Audio Interface and Bouncing

Hey guys,
Need a clarification to make sure I understood something...
True of False:
When bouncing a song, the Audio Interface plays a key role in getting the song into mp3 or AAF or what ever. In otherwords in order to bounce the song, I am using the digital converters in my audio interface.
If True, that explains the lesser than ideal quality I'm getting when I have resulting MP3s. If False I'll keep digging.
R

on second then that means that would be true, and explains why I am hearing this huge difference in sound.
Here is what I am trying to get at:
I have a song I've been working on for ever in Logic, that song is the first song I write and record in years, and it's also the first thing I ever worked with in Logic.
I have a version of that mix which basically does not go out to external box at all and vocals sound pretty good.
I have the same version of the mix, where all faders and effects are the same except that I go out to the ISA 220 and back, and that version's vocals and bass, the ONLY 2 instruments that made the round trip that sit so flat in the mix you'd think I mixed everything else but forgot to play with those 2 tracks. They lack so much life it's crazy.
What I don't understand still however is why it would sound good when I am tracking in the studio on my monitors, then on bounce I lose life. I would think that I would lose life when tracking no?
R

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