> Appearently there is one instrument which distorts massively (if I
> counted right: on step 15), I cannot judge which one it is. Check it in
> the example pattern, then insert a cable in the corresponding individual
> out and check whether the crackling disappears from the main out.

Florian, you're a genius! I had already identified the distortion on the handclap/tambourine channel. I plugged a cable into that out and voila! The main outs are clean now.

So.... where do I go from here

A thousand thankyous....

ryan