Brent 

Posting a solution to a problem that other folks might search for :

If you find you're getting a strange intermittent distortion/clipping/glitch noise when [retune~] objects are involved, consider preceding them with a [clip~ -1. 1.] object.

For example, I was recording samples into [record~] 

and playing them via [play~], and they they sounded fine,

but as soon as I placed [retune~] after [play~] in the signal chain, 

Distortion : [play~] > [retune~] > [plugout~]

No Distortion : [play~] > [clip~ -1. 1.] > [retune~] > [plugout~]

This is my first post, apologies if I'm clumsily breaking any norms.

And, for what it's worth, I am HUGE FANS of everyone who posts questions and answers on this forum. Y'all are SO helpful and I'm so grateful for your time, energy, kindness, and good will.

For example, I was recording samples into [record~] 
and playing them via [play~], and they they sounded fine,
but as soon as I placed [retune~] after [play~] in the signal chain, 
intermittent distortion kept emerging.

In other words :
No Distortion :  [play~] > [plugout~]
Distortion :  [play~] > [retune~] > [plugout~]
No Distortion :  [play~] > [clip~ -1. 1.] >  [retune~] > [plugout~]

This is my first post, apologies if I'm clumsily breaking any norms. 

And, for what it's worth, I am HUGE FANS of everyone who posts questions and answers on this forum.  Y'all are SO helpful and I'm so grateful for your time, energy, kindness, and good will. 

Posting a solution to a problem that other folks might search for :
If you find you're getting a strange intermittent distortion/clipping/gl

[retune~] / Glitch / Problem / Distortion / Noise / Clipping , solved by inserting [clip~] into signal chain