It sounds like that=B9s a sample-rate problem...check that your sound card =
is
set to play back at the same rate that your recordings were made at =AD it
sounds to me like the sound card might be playing back at 48.1kHz recording=
s
that were made @ 44.1kHz.
Good luck...
On 12-02-09 7:25 PM, "Peter Shute" <> wrote:
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>
>
>
> I had a similar thing happen a couple of years ago, possibly with a
> Soundblaster card too. It seems the kids had somehow got into some advanc=
ed
> settings of the card's driver and selected a mode that speeds up playback=
.
>
> Have you tried playing sounds from other sources, like Youtube? If they a=
ren't
> affected then maybe it's happening at transfer time. I assume the recorde=
rs
> themselves aren't doing it? My PCM M10 has a switch that allows playback =
speed
> to vary. Very disconcerting, but being digital it has no effect once it's
> transferred to a computer.
>
> Peter Shute
>
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>
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of =
com
> <JVMNATREC%40aol.com>
> Sent: Friday, 10 February 2012 11:05 AM
> To:
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] sppeded up recordings
>
> Help! I have just set up a new desktop computer with a Soundblaster X-f:
> Xtreme Audio sound card. I am using Adobe Auditions 1.5 for my sound
> editing. I am importing sound from my Portadisc MDP 500 or my SV 3260 DAT
> through
> Optical IN. (this seems to be the only option with this sound card).
> However, the recordings, when played back through my computer, sound "spe=
eded
> up". For vocal it is like someone has taken a slight puff of Helium gas. =
The
> imported recordings sound fine when listened through the DAT or
> Minidisc.Is there someway to "slow down" the imported sounds. Sorry for s=
uch
> an
> amateur description, but any ideas would be most welcome.
>
> John
>
> John V. Moore Nature Recordings
> www.johnvmoorenaturerecordings.com
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