Compressin to GSM 6.10 WAV is very Staticy!Help

Hello all, I am new to this forum, and to Audacity all together. I tried searching for about 15 minutes before starting a new thread but came up with Nothing, so here goes.

My problem is, when I record an audio message, it sounds clear as day, but as soon as I compress is as a GSM 6.10 WAV, it becomes unclear and rather staticy. I am using Audacity 2.0.0 on a Mac with latest update. I really hope someone can lend me a hand in solving this issue.

Thanks in advance

If your audio track is stereo, convert it to mono before you export (Tracks menu).

I’m already using mono. Any other suggestions? Thanks

Normalize the track to -3 or -6 dB before exporting.
Don’t expect to get hi-fidelity from GSM6.10