the exported sound quality of cubase is completley dead to the actualy sou
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Posted on Oct 31, 2009 06:29 pm
garveylogic
Member Since: Oct 31, 2009
hi all, noob question here but is really annoying me and its just almost not fair :P
when i export stuff from cubase the sound quality compared to what i am producing is really really poor, i have been at it for nearly 5 years so would like 2 say i know a fair bit about whats going on but this is just baffleing me.
at first i tought it could be my soundcard, so i bought a brand new audiophile ( like a friend of mine uses ) and thought that may be the problem, as we have exacly the same spec pc and tend to do everything to a similar extent so my tacks when bounced should stay loud and beefy as his do in cubase but they dont they come out very quiet and the quality is just made much poorer
it wasnt the case the quality of everything when exported is just dead, its all just lifeless and looses its kick and sub promptness and popyness and everything overall is not as solid as it is in cubase
i export at 320 .wav or mp3 etc, realtime, 16bit ya know, but nothing i change is working and it basicly as u can probably tell it sucks and is doing damage rep of tracks i send out :(
does anyone have any idea how i could sort this? :( maybe a new machine? i dont know
any help would be much appreciated
thanks guys
Elliot
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 01, 2009 12:39 am There is a big difference in the sound quality of a wav file or an mp3 and the settings you use to export the audio.
Wav file settings should be 16 bit 44.100kHz.
If mp3 settings are 320kbs then that should be pretty good sounding. My guess is your master buss stage is not set up correctly. I would say that if you can match exactly the settings your buddy has then you should get the same quality he is getting.
It isn't the sound card that processes the final audio it is strictly an internal function of the PC and Cubase.
So can you give us the spec's of your PC? Processor speed, amount of RAM, HD size and space and if your using a second HD or external HD for audio only.
cruxTypo SzarMember
Since: Jul 04, 2002
Nov 01, 2009 01:52 am Are you tickign off Real Time Export? and in the 5 yrs uve been making music is this drop in quality just occuring now that ur using cubase? Im just asking coz even though i dont question ur know how it is possible when ur workin in the program to lose perspective of how itll come out the other end when faced by the light of other material and such.
Nov 01, 2009 11:11 am hia mate its elliot who posted the forum topic about cubase not exporting my stuff properley
have tried logging into my user but says the user and password dont exist so i had it send me a new password and it still didnt work :( so i thought id just mail you if thats ok.
i am using a pentium d processor, 2gb of ram, my hd sizre is 142 gb about half full as im useing a second external hd which isnt even close to full as its 500 gb only consisting of samles and my cubase files.
i always thught it was me you knowm and that i just need too keep learning and getting better, but i know its not me now as i took a trackover to my friends last night and we exported it from his and it came out as it soundedfrom cubase :( so im guessing maybe its just the spec of my pc that cant create an mp3 or wav as it should sound. thanks so much for your help i have been askin so many people and no1 has a clue :(
also im not sure what the master buss is sorry being someone who should know what their on about.
thanks so much
Elliot
Nov 01, 2009 11:12 am THAT WAS AN E-MAILBUTIT LOGGED ME IN IN THE END :s
Nov 01, 2009 12:09 pm umm your computer shouldn't affect the quality of the exported sound at all.....it sounds like its not printing the effects (eq, compression, reverb)....to me....
this is definitely fixable
you're sayin', while your mixing inside cubase, everything sounds fine, then when you "print" the track to a stereo file (i wouldn't do this in real time by the way) you're getting something completely different?
that's just bizarre
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 01, 2009 02:44 pm If the tracks worked out on your friends then they should, if your settings are set up just like his sound the same on yours. Unless your sound system is not like his, then that would make a difference as well.
But the master buss is the last portion of Cubase that the audio goes through on export. His is obviously set up differently from yours and that is what you need to copy is his set up.
I can't tell you what it is that is different as it could be one of about 200 different things. But if you look at how his is set up and simply set yours up the same then you should get what he does.
