Garageband exports my audio's volume too low

So occasionally Garageband decides to export my audio with an outcome that is too low to hear. The audio sounds perfect while it's recording in Garageband itself, but once it exports to an mp3 and try to play it in Itunes or Quicktime, it's way too low. Anyone know how to fix this?

What are your settings for "auto normalize" in Garageband's Preferences > Audio?
Try, if changing that setting helps.
And check the corresponding options in iTunes, to see, if you have options enabled, that change the sound of your GarageBand songs: Sound Enhancer, Soundcheck. If you enabled those options, turn them off.

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Your HP 650 is a commercial product and to get your issue more exposure I would suggest posting in the commercial forums. Here is a link to the Commercial Notebook forum.
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Hi @MayurJoshi ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue about your HP Pavilion 15-p027tx Notebook and playing sound too low. Here is a document on troubleshooting sound.
Please make sure your updates have been done on the Notebook. In the device manager under sound right click and update the driver. Here is another step to try.
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6. Change the Default Format drop-down to the highest quality.
7. Apply the properties.
8. Click OK to close the properties window.
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Craw4dm,
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I understand the audio appears to be way too low. I will do my best to help! First, please provide the following information and try the following steps:
1. The computer's model number. If you require assistance locating this information, please reference this website: Guide to finding your notebook product number
2. The computer's operating system. If you require assistance locating this information, please reference this website to determine your Windows operating system.
3. Does this occur on certain programs, or all programs?
4. Have you installed any new software or drivers on this computer, before the issue appeared?
5. What steps have been attempted from the following thread, and what were the results: Troubleshooting Guide: Audio does not Work after a Certain Period of Time
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xavier from maisons alfort wrote:
It s works but input volume is very too low.
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#midiinstrumentlouder
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Verizon's support line is: (800) 922-0204.
Motorola's is: (800) 734-5870 (I chose #6 for "other issues" a couple of times after routing into Droid support to get a live tech)
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This issue is not a problem all of the time. It is only an issue when there is an elevated level of background noise, such as driving on the freeway, or having music or a movie playing in the room.
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Searching for something like "Droid X volume" will indeed show many people experiencing these same problems on various forums...

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