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by gthomas785
Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:22 pm
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity
Replies: 11
Views: 9617

Re: Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity

Ok, selecting the direct output does allow me to use alsamixer. However adjusting those levels does not restore the quality of sound but instead just changes the volume. Also, I noticed that if I adjust the master volume level (using the volume up/down buttons on my keyboard), the <PCM> along with a...
by gthomas785
Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:58 pm
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity
Replies: 11
Views: 9617

Re: Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity

I went into alsamixer after starting audacity and there were several controls maxed out (Including PCM front, center, side, as well as Headphones). However, adjusting them did not seem to have any effect on playback, the only one that had any effect was "master" which just changed the overall volume...
by gthomas785
Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:19 am
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity
Replies: 11
Views: 9617

Re: Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity

Yes the hesitation was brief, basically just a slight blip in the playback. However that is definitely when it started sounding different My soundcard: 05:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04) Subsystem: Creative Labs Device 2006 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency...
by gthomas785
Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:16 pm
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity
Replies: 11
Views: 9617

Re: Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity

Yes, it happens as the program is starting. In fact I just tested that by playing music in the background while loading audacity, there was a brief hesitation in the playback during the splash screen, and it came back fuzzy just as the main window was appearing. After that, pressing record or play o...
by gthomas785
Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:30 pm
Forum: GNU/Linux
Topic: Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity
Replies: 11
Views: 9617

Fuzzy audio after starting Audacity

Hello, I am running Audacity 2.0.5 on Ubuntu 14.04. Recording and playing back through pulseaudio. Whenever I start Audacity, whether it is to record a track or play a previously recorded track, I hear audio that is fuzzy and distorted in a way to suggest that it is being poorly resampled. This happ...