I posted a couple days ago about a problem I was having, and after numerous CDs and several different tracks (at different levels and rates)...I have decided that the problem I'm having is with the audio that is produced when you do a mixdown in Cubase.

When I burn my tracks, the CD will work fine in anything except CD players (portable discmans). When they are played in CD players the sound is either really distorted, or just crappy. I've normalized it, limited it, even turned the master way down..but any wav or MP3 file I make from a mixdown in Cubase doesn't want to work in any CD player. Seems to work fine in computers and stereos though.
I know it's not the writer or CDs because I've tried burning other stuff and it works fine. I would normally just ignore this and start sending the CDs out, but it has to be a problem with only my tracks that are made in Cubase (cuz like I said, other stuff works fine) and I'd really like to know why!

If anyone has ANY idea what could be going on, I'd love a response. This has been driving me nuts for almost a week - not too mention causing 10+ CDs.

Thanks!

Are the files you are burning being converted to .CDA format (music mode) or are you just burning the raw .WAV and .MP3 (in data mode)? Unless your CD player says it supports MP3, I think it would require that the songs be in standard .CDA format.

It supports mp3s, but I'm burning them in 'music' mode...so ya, the program is converting em into .cda's.

Thanks though.

What speed are you burning the files at? I've heard some people say that their CD players are finicky about playing CD's that were burned too rapidly. If you think that might be the case, try burning at 4x (or even lower) and see if you still have the same problem.

You might also want to consider the brand of CD you are using. Is it a reputable name brand or some no-name brand selling for "FREE after rebate"?

What bit rate are you recording at in Cubase? If you're at 24 you may have problems. I know nero won't burn a 24 bit wav file, it only gives an error message. It may be somehow you've put a 24 bit audio file on a CD (which is normally 16 bit although now there are 24 bit CD's), and some CD players are able to handle it while others are not. That's just my 2 cents though, I know I've run into trouble with 24 bit wav files before.