So I went back to my original .seq file and did 'cleanup node' on all my tracks. Inserted more -64 db node points at the beginning of each track and tested. Some tracks mute ok and others seem not to care where the gain node is set.

I then exported all of my audio tracks and saved each track as a .wav file. I created a new .seq file and imported each wave file. I now have a virgin .seq file with 4 of my guitar audio tracks, a drum track and a bass track all imported as .wav files individually into this new .seq file.

I set the gain node line on each track to -64 db and then adjusted the gain node so each track would come up at different times in the song. No joy.

Sometimes I can get a few of the tracks to behave correctly when I render 'merge audio and vst/dxi tracks to wave file' but most times it is like the tracks don't adhere to what the gain node is set to.

If I play the song in Realband, all of the gain node changes are heard correctly every time. The only way I can reliably get gain node changes into a wave file is to play the song in Realband while capturing the output sound in another program such as wavepad.

This really sucks!

I am going back to the old school way of making the fade in and fade out through the 'audio effect/gain change'. The gain node feature isn't ready for prime time in my opinion.

Del