Audacity Forum

I found the solution, although nowhere does it say that this happens. Basically, un-ticking the selection of "Software Playthrough" which is on the Transport menu, and presto - no more Chipmunks. I was still hearing the live playback over the speakers (stereo line outs from the Audio Interface) but ...

To answer your question - I have upgraded to Audacity 2.0, because I was having this problem in 1.6 or whatever the previous version was. The problem still exists in the latest version. I have tried switching the option from Windows Direct to MME. The Project Rate at the bottom left of screen says 4...

I'm going nuts here. I can not understand any reason whatsoever why the playback of tapes I'm trying to digitize is giving them the Alvin and the Chipmunks treatment! I'm going out from the back of my Nakamichi tape deck into my Alesis Audio Interface. I am using a stereo lead with 1/4 jacks on one ...