We've got an audio mystery in our VoiceOver suite. Running Sonar 8.5 on a (gasp) XP machine...because it works. No external routing has been changed...no switches accidentally flipped or knobs accidentally turned. As far as we can tell nothing has been changed at all. Only now the playback of audio exported to the desktop is about 3 to 4 db quieter than inside Sonar prior to export. For lo these many years it was the same. The Windows settings are unchanged and Sonar's settings are unchanged. Or are they? So why the sudden drop in playback?? Likely culprits we might be overlooking??

Are you running a control surface? Just wondering. I have faderport, and every once in a while, when I open a project, the fader(on the faderport) doesn't move to the saved position in Sonar. Instead, the fader in Sonar will drop down to whatever position the faderport's fader happens to be in. Had me scratching m head for quite a while before I discovered what was causing the volume to drop. Anyway, I reinstalled the drivers and the problem stopped.

Nope...just a little 8 channel mixer which serves as a router more or less.

All VO tracks are done with a VO template?
Export via a "preset"?
WAV or mp3?
Sumpin' changed...
Tom

XP is no longer supported. Mebee they dropped audio by 3db on the last patch?

The "Cut Volume In Half" button was accidentally pushed in? 
 
Is there any way something on the desktop was doubling the track output previously?  The fact that it IS double is what makes it curious...

How long has it been since you cleaned and degaussed the heads?

57Gregy
How long has it been since you cleaned and degaussed the heads?

 
An intriguing mystery. Fly me out to your place and put me up at the Radisson and I'll bet I can figure it out.
 
Or, you could just turn up the master 3dB and chalk it up to cosmic rays.

Yup...that's what I'm doin.  Just a twist of the knob.  But I hate puzzles...until I figure em out.

 
You have a poltergoooost.
 
Forget Dave's offer, fly me over instead and I'll perform the necessary exorcisms and demon out-castings.
 
I will, of course, require an endless supply of naked virgins and altar wine to sustain me during this onerous task (I will provide my own ritual daggers and cheese-flavoured condoms).