[RNLD] Strange issue with Transcriber 1.5.1

[Mark W. Post]

Dear Listmembers,

I've been having a strange problem for a long time with Transcriber 
1.5.1 and wouldn't mind seeing if anyone on the list understands what's 
going on.

When I open a .wav file in Transcriber (recorded at 48/24 on a Zoon 
H4n), the waveform view looks like it's completely blown out, as though 
the gain were set much too high. But the audio sounds fine (note that 
adjusting the gain on the control panel only compresses the view of the 
whole blown-out waveform, it doesn't actually "zoom out" from it). This 
is a problem for chunking, since a giant solid line can't be used to 
anticipate breakpoints. Now, when I import the .wav file into Audacity 
and export it as an edited .wav file - even if I haven't actually edited 
it - and re-import it into Transcriber, the waveform suddenly looks 
fine, and sounds exactly the same as before. Does anyone understand 
what's going on, and maybe know how to fix it?

Thanks very much in advance,

Mark