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Re: sppeded up recordings

Subject: Re: sppeded up recordings
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Date: Thu Feb 9, 2012 5:25 pm ((PST))
I imported at 48 and it played back the same speeded-up sound =0D
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John V.  Moore Nature Recordings=0D
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In a message dated 2/9/2012 5:17:52 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  =0D
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It sounds like that=C2=B9s a sample-rate problem...check that your sound ca=
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sounds to me like the sound card might be playing back at 48.1kHz  =0D
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that were made @ 44.1kHz.=0D
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Good luck...=0D
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On 12-02-09  7:25 PM, "Peter Shute" < =0D
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> I had a similar thing happen a  couple of years ago, possibly with a=0D
> Soundblaster card too. It seems  the kids had somehow got into some =0D
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> settings of the card's  driver and selected a mode that speeds up =0D
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> Have you  tried playing sounds from other sources, like Youtube? If they =
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>  affected then maybe it's happening at transfer time. I assume the  =0D
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> themselves aren't doing it? My PCM M10 has a switch that  allows playback=
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> to vary. Very disconcerting, but being digital  it has no effect once it'=
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> transferred to a computer.=0D
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>  Peter Shute=0D
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> Subject: [Nature  Recordists] sppeded up recordings=0D
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> Help! I have just set up a  new desktop computer with a Soundblaster X-f:=
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> Xtreme Audio sound card.  I am using Adobe Auditions 1.5 for my sound=0D
> editing. I am importing  sound from my Portadisc MDP 500 or my SV 3260 DA=
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>  Optical IN. (this seems to be the only option with this sound card).=0D
>  However, the recordings, when played back through my computer, sound  =
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> up". For vocal it is like someone has taken a slight puff of  Helium gas.=
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> imported recordings sound fine when listened through  the DAT or=0D
> Minidisc.Is there someway to "slow down" the imported  sounds. Sorry for =
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> amateur description, but any ideas  would be most welcome.=0D
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> John=0D
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> John V. Moore  Nature Recordings=0D
> www.johnvmoorenaturerecordings.com=0D
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