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Bounced stems generating a collective hiss no matter what I do. PLEASE HELP
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I am on the verge of snapping my computer in half....

I am bouncing all my stems in Ableton at 32bit WAVs, no dithering, no master FX. I am not using Waves plugins. I am barely using any third party FX plugins at all. And yet, when I export my 50 or so stems, there is a very audible hiss when I load them into a new project and play them simultaneously. ALL of the tracks are generating a tiny bit of noise, but cumulatively it is extremely noticeable.

I've looked everywhere on the internet. I've done all the suggestions in every single forum, and there's still this hiss. Please help me. I'm losing my mind. I want to send the stems off for mixdown/mastering and I can't do it with this hiss.

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None. The noise is on ALL stems for some reason, as if dithering is on (even though it isn't)

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Exporting has nothing to do with your audio outputs... just your sound card

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No I'm not. The stems are exporting at 44100. How do I check the sample rate of the tracks in the project?

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How do I check this? I don't have any inputs (such as mics) at all, so even if I did, I don't think that would be the issue

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It's on all the tracks. I can tell by checking the levels on an EQ during the silent parts. It's as if dithering is on, even though I'm exporting 32bit (which automatically turns dithering off)

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As mentioned in my OP, no effects on the master channel

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