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Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« on: January 06, 2016, 07:47:24 pm »
Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program. Sounds really bad tbh
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2016, 07:50:25 pm »
This happens to me very often! Are you exporting to WAV or MP3?
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2016, 07:53:56 pm »
can you take a screenshot of your export settings?
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2016, 08:11:39 pm »
One of my first posts on here.  Well done, Mat!

What DAW is that you're using?  It seems like in FL Studio as an example, depending on the resampling rate (mixer tab under audio settings/point sinc option) the rendered results are different sound wise and I believe are the better results in this case. The higher you go, the higher the CPU usage there will be under the workload.

I've experienced that the higher you go in the resampling rate, the results will sound more like the rendered track while you're working live if that makes sense.  But this may differ depending on the DAW that you use.
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2016, 08:13:20 pm »
In my experience, it's best to leave your sample rate at 44.1 kHz unless you have a particular reason to change it.
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2016, 08:13:38 pm »
here
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2016, 08:18:47 pm »
Try turning off dithering and changing the bit depth to 16 to start with. Is there any chance that your master could be clipping and you aren't noticing till it's rendered out?
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2016, 08:22:46 pm »
Maybe a long shot but try lowering your ceiling on your master channels limiter (assuming you have one on there). Try around -1db to start and see if that helps at all.
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2016, 08:35:22 pm »
Have you tried playing it back inside your DAW and recording it from the master? (ie with Edison if you're using FL Studio) Not the best solution, but this way, you can at least show us the before/after.
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2016, 08:38:52 pm »
Quote from: Ocular on January 06, 2016, 08:13:20 pm
In my experience, it's best to leave your sample rate at 44.1 kHz unless you have a particular reason to change it.

Yeah I agree.  In my earlier post, I forgot to mention the point sinc option, wasn't sure if you were replying after me :)
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2016, 11:21:40 pm »
It's a problem that arises for a lot of people, and there's actually a fairly straightforward explanation for it.

So long as you're using an ASIO driver in your DAW, either as a software driver or via an audio interface, if you drag the rendered track back into the DAW and play it, it should sound the same as before you exported it. I'ts because your on-board sound driver included in the computer's motherboard will often be taking over from the ASIO drivers when playing tracks back in iTunes/VLC/media players, and these drivers (especially RealTek High Definition Audio ones) will colour the sound with their own broad EQ settings.

To quickly check, right-click the volume control in the notifications tray and hit Playback Devices. Right-click the current sound device and hit Properties. Check the Enhancements tab, and un-check every option there. It'll be stuff like Room Correction, Low Frequency Adjustments, Dynamic Equalisation, etc. Once it's all unchecked, play the track again. It should be much closer to what came out of your DAW.

To wrap it up, what you're hearing in the DAW pre-render is what you should end up with in the end. If you haven't, chances are, its the PC's own audio drivers causing havoc.
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2016, 10:47:51 pm »
i'm fairly sure that it's your dithering. turn it off and see if that changes anything
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2016, 11:01:40 pm »
Quote from: Kinesthetics on January 06, 2016, 11:21:40 pm
It's a problem that arises for a lot of people, and there's actually a fairly straightforward explanation for it.

So long as you're using an ASIO driver in your DAW, either as a software driver or via an audio interface, if you drag the rendered track back into the DAW and play it, it should sound the same as before you exported it. I'ts because your on-board sound driver included in the computer's motherboard will often be taking over from the ASIO drivers when playing tracks back in iTunes/VLC/media players, and these drivers (especially RealTek High Definition Audio ones) will colour the sound with their own broad EQ settings.

To quickly check, right-click the volume control in the notifications tray and hit Playback Devices. Right-click the current sound device and hit Properties. Check the Enhancements tab, and un-check every option there. It'll be stuff like Room Correction, Low Frequency Adjustments, Dynamic Equalisation, etc. Once it's all unchecked, play the track again. It should be much closer to what came out of your DAW.

To wrap it up, what you're hearing in the DAW pre-render is what you should end up with in the end. If you haven't, chances are, its the PC's own audio drivers causing havoc.
This. All od the sound enhancers should be turned off.

Also, render only in samplerates you've made your track in. I did have terrible experiences with some plugins drastically changing behaviour when switched to different samplerate.
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2016, 01:08:52 am »
Quote from: Kinesthetics on January 06, 2016, 11:21:40 pm
It's a problem that arises for a lot of people, and there's actually a fairly straightforward explanation for it.

So long as you're using an ASIO driver in your DAW, either as a software driver or via an audio interface, if you drag the rendered track back into the DAW and play it, it should sound the same as before you exported it. I'ts because your on-board sound driver included in the computer's motherboard will often be taking over from the ASIO drivers when playing tracks back in iTunes/VLC/media players, and these drivers (especially RealTek High Definition Audio ones) will colour the sound with their own broad EQ settings.

To quickly check, right-click the volume control in the notifications tray and hit Playback Devices. Right-click the current sound device and hit Properties. Check the Enhancements tab, and un-check every option there. It'll be stuff like Room Correction, Low Frequency Adjustments, Dynamic Equalisation, etc. Once it's all unchecked, play the track again. It should be much closer to what came out of your DAW.

To wrap it up, what you're hearing in the DAW pre-render is what you should end up with in the end. If you haven't, chances are, its the PC's own audio drivers causing havoc.

Your are a hero! Thank you so much for explaining this - I`ve wondering for ages.
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Re: Exported song sounds nothing like what plays in the program
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2016, 12:31:31 am »
im currently using Fl Studio 11 and having this problem
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