Audio playback, RAM preview scrambled or jumps around | After Effects, Premiere Pro | CS5

When you try to preview a composition or sequence in After Effects CS5 or Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, one of the following occurs:

• The audio playback sounds scrambled, choppy, or mixed up.
• The playback jumps around.
• RAM preview in After Effects jumps around.

The composition or sequence contains AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) audio.

Solution 1

Install the After Effects CS5 (10.0.1) update.

Install the Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (5.0.2) update.

Solution 2

Convert the AIFF audio to WAV format and import and use the WAV files in your project.