Originally Posted by Andrew - PG Music
Add a file safemode.txt (contents don't matter) to the Band-in-a-Box/Preferences folder, and then launch the program (should say safe mode in red on the splash screen). Does it still happen?

Thank you.

Yes, it still happens.

Booting up the first time in Safe Mode, shows the chord C, and the Style ZZJAZZ.STY: Jazz Swing Style.
This plays fine. Bass, Piano, Drums.

Continuing in Safe Mode...

Search for _TEENAGE style, double clicking so it loads, the noise still plays
BUT instead, LOOP 1 is silent, and this time LOOP 2 'buzzes'
LOOP 2 produces a full volume 'buzz' (This has the effect of 'knocking' out the digital master audio out too - though this silencing/overload/cutout is commonly built in to typical digital audio DSP.

I quit, relaunched a second time, and this time the music played but neither LOOP 1 (the buzz emitter) or LOOP 2, played at all, only the music.

TEENAGE is...
TEENAGE R 4/4 ev16 125 Teenage Funky Dance Pop Modern Pop Pop 60 2019-10 Xtra PAK 8 5 2 Lite Pop, Funk

I restarted computer, relaunched a third time and this time LOOP 1 'buzzes, and LOOP 2 is 'silent' - as per the problem without safe mode.

Note, the silence from either non playing LOOP is not actually silent.
I bounced the LOOP 2 track, there is a full volume digital burst, the sound of a click as it's so short. at both ends. This is can be caused where there is typically a sub harmonic sine 'cut' off zero, this one is 20Hz and lower.
Be careful with the file
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c5893jllpgtkx3c23bs5l/Untitled-Song-Render.aiff?rlkey=lro95c9uk7f84yrg22mw6scuw&st=f7nj5d1i&dl=0

See attached Frequency Plot.

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