Hi everyone,
I use a canon XH A1s with a condenser mic.
Mix the lot in FCP6 , it still sounds fine, sometimes I adjust the levels a bit in soundpro , compress it in compressor, it still sounds fine. The moment youtube gets it it sounds really floppy en rough.
I use lowshlve filter and take out a lot of the low's but still it is brutal. I tried another mic, same. I ve set the audio to -12 db, switched on mic att. It all does not make a difference .
Anyone ???

Can we have a link to a sample?

If it's fine before it hits youtube and not afterwards, surely it must be something with youtube, mustn't it - or with what you're giving it to them as?

From Youtube handbook:
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Best Formats for Uploading
YouTube can accept almost any video format for upload, but for most users we have found the following settings give the best results.

■Video Format: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 preferred
■Aspect Ratio: Native aspect ratio without letterboxing (examples: 4:3, 16:9)
■Resolution: 640x360 (16:9) or 480x360 (4:3) recommended
■Audio Format: MP3 or AAC preferred
■Frames per second: 30
■Maximum length: 10 minutes (we recommend 2-3 minutes)
■Maximum file size: 1 GB

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Might be your audio file type or bitrate..... /Battle Vaughan

Thanks,

I compress to MPEG2 audio is in aac.
Here is a sample:
YouTube - Welcome to Yogatic! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9UHF34CHOg)