Exporting audio help please! Audio quality loss!

I hope somone can help me out here. There is a deadline for a tv show I have to meet and I'm a little stressed over this.

I have a mix that I'm really happy with but when I export it to a wave file there is a noticeable loss in the overall quality of the audio.

Please let know if anyone has had this problem and what you did to resolve it.

Thanks in advance,

Chris

Hi frank,

I tried the "what you hear" preset. That what I was using initially.

I'll will try the highest sample rate and bit depth next.

Can you be more specific about "loss of overall quality"? What does that mean, exactly? Is it distorted? Boomy? Thin?

Don't mess with sample rate and bit depth. You're barking up the wrong tree with that train of thought. Sorry for the mixed metaphors.

When I say loss of overall quality Im referring to the lack of instrument definition, deficient stereo seperation primarily as heard in the non exported mix.

And yes, when I solo the main bus it's sounds as clear as it should. All buses are all buses and tracks are routed appropriately to the master buss.

What is the bit rate/depth your project is at?  Export as the same.  Put that mix file into the project lined up and muted.  Now switch between the project and mix file.  Are there any differneces now?  If so, something is screwy in the export process.  X1 has been inserting new tracks for me routed to the interface output.

If the mix sounds fine than there is something going on in the conversion rate.  See if doing it via two steps (export and then convert) works better.

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How are you playing back the exported file? Are you using WMP, perhaps? How about if you import the file back into SONAR and play it there - does it sound any different?

Let he who has not done the same thing throw the first rib. Won't be me.