update on the Panasonic "approved card fail" from my 1.11 firmware...
it was 4 channels of 24/48 but NO PHANTOM POWER. All line in this time, and in fact, all unbalanced, not that it would matter. My previous issues all took place when I trusted the machine, so I was using its phantom, but now that this thing needs to prove itself more, it's back to the end of the line now!!
The Cracker set from Petaluma, (Camper played, that's my example posted above, then Cracker played afterwards) has little problems in 3 of the first 6 tracks I've listened to carefully...