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Inconsistent level readings on stereo output


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Hi everyone, hoping someone can help.....

 

I'm mixing an EDM track in Logic X, and I'm trying really hard to get my levels right before moving onto the mastering stage.

 

With my percussion, bass and main synth lead playing over a 32 bar region I have on average 2-3db of headroom on my master channel. Occasionally some sneaky transients take these up, and I'll peak at about -.5 When I try to locate the culprit however, I find that there isn't an obvious one, in fact (and here is my main question) when I replay that part of the region I get a different peak output in the master out!

 

I can play the same 32 bar loop 5 times, and get 5 different peak measurements in the master output. Usually the readings are within 1db of each other and still below 0db, but every now and then it will even go above 0db and read in the red, how can this happen when it's the same piece of audio?

 

Each sound is sampled audio, with compression and limiters on busses to try and keep a lid on the peaks. I thought maybe the synth (Hive vst) was causing it, but I bounced that to audio and it still happens.

 

Any takers from the brains trust?

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