why are tracks in the multitrack view 3db quieter?

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i noticed today that when in edit mode my file sounded normal, but when soloed in the track view it sounded a little quiet. so to test whether or not the trackview was just quieter overall or the track was quieter for some reason, i bounced that one track to a new track

to my surprise the bounced down track was 3db quieter than the original. if you take that new copy and bounce it down again, the new copy is again quieter than the last. why does it do this and is there a way to turn it off?
 
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BTW... Are you bouncing to mono?
 
Massive Master said:
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BTW... Are you bouncing to mono?

i didnt think this was really a simple enough question to warrant a response like that, its not like im asking how to eq a track, but whatever

and no, im bouncing to stereo
 
Why is audio in mulitrack view 3dB quieter than in edit view?

That will be due to the setting in "Edit > preferences > multitrack > stereo panning mode". Or see "Advanced Session Properties > Mixing > Panning" to change the setting for the current session.

From the help file:-
"Select Left/Right Cut (logarithmic) to pan left by reducing the volume of the right channel, and pan right by reducing the left channel volume. The channel being panned to doesn’t increase in volume as panning gets closer to 100%. Or select Equal-Power Sinusoidal to pan left and right channels with equal power, so that a hard pan left has the same loudness as both channels together. This results in an increase of 3 dB RMS on the channel being panned to when at 100%. "

"To override the default panning mode for a specific session, see 'Mixing properties for sessions'."

"Note: Because Equal-Power Sinusoidal panning can make one channel louder than the original waveform, audible clipping can occur in 16-bit sessions. To avoid this, work in the 32-bit realm."
 
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