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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0010182 | ardour | bugs | public | 2026-02-13 12:41 | 2026-03-01 20:20 |
| Reporter | GhostsonAcid | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | feedback | Resolution | reopened | ||
| Platform | macOS | OS | Mojave | OS Version | 10.14.6 |
| Product Version | 9.0 | ||||
| Summary | 0010182: Audio Looping Glitch during Soloing whilst Playing | ||||
| Description | Ardour will loop a tiny portion of audio indefinitely if you attempt to solo a track or bus whilst the playhead is rolling. See the 2min video I made to demonstrate this: https://odysee.com/@icterine:a/Ardour-9---Audio-Looping-Glitch-during-Soloing-whilst-Playing:a And please note that this little loop of audio is sometimes very loud. I think it depends on *when* you hit the solo button, which determines the fragment of audio looped. ~Just FYI. Thanks, -J | ||||
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-Just tested different Audio devices and NOT via the Loopback software/device. -And the problem still remains! -J |
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This is really mysterious. Solo / Mute really just changes gain of outputs. Ardour processes everything as if nothing is muted and then outputs at active mute-points get a gain factor (Preferences > Monitoring > SiP cut). Is that set to -inf dB? |
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@x42 Yes, it is. |
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Okay, so I WAS able to reproduce this on a VM of Lubuntu, using: PulseAudio Default Playback 48 kHz 2048 Samples -------------------- Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a new project (-whatever sample rate, etc.). 2. Add two audio tracks (Audio 1 and 2) and one audio bus (Bus 1). 3. Disconnect the tracks from the Master bus, but leave Bus 1’s connection to the Master. 4. Add *Aux Sends* from the two tracks to Bus 1, setting each to 0db. 5. *Import* audio to the Source List (-preferably something loud). 6. Drag the audio to track Audio 1. 7. Add the following plugins to Bus 1: • Ace Amplifier (-set to 20db, but bypass it(!)). • Something that produces latency, such as XT-LC Lookahead Compressor. 8. Place the playhead over the audio. 9. Play the audio. 10. In the editor, click the Solo button for *Audio 2*, to which you *should* hear silence. 11. Pause the transport or simply keep it rolling. 12. Open the Ace Amplifier on Bus 1, and un-bypass it to boost the audio by 20db. 13. At this point you should hear a tiny, repetitive loop of audio. But if you don’t… 14. Pause the transport, un-Solo to reset everything, and then try steps 8-12 again but hit Solo for Audio 2 at a particularly loud moment. ... If you STILL don’t hear the loop, then… 15. Go to Audio/MIDI Setup, stop it and start it again, OR stop it, set it to 2048 buffer size, and start it again, then repeat steps 8-12 until you hear it (etc.). -------------------- Additional notes: 1. You might have to attempt this several times, but it should work, unless only my Mac is to blame, somehow. 2. I canNOT reproduce this if you use *direct connections* instead of Aux Sends. |
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~Seems to be fixed as of 9.0.110! Probably this commit: https://github.com/Ardour/ardour/commit/e0963ced27c1327ca5ef536d2b9abfe58ad08584 Thanks, @x42! : D -J |
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~Seems to be fixed as of 9.0.110! Probably this commit: https://github.com/Ardour/ardour/commit/e0963ced27c1327ca5ef536d2b9abfe58ad08584 |
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This issue was not fixed in all cases. During editing various sessions since, I have heard this glitch-loop many times (almost literally every time I hit Solo on any track whilst the playhead is rolling). I will test further though (and even repeat my recipe) and see what info. that gives us... Thanks, -J |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2026-02-13 12:41 | GhostsonAcid | New Issue | |
| 2026-02-13 12:49 | GhostsonAcid | Note Added: 0029874 | |
| 2026-02-19 00:10 | x42 | Note Added: 0029907 | |
| 2026-02-19 10:36 | GhostsonAcid | Note Added: 0029914 | |
| 2026-02-19 10:36 | GhostsonAcid | File Added: Screen Shot 2026-02-19 at 12.24.11 PM.png | |
| 2026-02-19 20:03 | GhostsonAcid | Note Added: 0029921 | |
| 2026-02-20 13:40 | GhostsonAcid | Note Added: 0029928 | |
| 2026-02-20 13:43 | GhostsonAcid | Status | new => closed |
| 2026-02-20 13:43 | GhostsonAcid | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2026-02-20 13:43 | GhostsonAcid | Note Added: 0029929 | |
| 2026-03-01 20:20 | GhostsonAcid | Status | closed => feedback |
| 2026-03-01 20:20 | GhostsonAcid | Resolution | fixed => reopened |
| 2026-03-01 20:20 | GhostsonAcid | Note Added: 0030025 |