Hey Forum people, I hope someone can help me.

I've had an Audiobox USB 96 for a couple of years now. Using it with Ableton on a Windows 10 PC, with no issues. Set up was no problem, plug and play, I have been very happy with it.

Unfortunately my Win 10 PC bit the dust before xmas, so I'm now the proud owner of a new Win 11 PC. Just plugged in the audiobox and have been watching Youtube, listening to Spotify, and using it for audio whilst gaming for just over a month with no issues, works fine. Just like on my old PC.

Last night I fired up Ableton for the first time and tried to do some recording. Whilst playing, and monitoring the audio was fine. However on playback the recording had what I can only describe as an electronicky scratching noise. Tried a couple of different mics, same issue. Adjusted various levels, always the same monitoring fine, playback has this noise. In the end I scrubbed the idea of recording, and just spent the evening playing through my PC with some reverb, and monitoring through headphones. Not what I had intended but it is what it is.

Come today, I decided to troubleshoot the issue. I quickly realised that in the excitement of owning a new PC I'd neglected to download any drivers for the Audiobox. This'll be the issue I thought. So this morning I downloaded Universal Control, checked drivers are up to date and fired up Ableton. Now the noise is also present when monitoring, only louder, but not only that the issue now occurs with all audio Youtube, and Spotify.

So I uninstalled Universal Control, and the issue resolves itself. Audio fine monitoring, Youtube and Spotify. Scratchy noise when playing back a recording.

I've gone through the install/uninstall process an number of times today. Always with the same results.

Anyone got any ideas? 13th gen i5, 32gb RAM, Win 11 home

I can't be the only one to be having these issues, cheers for your time