metalman1221

Problem solved, all fixed and back to normal recording thank God! It was one of the codecs after all.I disabled each one,one at a time and rendered each time until I pinpointed it. So I am good and running 100 % fixed now so thanks for all your inputs and help!

No,its not any of the above at all.I feel it has something to do with the codecs because its something after its rendered to either a wav,mp3 or ogg file. Acoustica's Mixcraft is working with me to try to help out. Everything was great with my last PC as I used Mixcraft constantly.

Thanks to all above but I have everything set up right and its all in 16 bit too. My last PC (1 MONTH AGO) used Mixcraft as well and I never had one problem ever.I dont understand.

New guy here but not new to home recording so I am hoping someone here can shed some light on my new problem? Ok,so I am not new to the world of digital pc recording.I just bought a new PC last month. It uses an integrated sound card something called SigmaTel High Definition Audio.Everything sounds great. So I run Acousticas Mixcraft 3 and 4 by the way. I assembled some drum loops in wav form into a 4 minute song.It sounds great during playback,I also recorded my guitar parts using my POD X3 into the PC. All was great until I mixed down and rendered the final into an MP3. On playback,the sound is tinny,distorted with an flange kind of tone.Sounds nothing like the original.It also sounds almost doubled and the drums sound...well...not real anymore.Thats the best I can explain it. I thought it may be Mixcraft...nope...does it using Reaper and Fruity Loops. I contacted Mixcraft and they are trying to help.I uninstalled my sound device and reinstalled it...same thing.....I cant for the life of me find any website for Sigma Tel to try to update the drivers.....Can it be maybe I should get a non-integrated soundcard? Everything sounds awesome on my PC from gaming to music so I dont know....Again everything in recording sounds perfect UNTIL after I render the finsihed song to either a wav,ogg or mp3. I cant beging to tell you how frustrating this is.My last PC used an integrated Soundmax card and I never had one problem doing this. My new PC is a Systemax 3ghz quad core , 8mb ram running XP.The PC is awesome but its just after the render that it sounds like crap.Does anyone have any ideas? Here is a post of the good render with drums only(this was done at Acoustica thru their PC and they had no problems) http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=6345514 Here is the render with guitars thru my PC....bad.....keep in mind it sounded regular before,this was after rendering.It makes no sense at all!!! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=6345535 If its a soundcard probelm....then why does everything play normal and it only messes up the sound AFTER its rendered to a song file?