Right, but only 1 track uses the BIAS EQ, and all tracks have this issue. Just to be sure, I ran a DDP after removing that plug-in, and no difference. The meta-normalizer kept the master gain to 0.
Still not sure why the DDP result- clipping or not- would be something different than what is heard or rendered. Very disconcerting.
Not sure how you getting useful test results without the actual audio, in this case. Even though it is for a client, they are also interested in the answer, so I could post the files- They are quite short, so it’s not huge. But if you don’t think that’s needed, open to whatever the next step is…
Many Thanks,
Brian