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Q Why aren’t my rendered and live plug-in sounds nulling? I use Reaper, and to check that some clip effects were rendering properly, I bounced them and put them on a clean track. I matched the fader levels and flipped the polarity of the new track. I should hear nothing when both tracks play, right? But I don’t. Is it a problem with Reaper or is there something I’m missing? Thanks in advance for any insight! Anonymous, via email Matt Houghton, Reviews Editor There are a few possible explanations here, but you don’t mention what plug-ins you’re using — and the plug-in is the most likely culprit. Two signals will only cancel completely when one is inverted if they are both identical. Yet lots of plug-ins don’t do quite the…

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Sound On Sound USA (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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