Recurring problem of audio playback acting strange with Focusrite 18i20 interface audio

Hello,

I recently made a post about this issue a few weeks ago here: https://musescore.org/en/comment/1249945

Thanks to the help of a forum member, the issue seemed to be fixed, but it seems to have come back and reared its head for seemingly no reason.

I am on Windows 11 with Musescore 4.3.2
Focusrite 18i20 audio interface

The problem is that when my Focusrite USB Audio audio output is selected for musescore, the playback audio and speed is incredibly fast and high pitched. This was originally fixed by turning off exclusive mode and lowering the bitrate in windows audio settings to 16bit (as opposed to the other option, 24bit) and maxing out Musescore's buffer size to 4096. The problem has been gone for weeks, and the other day, without manually changing any settings, the problem is back. It is a bit frustrating to be honest, but the audio is normal if I plug my headphones into my computer's regular headphone output.

This is not related to one project file, but to all of Musescore.

This is a video I attached in my original post showing the problem:
https://youtu.be/MCOhK2i2vC0

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.