CJ Jacobson

Its not a simple open and save. Routing involves your Cue Mix also. . I Own and use SoundForge. I get the same gain level when exporting wave files to MP3's. The only difference is with the lower bitrates, you can get some high end frequencies cut off. so you should use 320 bitrate or 256 bitrate Your common denominator between your gain issues is your Cue Mix. Your troubles may lie in there. As there is no bug. Its a setting on your part. You just need to find it and correct it.

Is it closing down on every project or just one. This can determine if its a project or the DAW itself CJ

I do not see that behavior on my DAW. We have the same DAW. Check all your routing and im sure there is something going on that you are not seeing to one of your other main outs.. I've exported hundreds of audio files in the past week with the latest Bandlab Cakewlak (what ever its called, i just downloaded it last week) and im exporting exactly what i am seeing going out of my master and onto main outs 1/2. If it was a bug, Everyone would see this, not just you. The volume should be the same. Its routing issue, as you are having volume/Gain issues on 2 different DAW's

If you are playing back through the DAW with the same effect chains you exported it out to, you are going to clip. I use entire mix as the source with Bandlab Cakewalk and do not have a clipping issue. As long as your master bus goes to your main outs 1/2, it doesn't matter if 3/4 or 5/6 are also selected. Nothing is going there. It will not make things clip.

A few things that come to mind and to look at: Is the send pre or post fader You can also automate the bus that the reverb is on with a volume envelope I remember a function in Sonar (cakewalk), that you can enable to 'play effect tails' in the preference menu, make sure this is disengaged Let me know if any of those work, CJ

Check to make sure your tracks go the the master bus, All buses go to the master bus and that the Master Bus goes to the Main Outs 1/2. Do not use presets. Set it yourself. The person who made that preset did not have your song in mind. Also, ware are you playing it back in?

Correct, there are no sound quality differences between ASIO and WDM driver modes. You just use the one that gives you better performance, ass far as your PC and DAW goes. The only reason i can think of is because ASIO driver that was written was not coded for 44.1kHz maybe. Or maybe you have share drivers with others selected and it needs to be set at 48kHz so other programs can use it as well. CJ

WDM driver is just fine. With some sound cards, like the TASCAM, the ASIO driver mode is a POS. If WDM gives you better performance, that use it. IIRC, TASCAM never had good ASIO drivers for windows

I can assure you, its not your pic cache and it has nothing to do with a clean install either. A pic cache will not make your sounds sound harsh, and give it extra mid frequency levels. Maybe you have an EQ enabled in the cuemix or maybe you are using a mic like the SM57 that gives you extra mid range. Or maybe sample rate mismatch, but that would make it slower or faster. you did not say that was the case... But its definitely not your pic cache and a clean install. CJ

You are not understanding the concept of mono and stereo instruments and tracks. Guitar is mono, so there is no need to change the interleave to mono. Its already set to mono. Guitar is a mono instrument. Even when you record with 2 mics onto 2 different tracks, you still have 2 mono tracks. You do not record a mono signal onto a stereo track and then change the interleave to mono, as you stated above. That's backwards. You record a mono track onto a mono track, like guitar, and the interleave is already set to mono. Hence, no need to change the interleave, even when sending the guitar to a bus with stereo effects. You got it now?

The guitar is a mono instrument, so the track would be mono already and with the track being mono, the interleave would be mono automatically. You would not have a mono tack on a stereo track. It would enter any plugin mono, even if the effect outputs stereo. Even if you use 2 mics to record a guitar, each mic would be recorded onto its own mono track.

If you care about latency, then do not use the on-board sound chip. Get a dedicated audio interface with drivers written for audio production

Yea project template should work for you

Try bouncing down or freezing your MIDI to audio before exporting it out of your DAW. It cannot handle the 64bit processing engine. FYI: All these problems will go away with a audio interface.

Try making a template with those specific configurations selected...

How is your gain stage? Do your tracks go to the master bus Sends go to buses Buses go to the master bus Is the master bus the only bus to go to the main outs? What are the RMS, LUFS, and peak dB levels on your master bus and main outs read? Are you 100% positive that your export setting are set up correctly? How are you setting them up? There is a setting in the preference menu to fix DC off set upon audio files, so make sure that is selected You need a dedicated audio interface. The built in sound cards are not able to deal with the demands of producing audio and running a DAW proficiently. This built in card can give you artifacts, as its drivers are lacking and its converters for A/D and D/A are lacking and its internal hardware is lacking.

How much room is left on your hard drive and do you have a dedicated hard drive for only your audio files? That is something you should do, if you do not. As far as your dropouts, that's just a buffer setting that may be too low for the current work load of your DAW & PC and/or the dropout configuration in your aud.ini file is set to low. I would first raise your buffers, before messing with the dropout setting. To solve it, just raise your ASIO drivers for your audio interface or slide the WDM slider to the right, if you are using WDM driver mode. Also make sure you have the latest drivers for your audio interface.. That's it!!

Since its audio and you are not having any MIDI issues, keep them ware they are set at. The right settings are the Settings that work for you and they are working for you, yes?

Are you looping it during playback and is it audio or MIDI you recorded? Do you have any Plugin effects on this track? This is prob not it, but if its MIDI make sure your tempo map doesn't have any tempo changes and make sure your MIDI buffers are set for optimal response. You can also try playing with your audio interface ASIO buffers as well CJ

I do what BR suggested, but if you want it to default to 'Entire Mix' you should make a project template with it saved like that and it should always be the default.

Pre fader is pre effect and post fader is post effect. Same for send, pre and post sends.

Just click your mouse anywhere on the track view and this will de-select and selections you have made before you export

You can define the folders it sans in the preference menu. Just insert he folder location you added the plugin to and delete the rest and it ill only scan hat folder location.

No, i'm not saying that. You are confusing pan laws and actual dB levels No, no need. You are confusing pan laws and dB levels. They are 2 different things..

I understood you and my response/answer is still the same: You mixed the project with the -3 pan laws, so changing the Pan law in a project to something else will change all its levels and make it sound different your ears.. You would need to mix it all over when changing the pan laws.