<div dir="ltr">The wav file shows that almost all the sample values are +/- 0.5 with an odd -1 here and there. That makes it look like some kind of bit level problem. Are you running Ardour on some "odd" hardware? i.e. Something else than x86 or x86-64?<div>
<br></div><div style>It would still be nice to eliminate the chance of a plugin causing this, by testing without plugins if you haven't yet...</div><div style><br></div><div style>-Sakari-</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Raoul McAlister <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raoul.mcalister@sohnetwork.com" target="_blank">raoul.mcalister@sohnetwork.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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    I'm using beta 5. Here is a link to a small wav file. <br>
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    <a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/UW16Q1Z0WkJWRDhzeHNUQw" target="_blank">https://www.yousendit.com/download/UW16Q1Z0WkJWRDhzeHNUQw</a><br>
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    Regards<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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    <div>On 01/02/13 07:54, Melvin Ray Herr
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Sakari
        Bergen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sakari.bergen@beatwaves.net" target="_blank">sakari.bergen@beatwaves.net</a>></span>
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          <div dir="ltr">If you have any plugins, could you try to
            deactivate them and see if the problem goes away? If that
            doesn't help, can you upload a wav somewhere? The mp3 pretty
            much destroys everything that is going on on the sample
            level, which could reveal something useful when inspected in
            a sample editor...<span><font color="#888888">
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                <div>-Sakari-</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:44
                  AM, Raoul McAlister <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raoul.mcalister@sohnetwork.com" target="_blank">raoul.mcalister@sohnetwork.com</a>></span>
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                    Klaumi,<br>
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                    I checked that. Only the master boxes are ticked.<br>
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                    Regards<br>
                    <span><font color="#888888">Raoul<br>
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                      <div>On 31/01/13 20:01, Klaumi Klingsporn wrote:<br>
                        > Am / On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:50:31 +1030<br>
                        > schrieb / wrote Raoul McAlister <<a href="mailto:raoul.mcalister@sohnetwork.com" target="_blank">raoul.mcalister@sohnetwork.com</a>>:<br>
                        ><br>
                        >> I don't think that is it. I have moved
                        the fade down quite a lot and<br>
                        >> it still happens. The signal is also
                        not above 0dB. I have attached a<br>
                        >> very small sample.<br>
                        > Only an idea: In the export-window you can
                        choose the tracks, which you<br>
                        > want to have exported. Normally there are
                        marked only master-out-1 and<br>
                        > master-out-1. But you can also choose all
                        the other tracks alone or<br>
                        > additional, and if you mark them all, you
                        get the master plus other<br>
                        > tracks exported, which will result in a sum
                        of signals, which may have<br>
                        > more than 0 dB, allthough the masters level
                        is o.k.<br>
                        ><br>
                        > Klaumi<br>
                        ><br>
                        > ---<br>
                        > Klaus-Michael Klingsporn<br>
                        > mail: <a href="mailto:klaumikli@gmx.de" target="_blank">klaumikli@gmx.de</a><br>
                        > web: <a href="http://www.klaumikli.de" target="_blank">www.klaumikli.de</a><br>
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