Compression-like artifact upon rendering

[Andy Lindsay]

Hello.

I'm getting a metallic low-bit-rate-mp3-like artifact after rendering a track in ZGE. I saw a similar issue posted here a few months ago, and the staffer suggested putting ZGE at the end of the chain in the master, which I tried but it didn't help. Strangely it only happens in the later half of the track even though the drumloop plays unchanged throughout most of the song. Interestingly, when I soloed the drumloop and rendered it, the audio is fine (no artifacting).

I tried rendering with highest bit rate but it didn't change anything. The other suggestion was to render the vid with FLAC audio, which did work, but I was afraid of Youtube incompatibility (if that's even a concern).

How can I avoid this happening in the future? I've rendered lots of tracks in ZGE, but this is the first time I've encountered anything like that with the audio of its output.

[VilleK (staff)]

Andy Lindsay wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:57 am ...