Whenever playing audio files in Sound Forge, there are intermittant crackles/audio artifacts, never in the same spot, never saved when playing back with another program, happens most right after starting playback but can occur at random points throughout.
This is a new computer I got toward the end of September, was never a problem previously. I have dozens of unprocessed new recordings, and this is making me violently angry.
Any thoughts on what it might be? I updated sound card drivers which was all I could think of.