Whats the best quality for exporting the song in MP3 and WAV

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Whats the best quality for exporting the song in MP3 and WAV

By Patty J Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:45 pm
I made a few songs and it sounds really good, which then I export it on my USB. When I play it back on my computer or when I play them in my car, the volume sounds a little low and I find myself increasing the volume so I can hear it better.

So maybe im not exporting it in the right settings. Does anyone know what settings for an MP3 and WAV file format will keep the quality at its peak without any loss?

Re: Whats the best quality for exporting the song in MP3 and

By Patty J Sun Oct 25, 2020 3:27 am
bees80 wrote:The quality does not have anything to do with the volume of your songs. If you want to make your song louder, i suggest you read up about limiters and in general read more about mixing your tracks up to a certain volume level.


True makes sense. The quality is good just the mastering I guess. But when Im listening to it on my headphones its super clear and loud. Everything sounds super high quality and is mastered. But once I hear it in my laptop or car, its a bit low in the volume department.

Also what I do also is have the master on for everything. So where it lets us choose the bars, it shows if we want it in sequence or master. I always choose master. Not sure if this means its automatically mastering the sound?
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Re: Whats the best quality for exporting the song in MP3 and

By bees80 Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:02 am
Patty J wrote:
Also what I do also is have the master on for everything. So where it lets us choose the bars, it shows if we want it in sequence or master. I always choose master. Not sure if this means its automatically mastering the sound?


I think you mean the BPM section on the main screen? That also has nothing to do with mastering, but only with the BPM in your project.

I strongly advice you to start reading and learning about mixing and mastering. There are a ton of books and youtube video's out there. Have fun and good luck!
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Re: Whats the best quality for exporting the song in MP3 and

By Lampdog Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:19 am
Patty J wrote: So where it lets us choose the bars, it shows if we want it in sequence or master. I always choose master. Not sure if this means its automatically mastering the sound?


This is a MASTER bpm for all sequences.
SEQUENCE is where all sequences can have their own bpm.
This setting has nothing to with mastering audio sound.

Re: Whats the best quality for exporting the song in MP3 and

By Patty J Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:15 pm
Awesome. I figured it out. I always thought mixing and mastering were automatic when we export but I guess not. I went in and adjusted the volume settings..etc. All my songs are super high quality now and sound amazing in my car. Radio ready tracks. Thanks! :worthy: :)
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Re: Whats the best quality for exporting the song in MP3 and

By D3V1L15H Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:33 am
Patty J wrote:Awesome. I figured it out. I always thought mixing and mastering were automatic when we export but I guess not. I went in and adjusted the volume settings..etc. All my songs are super high quality now and sound amazing in my car. Radio ready tracks. Thanks! :worthy: :)


if the songs are just for your personal enjoyment only on your equipment only, cool. If you really want them "radio ready" as far as being mixed and mastered so your stuff plays on just about all systems well (not just your particular car radio), then you will really want to followup with bees80's advice.
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