It seems that somehow i have managed to do a rather silly thing- must’ve forgotten to update the version that i’m working on. Re-installed AP, restarted my PC and it works much smoother-still very minor hics here or there, but after a couple of empty audio-and-frames cycles it cleared up-no more corrupted audio. Now i feel a bit sorry bringing up an issue with such a simple solution.
Anyway, thank you for your fast replies and keep up the great work!