itself from the equation, but I may have found the reverse... I switched to "_ROARING" at the same tempo (70) and it played just fine. Back to "_UNLOVED" it breaks, back to "_ROARING" it's fine. Hmmm.
I unchecked the Song Settings box, tried again with "_ROARING", which is still fine.

OK ... tried another ... "_ORGANICS". This also plays fine.

Back to "_UNLOVED" and it's still perturbed.

This now sounds very like a problem with the style and not with my PC. I've probably allowed myself to be persuaded otherwise by the problems I have had with those Windows services.

Next I tried "_HRTACHE" and it's fine; back to "_UNLOVED" and it's broken.

Can someone confirm if "_UNLOVED" misbehaves also for them, or if the misbehaviour is peculiar to me? Possibly my style is corrupt.

Thanks.
Gordon.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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