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Records in lower pitch
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:50 am
by nmaser
I use audacity to record vocals. Sometimes it records about a half-note low. I can change the pitch after the fact, but I don't know what the problem is. Possibly a setting I have changed? This does not always happen. I have changed the input and output devices with no affect. Physically, I am recording through a Mobile PreUSB pre-amp. I have an emachines computer, windows XP pro.
Any ideas
Re: Records in lower pitch
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:50 pm
by alatham
Hmmm.
As much as I love my Delta 1010LT, I have to say the MobilePre bothers me. I wonder if the drivers for that product aren't so great.
First, make sure your drivers are as updated as they can be. Also, see if you can re-create the problem using the Windows Sound Recorder that comes will all post-95 versions of Windows.
After that, I can think of two things that might solve your issue:
1) Try always recording in stereo (with nothing plugged into channel 2). After you're done recording you'll have to click on the track name and "Split stereo track", then (using that same menu) turn the track with audio in it into a "Mono" track. I've noticed the MobilePre sometimes behaves funny if it's recording in Mono mode.
2) Try setting the default sample rate to 48000 in the edit -> preferences -> quality menu. This will probably require you to resample all your songs once you're done with them, but it might fix your problem.
This might be something to ask M-Audio, they can point you in the right direction better than we can.