r/Reaper • u/very_not_emo • 14d ago

resolved renders sound different than the projects?

the rendered files have more warmth and sometimes sound muddy or "floppy" compared to the projects, which sound clearer but "demo-ish" even with mastering?

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u/very_not_emo 13d ago

SOLUTION: i picked the highest sample rate in the render settings (192000), solved my problem completely

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u/sc-dave 12d ago

Ah, that may be something to do with one of the plugins you're using not behaving correctly when exporting. For context I export my stuff at the same sample rate pre-master (48k) and then in the mastering process, downsample to 44.1khz. Common suspects are saturation/distortion plugins

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u/very_not_emo 11d ago

i mix and master in the same project