Distortion at the end of midi clips when bussing / bouncing down???

[MLaudio]

I noticed this recently when doing sound design for a game i was working on. When bouncing a midi track to audio the tail is getting a weird kind of digital static / distortion. I tried just about everything to figure out what was causing it (removing all inserts, trying different synths, etc) but its still there. However, if i commit the midi as oppose to bus or bounce to disk, the distortion is no longer there. Check out this quick video i made of it. Curious what you guys think. This is an exaggerated example, but you get the the idea. Id suggest using headphones to hear it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yDG9HUEc6k

[XJENSEN]

Do you commit at 32 bit float? How did you bounce, which settings? What is the session format?

[MLaudio]

Originally Posted by XJENSEN

Do you commit at 32 bit float? How did you bounce, which settings? What is the session format?

Session format is 44.1 / 16. Bounce is the same. Im getting these same results whether i bounce to disk or just bus to an audio track in the session. Commit is me just right clicking the region and selecting commit.

This is on a Mac running both 2020.11 and 2021.6.

[MLaudio]

Well, i just discovered what appears to be the issue. I did a save copy in at 96khz and that didnt change anything. I then bumped up the session to 24-bit (44.1) and rebounced and the distortion / static is now gone.

Im a bit embarrassed for not catching this earlier!

Edit: Once this bounce is converted down to 16 bit the distortion / static is back