![]() I'm sorry for resurrecting this thread in case this bumps it, but I needed to get some closure and put a set of answers out there for anybody who might run into this and try to Google it. The reason why Reaper plays it back differently is that it forcibly takes over your audio device and won't let anything else touch it thus Dell Audio couldn't get its grubby paws on my playback. It messed with the playback in any software I used, while also passing the null test in Reaper. Some have more issues than others, but these can sometimes effect playback when the file itself is identical to the playback within Reaper.Īnd what fixed it for me this time around.ĥ) Your computer may have system-wide playback effects of some kind! I imagine this is more of a thing you'd encounter with laptops, but I discovered that my Dell came with a Dell Audio management thing, which by default turned on its MaxxAudio Pro plugins. I still don't understand the background information here, but somehow if you have any parent tracks and they're not set to "dual pan," they act kinda weird.Ĥ) Weird playback settings/effects in your playback software (iTunes, Windows Media Player, VLC, Foobar, whatever). I didn't personally run into this, but it's worth checking and is easy enough to turn off everything, export, and do a null test.ģ) Panning parents. Minor, but can have an effect.Ģ) Any funky plugins. Try to make this the sample rate of most of your recorded files, else you invoke the resampling kraken. There are a few factors (at least, in my experience) that could potentially screw with your exported file:ġ) Your sample rates and depths. However, a whole two years later, I figured it out. When I encountered it previously, I simply bit the bullet and did some guess and check, ie tweaking some stuff and exporting to see if it sounded decent. This is an ancient thread, but I stumbled across it again while looking for answers to the same issue. This proves there's some difference between the output track and what Reaper's initially showing me. The drums, reverb, and vocals come through the most. Every track shows up to some degree, save for the bass. If I turn off master track effects, export it, and throw it back in the project with the phase inverted, there's still sound. The song sounds the same between either player, but Reaper's preview sounds much better. Side-by-side tests with Reaper and either of my music players (VLC and Foobar) are different. Both methods provide essentially the same results for me in this instance. The problem exists regardless of whether I render or bounce the song. It's also likely not a resampling issue, as all of my tracks are 48khz, 24-bit, and I'm exporting the same. I'm using the exact same equipment (my laptop and AKG K550 headphones) in the exact same spot, so I can guarantee you it's not the same "it sounds bad on other speakers" problem. After listening back post-export though, it sounds stuffed, if you will, into the soundscape, and the levels are off. I've got a project in stereo mixed exactly how I want it. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong guys.
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