Mike, thanks. My gut says No. My empirical side says, like VideoTrack suggests, I need to make notes and be sure.

I can safely say I've experienced this immediately upon opening and playing a file, when I quickly realize the balance is all wrong. Drums, especially - hard to miss at a volume of 90 when I normally have them in the 70s. And I NEVER have any reverb as high as 40 (note that this is relative to the max reverb setting you select elsewhere).

It has not happened in quite a while, perhaps not this year.

So Trevor, you found my original post, hey? I have a dim memory that someone suggested it has to do with the settings about whether a particular style insists on setting its own levels. Further, I think that someone suggested, perhaps even someone from PG Music, that older styles did this but newer ones were changed and did not. And there are those global override checkboxes to consider. Also, in beta testing, I would complain about this problem and the next build would fix it (implying there is a fix, but somehow it isn't permanent). Unfortunately, this whole last paragraph is a blur of trying to remember stuff from many years ago. It's worth reexamining.

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