Live Bounce vs. Render

When I render a final mix it does not sound the same. If I re import it and null test nothing happens. When I do a live bounce and re import it it sounds exactly like my mix and null tests almost perfect. Live bounce takes too much time. I have all my track's and folder's pan law set to 0 gain. Does render use it's own set of pan laws, ignoring the project settings? Version 2.5, no sample rate or bit reduction going on.

99% user error. For example you can have more than 1 send to the same hardware out. So while playback you would heard the output twice as loud. Rendering would only render the master outs ...

Check your routing, like dstruct said. Make sure things aren't being routed straight to hardware outs. Also, list the plugins yr using, some of them might be buggy. Wouldn't hurt to upgrade to a recent version btw, just in case it's an old bug that's been crushed a while back.

I noticed same thing! Live Bounce and render mix its different! when you render mix with same settings as you bonce,sound is tin compared wit bounced mix...it is like you drop 8bits for 24 to 16...stereo is different,low end is tinner!And yes!..no dither,no shape,same sample rate,wav,24bit pcm.....it is serius problem!! Sory for my English...

Just to help there are 3 places to set sample rates etc in Reaper File/Project settings/Audio File/Project Settings/Format Radio Button. File/Render Best to make them all the same except the last one where you can choose your output container e.g mp3 HTH :)

No resampled ithems In proyect settings : playback resample mode best 384pt sinc very slow render resample mode Best 384ppt sinc very slow In Render to fie> 44100 stereo Full speed offline best 384pt sinc very slow Cream ware pulsar i7 Genelec rendered file still 10% tinner,stereo spread worst....noticable on both-phones beyer dt770 pro and Genelecs 1030