[Ardour-Users] A3: 225 dB audio spike caused by automation point

[Ricardus Vincente]

On 03/18/2013 03:29 PM, Q wrote:

> Thanks. I've zoomed in a long way and can't find any extraneous
> automation points.
> 
> My first thought was to delete/recreate the points and I will try -- I
> wasn't sure whether the current session file would be useful in
> troubleshooting the problem, so I've made a copy of the file.
> 
> It's a stereo track and one channel has a decaying note whilst the other
> has the start of a note, slightly before the beat where the automation
> point occurred. Moving the point back a fraction, to before the right
> channel audio started, the click went away: returning the automation
> point to the beat (and thus slightly after the RH audio starts) the
> click returns.
> 
> Deleting the point entirely and putting a new one in the same place (on
> the beat), also causes a spike. I'll move the point back to before the
> RH audio starts, it won't make any difference.
> 
> I just thought it was really weird the way this only occurs if you take
> an eight-bar run up at it!

 I had a similar problem with automation in one of the betas a few
months ago. My spikes weren't quite that large, but they were big. las
addressed the issue and my spikes went away.

 I'm surprised Paul hasn't chimed in here, yet.

 Rich...