Squelchy sound of bass drum (from Hydrogen drum track)

[Camo2125]

Hi everyone!

I am quite new to Audacity and cannot figure this out. I have used Hydrogen to create a drum track, but when I import into Audacity it has a weird squelchy sound (see attached link).

I am running this on Audacity 2.4.2 on Windows 10, I have tried going through some effects (noise gate and noise reduction) but doesn't really do anything. Has anyone used Hydrogen drum tracks into Audacity before and encountered this problem and found a solution? Thanks!

[Trebor]

Squelchy sound = low* bit-depth

(* 8-bit ?)

[steve]

but when I import into Audacity

Are you exporting from Hydrogen as a WAV file and then importing the WAV file into Audacity?

[Camo2125]

but when I import into Audacity

Are you exporting from Hydrogen as a WAV file and then importing the WAV file into Audacity?

Yes, that's exactly what I am doing. Is this part of the issue?

[Camo2125]

Squelchy sound = low* bit-depth

(* 8-bit ?)

Is there a way of increasing the bit-depth? Do I have to do this in Hydrogen first before importing or in Audacity once imported?

[steve]

I have used Hydrogen to create a drum track, but when I import into Audacity it has a weird squelchy sound

Are you saying that the kick drum sounds different when played in Audacity than it does when played in Hydrogen?
Are you listening with the same equipment (headphones plugged into your laptop?)
What if you play it in your usual media player?

[Trebor]

Is there a way of increasing the bit-depth?
Do I have to do this in Hydrogen ...

Yes: when you export a WAV from Hydrogen the bit-depth should be 16-bit, not lower,
if you don't want the conspicuous digital-artefact noise.

[Camo2125]

Is there a way of increasing the bit-depth?
Do I have to do this in Hydrogen ...

Yes: when you export a WAV from Hydrogen the bit-depth should be 16-bit, not lower,
if you don't want the conspicuous digital-artefact noise.

Yeah, exported it at 16-bit and it now sounds exactly how it does on Hydrogen. Thanks a bunch!

[Camo2125]

I have used Hydrogen to create a drum track, but when I import into Audacity it has a weird squelchy sound

Are you saying that the kick drum sounds different when played in Audacity than it does when played in Hydrogen?
Are you listening with the same equipment (headphones plugged into your laptop?)
What if you play it in your usual media player?

All other platforms had the different sound from Hydrogen, however Trebor has fixed the problem as it was the export bit-rate that was the issue. Thanks for your help!