Are you using hardware or software synths? Some hardware takes a little time to initialize when you start playback. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Sheila Styron To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:01 PM Subject: [ddots-l] First beat being trunkated in Sonar I don't know what I've done to it, but the first beat is being squished in playback, starting at markers, from pretty much anywhere inside the track. I've F-sixed, shut down Sonar and rebootted my computer. Help please and hope it's an easy fix. Thanks Sheila Styron 816-896-6552 sheilastyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx