Exported song sounds different from playback in Cakewalk

[Jan Dirk vd Meulen]

Something is troubling me for days now. I've been using cakewalk for years but never had this problem. 

The song/file  sounds fantastic in Cakewalk,  but when I play it on any other way outside Cakewalk, it looses a lot of volume and quite some reverb.   I have already RE-exported it as a wavefile in cakewalk and then the wave-file still sounds great.  When I export the file  I have tried all different pre-sets. I  even tried " what you hear- real time audible", but that doesnt work. (see screenshout beneath for my regular export settings )

I've played the wav file with the same soundcard and speakers on windowsmediaplayer. In my car, on my I-phone but it doesnt sound the same as in Cakewalk. What is going on!?

 

[Will.]

1 hour ago, Jan Dirk vd Meulen said:

Something is troubling me for days now. I've been using cakewalk for years but never had this problem. 

The song/file  sounds fantastic in Cakewalk,  but when I play it on any other way outside Cakewalk, it looses a lot of volume and quite some reverb.   I have already RE-exported it as a wavefile in cakewalk and then the wave-file still sounds great.  When I export the file  I have tried all different pre-sets. I  even tried " what you hear- real time audible", but that doesnt work. (see screenshout beneath for my regular export settings )

I've played the wav file with the same soundcard and speakers on windowsmediaplayer. In my car, on my I-phone but it doesnt sound the same as in Cakewalk. What is going on!?

 

There could be a lot of reasons for this. Plugins, Gain staging, faders, hidden automations, bus volumes its an endless guessing game. While on this note: Have you tried out the new Cakewalk by Bandlab DAW version? 

[John Vere]

You are obviously using a old version of Cakewalk. The new dialogue is much easier to use.