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I've wondered this a long time: How is it that an already released tune (read: mastered) imported into Live can consistently have peaks above 0db if the fader is set to 0db. What am I not understanding about mastering/digital audio?

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Warp enabled?

Yeah, the time-stretching that the warping does can introduce artifacts that peak above the original mastered tune.

thanks, its definitely the warping.

i've actually noticed that it happens with warp off as well.

is it a mp3 file? Decoding mp3 can also result in weird peaks sometimes.