low quality sound when bounced to disc mbox pro tools

[ronnypro]

Hi,
I just bought a Mbox 3 pro tools LE 8, and i have a Roland Fantom-S 88 keyboard where i make my beats.. and I record the entire instrumental inside the Roland, and all i want to is to digitally send it to the Pro Tools...

this is my second Mbox.. on the first one i couldn't even change the sample rate from 48k to 44.1k when i was trying to send the signal from the Roland to Pro tools via SPDIF... but when i called AVID they said that it has to be something wrong with the MBOX, so i returned it back to Guitar Center..

I got the second Mbox yesterday, and now i can change the sample rate to match my Roland.. but i hear noises, like the music doesn't sound so clean... and when i bounce it to disk, and i bounce it as WAV, 44.1k, 24bit, stereo,..
and i play the beat with windows media player!! it sounds bad.. the instruments that were on the right side! i can now hear them on the left side.. and the instruments that were on left side! i can now hear them on the right side.. and the quality doesn't sounds at all like when it's playing on pro tools Real Time..

can anyone help?

[albee1952]

It may be that WMP doesn't like 24 bit files. If it sounds good inside Pro Tools, that's a good start. Now try bounding to a 16 bit/44.1K file(insert a dither plugin on the master track, in the last slot). See how that sounds in WMP.

[Keybeeetsss]

Originally Posted by albee1952

It may be that WMP doesn't like 24 bit files. If it sounds good inside Pro Tools, that's a good start. Now try bounding to a 16 bit/44.1K file(insert a dither plugin on the master track, in the last slot). See how that sounds in WMP.

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[ronnypro]

Originally Posted by albee1952

It may be that WMP doesn't like 24 bit files. If it sounds good inside Pro Tools, that's a good start. Now try bounding to a 16 bit/44.1K file(insert a dither plugin on the master track, in the last slot). See how that sounds in WMP.

Thank you for responding..
but i got to be honest with you.. it is my first time using pro tools, and i'm still not quite familiar with the software..
i have tried to bounce it at 16 bit, 44.1k.. and it still sounds bad, and the instruments switch sides..

Now, i don't know how to insert that dither plugin that you are suggesting.. can you show it to me a little bit better please?

[grooveline]

if you have left and right backwards then most likely so are your connections. are you using the line, mic, or instrument input on the mbox?

[sw rec]

Did you set the clock source to SPDIF?
What do the levels look like on your Master Track?
Also, can you be a bit more specific about the "low quality" issue? Is it distorted?