YendorNG 2023-08-26 10:27:14

What option do you have enabled when you render? --and do you have Fruity Limiter enabled on the master track?

TheJayJay 2023-08-26 10:41:14

I've noticed that on my songs too, I've often just thought of it as "well the rendering process compresses everything, so that's normal!!!" but maybe it isn't.

3xBlast 2023-08-26 11:22:27

99/100 exports I do in FL studio work totally fine, no issues at all. The very few times I had rendering issues was with specific plugins and rendering with "wrap remainder" enabled.
Few ideas why your exports might sound different from how it sounds in fl is:
- you're clipping the master. I don't know how this works exactly anymore since I have ozone limiter on the master, but if you go above 0 in fl studio, it sounds fine, but will change on export.
- low bitrate mp3 exports changes frequency range. be sure to exports at 320kbps
-"enable insert/master effects" unchecked in exports, these should be checked.
If you can share a screenshot of your render settings it might clear some things up! Hope it can be fixed because your tracks are great! So if they're held back just by export settings, that's a shame.

Arguswastaken 2023-08-26 12:29:57

I have actually wondered why my rendered result sounds different to the preview sometimes, but I always chalked it up to an illusion/my own inexperience

S3C 2023-08-26 14:07:13

If you are exporting to a lossy file format like .mp3, then inherently the mix -will- be different. Usually you won't notice, but that's not always the case.

Also check the synths and instrument channels- what is their rendering mode? They could be set to low-poly or draft mode- by default FL Studio exports everything as high quality, so what you hear in FL studio and the exported audio file may be different.

Lastly check that the output device in both FL Studio and Audacity are the same, as different devices play audio differently. This may also explain why you here 'random peaking' in Audacity- the audio device that FL is routing through may be compressing the signal that comes OUT of FL Studio, which is outside the control of the DAW.