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Originally Posted by Neil Sherman

1.Hurried bounce to disk

This is your problem IMHO - we've all done it! I guess I'm unclear as to why you'd want the Click going during your mix to begin with? Have it on for editing/comping for sure, but once you get that stuff done just turn it off.

On a side note, I'll often automate the mute on the Click track so that there's a count-off at the beginning for various reasons, or to kill it for sustaining notes on a softer instrument like piano or acoustic guitar - that way it doesn't bleed through at the end of the song.