Hi Jim,

Rendering is a different issue from getting the count-in stopped. You haven't said how your render the file. While there are a few ways in BIAB, only one of those ways (that I'm aware of, at least), allows rendering settings to be applied.

Once these setting are applied, then the other BIAB render options should give the same renderings.

Try this...

1. Open "Audio | Export Song as Audio File" (#1, #2 on image below)

2. Set the output audio format (#3)

3. I recommend using 16 bit and 44.1 kHz as sound output because Realtracks have these audio attributes. (#4)

This means that you won't run the risk of introducing audio artifacts by up-scaling/dithering to 24 bits (or higher) and higher than 44.1 kHz sampling frequency). I encourage you to play around with these settings and see what works for you. (I always use 16/44.1)

4. Set mix to "Normalize" (#5)

5. Deactivate the settings shown by #6. (I imagine that "2-bar lead-in" is active and that this is what's causing the silence.)

6. Activate "Render using the highest quality". (#7)

7. Click on "Render" (#8).

One your have made the changes in this window and then used the "Render" button (#8), the settings will be put in place. Next time, you can use any of BIAB's rendering options and these settings should be applied.

If ever you want to change these settings, it's necessary to use "Audio | Export song as Audio File" and then "Render" to set them.

Hope this helps,
Noel

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