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Old 18th October 2011   #1
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Mono track not clipping, stereo master is?

Ran into this weird thing: a mono track which peaks around -6 is clipping on the master fader, no plugs on the track, no plugs on the master... Any ideas anyone, because I can't figure it out.
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Ran into this weird thing: a mono track which peaks around -6 is clipping on the master fader, no plugs on the track, no plugs on the master... Any ideas anyone, because I can't figure it out.
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The weirdest thing that happened to me was after a tracklay was done for me. A longshot, but....

Is the track set to go direct out of say 1 and 2, but somehow accidentally there's a parallel output taking you through your routing ending up at 1 and 2 also in effect sending the signal to the same destination multiple times?
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Ran into this weird thing: a mono track which peaks around -6 is clipping on the master fader, no plugs on the track, no plugs on the master... Any ideas anyone, because I can't figure it out.
As others have pointed out: Multiple outs assigned to the same track, hidden sends not shown in the mixer view, hidden track (duplicate), hidden master fader...

I once had something sound clipped when it approached 0 dB but before it actually reached it. It turned out the Cubase monitoring section had mysteriously changed it's settings and the signal was going twice to the main speakers... (And clipping at the interface). So if you work in Nuendo, check the Control Room settings.

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Longshot but if your in PT's, I've had an bug where mysteriously, the track output doubles up and sends to the center and/or ls/rs path so it suddenly doubles up across multiple speakers. Could be something similar but doubling on the same channel...? Deactivating and reactivating the track output resets itself
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I'm on a PT HD2 set. I'm not behind it at the moment, but can check a few suggestions tonight. I'm sure it's no hidden tracks, auxes or masters, but it could be an internal routing thing. I have been switching between stereo and surround a lot lately, maybe it's pilot error.
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