Good ears gentlemen and thank you for listening
I could not figure out why I was having such problems with sound and balance
So I checked my preamp and sure enough (you are absolutely correct) I had one of the polarity switches kicked to 180-- - musta been "studio gremlins" as I don't remember doing that----- DUH
I will redo the session and flip the polarity on one track BUT since there is more snow coming I'll give recording some new samples another shot as well .... Thanks again , Kev