Really weird and annoying problem

When I double click on a waveform (I forget the name of that small window that comes up), and play back just that one audio object in that window, it acts like it has a really extreme gate on it, only letting through very loud sounds, while the rest is just quiet. This is extremely annoying because I want to edit certain parts, and I can't find out what I need to select because I can't hear anything. Suggestions?

(I forget the name of that small window that comes up)
Sample Editor
does it sounds like it's double the speed from the original?distorted?
is it an apple loop the audio you trying to open in the sample editor?
powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6) Logic Pro 7.2, FW410 m-audio

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Hi all,
I hope you'll be able to help me with this one, it is making me crazy. First, my configuration :
Mac OS X 10.4.11 (iMac G5)
Adobe Reader Version 8.1.2
Printer HP LaserJet P1005
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Date/Time: 2008-02-27 23:17:25.840 +0100
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4
Command: AdobeReader
Path: /Applications/Adobe Reader 8/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/AdobeReader
Parent: WindowServer [55]
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PID: 255
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1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907c5890 __CFURLDeallocate + 44
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3 com.adobe.acrobat.sdk.Starter 0x042cdfe8 GetWP3Nib + 524
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5 com.adobe.acrobat.sdk.Starter 0x042cf10c DoPrinterDialog + 76
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And yeah lanrat - I forgot about the "man fonts-conf"... my fault there.
And I thought the font dirs were in local.conf.... but you're most likely right (as those are all basically system default font dirs).
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http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.7.0/PDF/fonts.pdf
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