first licecap so bear with me, please.
notice that, when the play cursor is placed and played from BEFORE the automation points, the levels appear fairly even. when the play cursor is placed BETWEEN the automation points, the left is heavily favored. i think that, for whatever reason, playback is not picking up the first automation points, which makes things, pretty much, unusable. it doesn't seem to matter if i give it more preroll before the first points.
i hope this is now understandable and i didn't do anything too goofy with the licecap.
thanks, schwa, for the interest and response,
BabaG