Waveform Thickness Change Running M1

[zeeman]

Yes, its the center line. The waveform itself is fine, but the center line is thicker. I was explaining it poorly. Mouth noises and even the start of a violin or gtr swell is now living in that thicker line.Making it difficult to edit out or trim to the audio start.

[JingleDjango]

This would drive me nuts. I'm still running Intel so haven't encountered it.

[ZZR1100]

Tested this this morning (using Monterey, PT 2023.6 Native).

If I consolidate a few empty bars to create a file of digital silence, I get the hoped-for thin centre line, and expanding it vertically all the way makes no difference. If I click to expand it horizontally, it does get 'fatter' just at the last couple of clicks before it's maxed out. Not sure it didn't always do that though...

I do get a 'fat' line recording on a guitar track with the input* set to zero, but turns out that's -82dB of guitar cable hum!

Dunno if that's any help or not...

*(on a Clarett+8Pre)

[ZZR1100]

...More info:

These pics are the same thing (set to min vertical expansion) in Rosetta and M1 native.

First clip is digital silence - second is about -84dB of cable hum.

The Rosetta version - both lines thin.
M1 version - fatter line in the cable hum clip. More accurate, I guess!

[smurfyou]

So maybe they changed how they calculate the profiles. I thought maybe it was just a graphics difference. I would encourage everyone with support to complain.

[zeeman]

I had opened another case and this is the latest reply:
Dear Chris,

I'm sorry if my previous response caused any frustration. Our Engineering team is fully aware of the problem, but unfortunately, we cannot offer a definite timeline for resolving it. Your feedback is highly appreciated, and I will make sure to convey your concerns to our team for further improvement. Additionally, I have escalated this case to our engineering department. Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,

Bo
Avid Customer Care | Audio Post & Pro


All good news. Bo from Customer support has been really great with getting back to me on this issue. Lets hope for a fix in the next release. I tried to respond to Bo but the avid site wouldn't let me in to the Support portal with a "Single sign on Error" never saw that before but i will keep trying and appreciate Bo getting back to me so quickly.

[computervision22]

I am also a full time audiobook editor who has been using PT for 10 years straight and this issue on the M2 version has been annoying the hell out of me. I'm so used to how the noise floor normally looks that I keep having to expand the waveforms to maximum to see where breaths actually begin, where it used to be quite obvious. DRIVING ME NUTS.

I will be reporting this as an issue as well (not sure how to do that, but I'll figure it out).

Is there a former version of PT I can revert to that will fix it? Will the Rosetta version be as snappy? I have a brand new 12 core MBP and the performance is amazing aside from this issue.

[audiogamble]

+1 for this issue . It inhibits a fast workflow when I'm cleaning up noise in tracks. Rosetta mode doesn't have this problem.

[peterdian]

Yes, this is a big problem when editing. It's the only reason I still use Rosetta and not native is because of this bug. Looking forward to the fix, hopefuly soon! Any ETA, please?

[chrisVVS]

Adding to this - if you import a clip from a session that was recorded in Rosetta mode into a session running on M1, the centre line is thin. Only audio recorded in M1 mode seems to be affected.