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This may not be a BIAB question at all (or it may be!). Here is a link to a recording I did in Audacity. I directly took the Rendered output of BIAB and imprted this into Audacity. I then recorded my guitar (which is attached to the PC by LightSnake cable) over this BIAB output. I then output the result to an MP3. I also uploaded this to Soundcloud which is here: https://soundcloud.com/richard-bernstein-1/you-didnt-have-to-be-so-niceThe quality is really lacking I don't think it is Soundcloud because I listen directly to the original (output from Audacity) MP3 and both the guitar and the backing track are fuzzy. Any idea what the issue could be?
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Wooliewillie, render BiaB to a wav then listen to the wav with something other than Audacity. Is it clear? If so the problem is with Audacity, which I think where the problem is as the guitar is also fuzzy and that had nothing to do with BiaB.
What bit rate is your MP3? This sounds like it may be 128 or less. Try converting to a MP3 using a higher bit rate. I use 192 on all of my uploaded MP3s and they sound fine.
Let us know how you make out.
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Actually the bit rate that Audacity is outputting is 64kbps. This is probably it? I will try to up it to 192kbps.
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128 is the lowest that is considered to be good for music, 128 is the defacto standard for web streaming so that most users can still be able to listen without dropoouts due to connection speeds.
That said, higher than 128 is going to sound much better, of course, so selection of high bitrates should be determined by your end use. For example, many song-sharing sites will only accept 128, so if that is the goal, it is the bitrate you should use. If the use is for something else, such as accompaniment in live performance with an mp3 player or the likes, you can use higher bitrates as desired. Higher the bitrate, the better the sound quality.
When exporting from BB to another program like Audacity, in which you intend to do further editing, sound massaging, etc. it is a very good idea to have BB export as .wav files and not as mp3 files. After all the editing, Audacity can then save that by exporting as an mp3 file at your command, found under the File menu in Audacity, "Export as mp3..."
To change the bitrate for mp3 export in Audacity, the command is found under the Preferences or Prefs and once set, will stay at your selected bitrate for all future mp3 exports until such time as you revisit and change the settings.
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I make all mine at least 192 unless I'm trying to shrink the file size to send via email, or send to a site that requires it, in which case I use 128. Some other sites will accept an MP3 at a higher rate and do the compression themselves.
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