Audtion keeps screwing my audio hardware preferences??? this is wack

Trying out editing a podcast in audtion instead of Ableton live and its not going great. Litterally everytime I do anything in audtion my audio hardware settings are changed. Launch the program - settings are changed. Add an audio file - settings are changed. Try and export - settings are changed. Hit play - settings are changed. The list goes on but it ultimately causes the audio to not play, or if it does play, its just loud static noise.  

** When I say audio hardware settings, I am refering to audio driver, bit depth and sample rate. They are constantly reverting/ changing to settings that don't work!! This does not happen in Audacity or Ableton or any other audio software. So whats the deal? Is Audtion always this wacky?