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diffrence in sound, DAW to iTunes
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:05 pm
by ali jamieson
So i've been wanting this tune out of a set, and since I can't find it i decided to chop it out of a set. After pulling it into my DAW I realised it sounds slightly different [there's no plug-ins on either the channel trip or master, even bypassed ones]
basically it seems to have lost some real bottom end... Logic is running at 44.1 kHz, standard bit rate... I have no idea why this could be
has anyone found similar problems ? ?
Ali
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:20 pm
by junglist
I've never had that problem before. But if low end is still weak then double up the track in your DAW and slap a low pass filter on one of them at around 300Htz pump up the DB on that layer.
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:33 pm
by fixation
cut it out in audacity, ive never had any problems with that
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:37 pm
by ali jamieson
on closer examination it's not *just* the low end, it's the entirety of the track seems EQd slightly diffrently or compressed in some way...
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:09 pm
by theonelikepaul
Does iTunes have any EQ settings that you might have overlooked ?
i.e. perhaps the bass is higher on iTunes, and when you import the same file into your DAW it sounds flat.
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:12 pm
by alpha zulu
You probably have the EQ settings turned on in itunes, but the program alos adds its own compression to all audio in its playlists which will also effect the sound, but this is so subtle i doubt thats whats causing the difference
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:05 pm
by lilt
just remember, if you do have to just EQ it:
dont bass BOOST;
EQ everything else DOWN
otherwise you end up with all sorts of problems, miniscule harmonics, distortion etc.
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:19 pm
by mrhope
Turn off the iTunes EQ settings and also go into the iTunes preferences/setttings and turn off the audio enhancer. I forget what it's called, but it's there.
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:13 pm
by slim
I've heard rumours that itunes actually has a compressor built in to make things seem louder and more punchy, but that is only based on speculation, could be crap.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:46 am
by ali jamieson
my iTunes has no EQ on it, i like everything au-natural.
it actually sounds far better in iTunes, if anything over compressed and badly EQ'd in logic
someone suggested logic may encode mp3s strangely... however it shouldn't sound *that* bad!
Re: diffrence in sound, DAW to iTunes
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:12 pm
by spencertron
ali jamieson wrote:So i've been wanting this tune out of a set, and since I can't find it i decided to chop it out of a set. After pulling it into my DAW I realised it sounds slightly different [there's no plug-ins on either the channel trip or master, even bypassed ones]
basically it seems to have lost some real bottom end... Logic is running at 44.1 kHz, standard bit rate... I have no idea why this could be
has anyone found similar problems ? ?
Ali
Check dithering options, uncheck normalize, Logic looses/reduces data when summing up anyway and will be lighter.