Your signature mentions the Focusrite 18i20(2) .. I have one, and if I don't have everything set to 24 bit, when I use it I sometimes get this same problem. And by everything I mean everything in the audio chain.
Whether or not that is the case here I dunno, just mentioning; in my experience the 18i20 (2) seems pretty finicky with bitrates.

Making sure the 18i20 is fired up (before the application you are using it in is launched) seems to also be something I've noticed, so the driver can 'get control'.
I like how it works when it works, but lately I've noticed some weirdness like the info above with it.


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