Tim White

Thanks for the technical explanation @Noel Borthwick   How my buffer changed, i have no idea, but at least my projects sound normal now. 

@David Baay that makes sense, probably just a coincidence. I didn’t mention that this also occurred with audio (.wav) imported into cakewalk which I found even more strange. I had digitized some old 4-track cassette recordings in Audacity which sounded fine, but when I imported those files into cakewalk they sounded horrible. 

@User 905133 and @David Baay I’ll see how these numbers work over time. I wish I knew what my numbers (buffer) was BEFORE the update. 

@David Baay no, I’ve had projects with more tracks and effects than this one for sure. 

@User 905133 THANK YOU!

I only changed the buffer size to 20.0 msec and 882 samples and that fixed it!  

to @msmcleod FYI, I changed the AUD.INI file name as you suggested, but that didn't make a difference. 

I'm assuming the update changed the Buffer size?

thank you

hello all, 

I'm loving everything that Bandlab is doing to cakewalk, I'm a long-time user. However, I updated to 2019.11  (build 54, 64 bit)about an hour ago and opened a project I've been working on and it sounds HORRIBLE. It's as if there's an 8-bit effect, or KT granulator effect (low-res, distorted, maybe even slowed-down) on the entire project.  I've opened other projects and they all sound like this.  However, when I export to .mp3 it sounds fine, so I can't let you hear what i'm hearing. 

I've looked at my drivers and bit rate and I have made no changes since I last mixed this project.

Windows 10 64-bit

ASIO drivers

Focusrite, Saffire pro 40 interface

let me know what other info you need from me, i've added a screenshot

any help is appreciated!