We all know how these things work, right? Does your project’s audio sound a bit low quality? Well, I have some tips for you.

Why does my music on a Scratch project sound low-quality?

Well, Scratch does have its own sound editor but it’s not really that well. I mean, the weirdest part I discovered a long time ago is that if you edit a song on Scratch, it will change from stereo to mono. And in some cases, if a piece of audio is long enough, Scratch will lower the audio’s quality. I don’t know if the Scratch developers makes the editor like that on purpose or just don’t have enough power to make an advanced sound editor. But it’s been like that since Scratch 1.4.

How do I make my songs stay high quality and stereo on my Scratch projects?

There is one simple way to do that. Just upload a piece of audio and DO NOT edit it on Scratch. Uploading a piece of audio on a Scratch project without editing it whatsoever will totally keep the audio’s properties.

What if I want to edit some audio and still want it high quality?

Then use Audacity. If you don’t know what Audacity is, it’s basically like the Scratch sound editor but a thousand times better with lots of cool features to use, such as reverb, echo, normally, distorting, and many more. And it’s free, too! It can also keep the audio stereo and high quality as you edit and its properties will never lose. And finally, you set the bit rate before you export the sound. After you exported the audio from Audacity, upload it to your Scratch project and leave it there. And you can enjoy the nice high quality stereo music on Scratch!