Reassigning to pulseaudio and confirming -- I recall seeing this issue sometime back. Restarting pulseaudio makes it all work again.
** Package changed: banshee (Ubuntu) => pulseaudio (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870930 Title: sound from all programs becomes metallic/robotic / highly corrupted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/870930/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs