Warping of audio quality when recording Synths in GarageBand

I have currently got back into using GarageBand and have noticed a strange error when recording a software synth sound.

When simply playing back the sound through my midi keyboard the sound is fine, but as soon as I hit record and start playing the sound is broken up, and when I stop recording it returns to normal again.

The sound is an ethereal type pad. It almost seems as if Garageband cant handle the sound complexity and is breaking it down but it seems unlikely giving the fact that the platform supports vst's like Absynth which feature plenty of such sounds.

Has anyone else encountered the same problem, and if so, is there a way to correct it?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Nov 15, 2009 2:49 PM

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Nov 22, 2009 9:57 AM in response to xelasoma

Your actually using an AU not a VST inside GB. I also use Albino 3. What preset are you using. After you tweaked the Albino preset to your liking check albino signal level output to make sure your new tweaked preset is not overdriving its output. Back off on the master output of Albino if this is the case.

Also check the audio meters on the track you have assigned Albino to in GB. Make sure those levels are ok.

It could also be that you have tweaked a parameter in Albino to the extent that it is beyond the synths parameters to export that sound to GB without distortion, something which may not become apparent until you record it.

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Warping of audio quality when recording Synths in GarageBand

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