Export sound quality...

Hi ,
Ive been using Garageband for about a year now but the audio quality of my exported 'songs'into itunes etc are not very good .
Tried....
-adjusting track volume levels-to avoid ducking.
-adjusting main volume
-adjusting compression levels
I'm not right sure on where to go next
please help
kindest,becca

Hi becca jnr,
I noticed the same thing about poor export quality. The music I had exported from GB sounded awful in comparison to the way it sounded when played within the GB program itself. After lots of frustrating research, I found that there is an export setting in "Preferences". It was automatically set to "Spoken word" podcast, a poor quality sounding file for music.
Go to "Preferences" and then choose "Export". There you will see "Audio Podcast Settings". From there you can choose "Higher Quality". It's made a big difference. It makes me wonder why the program's default was "spoken podcast" and then they don't make it obvious for the many wondering why the export quality sounds so bad. I'm just glad I finally found it.
I hope this helps your situation.

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Thank you for the reply!
I was experiencing the same results no matter what export settings I used. Plus the poor sound quality was present in the timeline itself, without even exporting the project.
I finally threw my hands up, started a completely new project, drug the same audio file in... sounded fine. Copied / Pasted the video clips from the original, broken project and boom, eveything is fixed. Yeah, corrupted Pr file it turns out. All I had to do was start a new project and import all the old components.
I've had to do this in Logic a lot (increasingly, these days). I just wish I'd tried it 10 hours earlier! Ha.
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theory sometimes lets us down.
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If you are an audio engineer, please forgive me and feel free to jump to the end of this post. If not, perhaps I can offer a little information.
Keep in mind that the number of samples per second is not actually a perfect indication of sound quality. It is one indication of how true the reproduction of the original analog signal is, but that leads me to ask what the original signal is? What sample rate was used in the creation of the digital signal.
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That is why you are seeing 48K. Unless you have the right hardware tucked away in a fancy studio somewhere? Then there is probably software/firmware that came with that equipment that is capable of playing it.
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i've been looking for similar problem which i have...
i just updated Itune7.2 to Itune7.3 and all music files has been ****** up in my itune library....
then i installed 7.2 but still my music files are ******...
its sounds like can't handle bassline... which has nearly dying.. very quiet.
and high quality sound is a bit distorted. and try to play around 192kpbs-320kpbs... only bassline or low sound can't handle to catch up with high sounds.
but i found out that all happening was.. when i used my headphone sounds quality was ****. and i switched speaker (after i read this post ) it sounds all right ... and i put my headphone is back... its all sorted.
how weird! it might need a time to settle down for iTune7.2
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*headphone - audiotech ATH-Pro6(its getting old but still works well )
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i think somehow something effected to on your itune library.
have you upgraded your iTune recently ? stay in 7.2 if you can.
and try to plug in/out with your headphone jack or speaker jack.
to let to know your mac.and restart as well.
there is some people has problem about iTune library after upgrade to 7.3
not complaine about sound quality but still something going on in iTune library.
i wanna listen to good quality sound with my lovely headphones.

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You can convert a song to a different file format (and keep a copy of the original). For example, you can save a copy of a compressed song file such as MP3 or AAC in an uncompressed song format (AIFF or WAV).
When converting from a compressed to uncompressed file format (for example, from MP3 to AIFF), you shouldn’t notice any reduction in sound quality. However, when converting between compressed formats (for example, MP3 and AAC), you may notice a reduction in the sound quality. For the best results, if you want your music encoded in a different file format, import the music again from the original source using the new encoding format.
Important: You can’t convert iTunes Store purchases unless they’re iTunes Plus songs.
HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS:
1. What type of file type is an Itunes music file? Is it compressed?
2. Will I lose sound quality if I convert an Itunes music file to MP3 in order to move it over to a Garmin GPS (which supports only MP3s) and therefore would it be best to follow their instructions to reimport my music using an MP3 encode?
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1. What type of file type is an Itunes music file? Is it compressed?
If it is something you bought from the iTunes Store it is 256k AAC compressed. If it is something you imported from another source such as a CD then the format will depend upon what settings you used. Get information on a track in iTunes and see what "kind" the file is.
2. Will I lose sound quality if I convert an Itunes music file to MP3 in order to move it over to a Garmin GPS (which supports only MP3s) and therefore would it be best to follow their instructions to reimport my music using an MP3 encode?
Technically, yes, you will lose sound quality in any conversion to compressed with each conversion you do (a photocopy of a photocopy...). Whether or not you notice the quality difference is really an individual thing. Technically if you have an audio CD you imported into AAC and now want it as mp3 then you will get better quality by re-importing from the CD as mp3. I have in a few cases exported from other formats to mp3 and not noticed a quality difference, but then I don't have $200 speakers attached to my computer, nor the ears to appreciate them.

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