I rooted through Zmud and found (sorta) the problem. For some reason, my sounds where all messed up. (IN the preferences file you mentioned). So I just altered them all to suit (although they are diff ...
I am quite a "safe" user of Zmud. I have used it for 9 or so years now I think. Upgrading as each update comes in. Then........... I get others to send me their triggers and i change them to suit my i ...