Why is the GB sound quality so tinny?

I tried to mix a number of songs using GB (just learning the ropes...) and played back the recording...it sounds as if the recording went through speakers and was recorded by the computer's interenal microphone - it sounds tinny and there's background noise from the room...how do I keep everything 'internalised' ? Why can't the recordings have the same quality of sound that the originals do (which I have carried over from iTunes)?

how did you get these recordings into GB?

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