audio cuts out after 2 frames in the preview

I opened up a project file in after effects 2023 that i was working on and when I pressed the spacebar to play the audio plays for a few frames before cutting out. This happens throughout the timeline - moving the playhead to anywhere in the timeline and pressing play, the audio is played with the visuals for about 2 frames before cutting out again - so I tried clearing disc cache and tried again to the same thing. But when I make a new composition and add my audio it plays just fine. This is obviously a bug so I restarted after effects but the issue is still there. Is there a way to fix this?