@ghostlymenace22 @crinrict I tried to replicate this. I used the Bailey-Moon household on a new game since they have a mixmaster station. I tried three different tracks, "Gom Gabrow," "Rooba Vay," and "Ree Bines." I added all the mix options to them, only "Ree Bines" had the option to add vocals and then played them back. The tracks were all produced as either normal or outstanding quality.
The tracks when I played them back all sounded like they did in the remix. The difference I heard was noticeable in "Ree Bines" which had vocals. When I was mixing, it was the chorus I heard. When playing back the song sounded different because it was playing the whole song and then sounded identical when I got to the chorus. The others I didn't notice such a difference but they were just instrumental.
So, I wasn't able to replicate the issue unless the issue was that you don't mix the whole song for that one just the chorus, so it sounds different on playback until you get to the chorus.
Edit: Once a track I mixed did sound wrong but I gave it the same name as a previous track so it was essentially a duplicate of the previous track. When I went mixed it again and named it with a new name it was fine.
Ok, a question to @ghostlymenace22 and @PoptartJuniper What media production skill level was the sim who made the track?
It took me a while with a number of sims before I noticed that extra remix options get added to most of the songs as you level up. So the songs sound different at various skill levels as you remix them at those levels. I haven't tried replaying them later more than a couple times and didn't pick up any differences. So what I'm thinking is that maybe all you hear on replay is the final cut with all the options on at level 5 or just those options available for the skill level the sim is currently at. So if you burned a remix at skill level 1 and replayed it when you're at skill level 5, what you hear is the skill level 5 song, not the skill level 1 song. Just a guess, though.
