Fredo:
Doesn’t matter if you are doing music or post, I can only tell you that you are using CR in an extreme unconventional way.
One of the listening busses is always -and per definition- your MAIN output.
I.e. the complete mix. I.e. All of the stems summed together.
By summing them all together, you are summing the main mix and the stems, while you should only be summing the stems together to obtain the main mix.
I bet that this is the reason why there is always one buss that is switched off after reopening.
'Cause -let me repeat that- within the CR structure and layout, you are summing your stems ON TOP of the main mix.
So within the design of CR, you are doing something that is totaly wrong.
Fredo
Thanks for the tip. Like I said, I’m still getting used to working totally ITB. I’ll turn the other 2 monitor sources off and see if that makes a difference.