thanks abg, this seems to have fixed the problem, but i can't be sure if it's just one of those lucky sessions i get for this particular song, or not.
arcana: i'll try your suggestions if i have any further problems, thanks
oh, and it's definitely not clipping, lol.
i do have another question, however...probably a very noobish one, lol.
when exporting a track...what exactly does 'disable max poly' do?
i was working on a song i did and when i played back the mp3, part of the melody would randomly cut out every 30 seconds, and come back in 10 seconds later (The channel for this sound was a 'fruity soundfont player' channel, never had a problem like this before with any soundfonts).
i tried a bunch of stuff to fix this, and finally i turned off 'disable max poly' and it sounds great.
should i always disable this option?
thanks again to all you guys, you are awesome:)