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[snrkiwi]

hi guys , been a while, having a problem when recording, for some reason i have to turn master volume all the way down while creating beats, -2 db to i think -6 db this is on the mixer. And the devices on each channel are up, as per normal lets say half way and are peaking fine yellow ta green, if i go to higher with master volume the play back starts cracking and distorting, so now ive tryd exporting my track as a wave file 44,000 khz, 16bit, dither is ticked, i play my track thru lets say itunes, nothing comes out, thats not untill i turn the volume all the way up on my computer monitor speakers and the sound comes out really low and hazey just wrong. so what ive tried doing is going back to my track ive created in reason, on the mixer ive turned up master volume close to the top i think +100db i didnt dare hit play back cause u know wats gonna happen, (BOOM BOOM POW) , export my track again, play it thru itunes and wow the sound comes thru alot better and clearer.the problem is, is that its not mastered quality. and i cant master it if i cant listen to the play back before i export. its weird, should the master volume be showing the same peaking value as channels. any help would be appreciated sound punks.

[blu3arrow]

I'm not really an expert on such things so others might want to comment on me if i'm on to something but as I understand it iTunes uses an MPEG-4 file type while you're recording the track as a wav file. Exporting it is all well and good but that sometimes leads to a loss of quality. If you can record it direct to and MPEg-4 or even a standard mp3 that might provide some better results.

[SilverStreak]

Check your latency settings for whatever sound card you have. Sounds like you need to back it off a little.