Ableton Exports to wav -> sounds like shi**

[derschaich]

Hey guys,

I'm fairly new to music production, and don't know that much about ableton jet.

Nevertheless I've been working on a Mash-Up in Ableton 8, and really liked the result while working on it and listening through the master out.

now i exported it into a 48k 24 bit wav file, and it sounds horrible (I chose the option: Master for rendering). Way too much bass...

any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[jamthrax]

i have also found that rendering to wave in ableton does slightly change the "sound" of the file, but not to the extent of sounding bad.

At point in every track i make i will render just to see how it sounds as a wave, this also means i can change the mastering to suit.

Also what speakers are you running as they make a difference.

[Nephew]

Make sure you have normalize off, and are you listening to it on the same speakers after you bounce it or are you taking it to your car or something?

I've never noticed or had any of these issues you speak of, it sounds exactly the same from what I hear on the master to after I bounce it down to a stereo track

[padi_04]

Turn normalize off, don't clip the master and turn of dithering if you are planning on processing it externally.

[16b441khz]

Don't export music at 48k, its not worth it. Either stay with 44.1k or double it to 88.2k. I think the 48k is more of a dvd standard with blu-ray at 96k.

+ what everyone else said...

[derschaich]

Well thanks for your advice so far.

a couple of things came together in my case

1. Had the Mediaplayer's equalizer running wild, had a reset done -> wayyy better
2. Did the production on my headphones, my stereo simply sounds different
3. Master was clipping from time to time, fixed that, too.

Still the vocal seem to just be blurry... strange think this is!

will go on experimenting wth various settings...

[padi_04]

Well thanks for your advice so far.

a couple of things came together in my case

1. Had the Mediaplayer's equalizer running wild, had a reset done -> wayyy better
2. Did the production on my headphones, my stereo simply sounds different
3. Master was clipping from time to time, fixed that, too.

Still the vocal seem to just be blurry... strange think this is!

will go on experimenting wth various settings...

Clean it up with EQ and proper mixing, the vocal needs some room to move freely in the mix

[jasonj]

Still the vocal seem to just be blurry... strange think this is!

Get a sober vocalist!

[padi_04]

Get a sober vocalist!

Heard those were extinct

[derschaich]

Get a sober vocalist!

meh, struggling to find the acapella... have them eq's already all over the place.

gave the vocal freqs a punch (although it sounded crap in ableton) the export's better now.


thank you guys for your help!