Finished master sounds way different for no reason
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:39 pm
This is probably the strangest thing I've seen with Ableton Live and I'm completely stumped.
I've been working on a couple tracks lately. Yesterday I spent five hours fine tuning them. I mixed and mastered both of them, exported them, tested them on a few pair of speakers and called it a day. I was pretty happy with the result and put a ton of work into it.
I came back this morning to make a small edit on both songs to my surprise, as soon as I opened the sessions to have a listen they sound completely different. I thought it could be my ears so I bounced one down without making any changes and compared it to the master from the previous day. Completely different.
It's as if someone came in the night and and made crazy adjustments to my EQs, comps, etc. The bass was way off, the treble was unbearable.
Keep in mind, that I did nothing to these songs. I just opened them on the second day to make an edit but I never did.
Can someone please tell me how this is possible?
This is not just a case of the export sounding different then the session. The levels are way off. Please help! It's very frustrating to put in so much work and have to start over. Especially if you think it's going to happen again. It makes no sense to me.
I've been working on a couple tracks lately. Yesterday I spent five hours fine tuning them. I mixed and mastered both of them, exported them, tested them on a few pair of speakers and called it a day. I was pretty happy with the result and put a ton of work into it.
I came back this morning to make a small edit on both songs to my surprise, as soon as I opened the sessions to have a listen they sound completely different. I thought it could be my ears so I bounced one down without making any changes and compared it to the master from the previous day. Completely different.
It's as if someone came in the night and and made crazy adjustments to my EQs, comps, etc. The bass was way off, the treble was unbearable.
Keep in mind, that I did nothing to these songs. I just opened them on the second day to make an edit but I never did.
Can someone please tell me how this is possible?
This is not just a case of the export sounding different then the session. The levels are way off. Please help! It's very frustrating to put in so much work and have to start over. Especially if you think it's going to happen again. It makes no sense to me.