Live drums sound dead

[Preston Darvill]

I used to use Pro Tools. All I had to do was send my 4 sm57's to my Yamaha board, then tape out to the mic in on my laptop. I got one simple drum track. With no effects or any post processing the drums sounded great. I'm in an almost empty garage. It's big. It's boomy. It's lovely. 

I just spent 4 hours with Cakewalk doing the same thing. The drums live recorded, zero effects, sound dead. They sound like I'm kicking a dead horse full of bricks. In my headphones, the drums sound wonderful. In Cakewalk playback the kick and toms sound like they are stuffed full of blankets. 

I'm at my witts end. The raw drum sound from the mics should just be captured as is. 

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[MisterX]

That's weird. Usually dead horses full of bricks sound great. Try to kick it harder. ?

[Byron Dickens]

That has nothing to do with Cakewalk.

[Preston Darvill]

Ok...    It's a live mic sound, and it sounds excellent in my headphones. Why does it sound like I'm playing on rubber drum pads when played back in Cakewalk? 

[Preston Darvill]

It fixed itself. All I did was walk away and come back an hour later. WTF.

[Bapu]

On 10/10/2022 at 4:54 PM, Preston Darvill said:

It fixed itself. All I did was walk away and come back an hour later. WTF.

"It's a mystery"

[InstrEd]

4 minutes ago, Bapu said:

"It's a mystery"

I got the Mystery Machine all gassed up and ready to roll ?

Seriously to this day all DAW'S  act up. The thing is the recreating the steps to send to the developers to have a look.