g_randybrown

pwal


is it an old 32 bit project in x64 sonar, or are you loading it in 32? could it be a driver difference? (between win32 & win64)

Good call...but what about the squared off tops?

the squared-off tops could be played back differently in different environments(drivers)? weird for sure... but when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro maybe you can check the squared-off wavs on another machine?

The waveforms are squared off if you zoom in on the transients in BOTH THE OLD CLIPS AND THE NEW 

All I can really think is that it's your old system that's the anomaly here - not your new one.


I would expect squared off clips to sound distorted

The waveform could have a squared-off appearance and still sound OK. It depends on how the clipping occurred. 

If it was the result of overdriving a mic preamp, it might sound fine because the artifacts generated by analog clipping are harmonically related and therefore less audible and less annoying. Artifacts generated by digital clipping, OTOH, are not correlated to the original signal, making the distortion more audible and more objectionable, and may also cause aliasing, which is even more obvious and objectionable.

yes bitf;ipper, that is what i'm thinking too- but the mic, pre, levels, vocalist, compressor- everything was the same and the waveforms look the same but they were done on different computers.........

I promise to post the answer if i even discover it!

SOLVED!
When I changed the audio settings from 48khz to 44.1khz the problem went away.  Now there is the headroom I am accustomed to.  What's weird is that in my profire 2626 settings, the sample rate is set to 48khz.  In any event, I'm happy :)  My new setup is kicking ass.