Up until now, I have not had to use the bounce function in Logic (LAWG 3.5). At the request of a friend, I did a few very simple tests, and came to the same conclusion he did - BOUNCING DRASTICALLY CHANGES AUDIO. I noticed the recent thread here on the list - apparently we are not the only ones who have encountered this. Even bouncing 2 tracks to split stereo results in a DRASTICALLY reduced stereo image and a noticeable change in frequency response, as reported by others. The machines & versions of Logic are all varied enough that it seems this is just something that Logic does, unfortunately. Will others PLEASE conduct similar A/B tests? It takes mere minutes. I can't believe I haven't seen this addressed on the list before! I was planning to bounce to stereo wav's soon & start burnin'. My friend's solution was to go out & buy a new DAT machine: mixdown through AW8 sp/dif out to DAT, DAT through AW sp/dif in to a wav file. UGGH! Say it ain't so... Jason