I have that problem sometimes, what I do is throw a limiter on the master fader and tweak it until the bounce comes out right. It's time consuming but it works. Also, make sure you dither it down if you're recording at anything above 44.1/16.
There should be no real difference between what you're hearing upon playback and what gets burned to a CD. Bounce to disk as a 16 bit 44.1khz wav file. If it sounds bad on other systems, buy some new monitors or rethink your mixing habits. What CD burning software are you using?
When bouncing it, I would suggest bouncing it to your desktop. Then open Windows Media Player, or whatever burning software you have. Then drag and drop the file into that application. Finally tell that application to burn a CD. There's no reason why this shouldn't work, unless there's a hardware problem with your burner.
go to file bounce to disk, set to stereo interleaved increase to how many bits as far as quality that you want, click ok, and it will save as a wav. then just get a wav to mp3 converter or rip the cd as a 320 mp3 if you made the song in 320
go to file bounce to disk, set to stereo interleaved increase to how many bits as far as quality that you want, click ok, and it will save as a wav. then just get a wav to mp3 converter or rip the cd as a 320 mp3 if you made the song in 320
what you're suggesting is make the song into an mp3 and burn that to cd? why?
he shouldn't do that. Bounce to the format I told you above (stereo interleaved). Use a programs to burn it to CD. You're missing a step somewhere or you have software/hardware that's not functioning properly. After burning it, try and play the CD in your computer. Your external CD player in question (car, boombox...) may not be able to play burned CDs