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Hey guys, trying to record onto a laptop, from a good mixer... all the levels are set correctly and all that.

Problem is, when playing-back, the recording goes from normal, and then the music sounds very flat and/or dull, then goes back to normal, and keeps doing this.

Any suggestions?

Daniel_Woolridge wrote:Hey guys, trying to record onto a laptop, from a good mixer... all the levels are set correctly and all that.

Problem is, when playing-back, the recording goes from normal, and then the music sounds very flat and/or dull, then goes back to normal, and keeps doing this.

What version of Windows - Vista, 7? To begin with, turn off all the effects and enhancements in the sound card control panel and in Windows control panels for sound. On the Windows 7 control panel for sound there will be a "Communications" tab. Set it to "Do nothing".


Gale

It's windows 7. I thought maybe it was the speed of the Hard drive?

Daniel_Woolridge wrote:It's windows 7. I thought maybe it was the speed of the Hard drive?

If the sound device has a speed issue this will show up as the recording of a note or phrase taking longer than it does when you are singing or playing, as well as it sounding dull or muffled. It's also true that sample rate discrepancies can cause bad quality when overdubbing. See http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Troub ... ings#drift .

If you are still having problems, please confirm you have turned off all sound effects and enhancements and communications tweaks. These are common reasons for what you appear to be describing. Also is the problem with playback (only when recording), with recording, or with playing back that recording (that is, with all playback)?

If you export a short MP3 from Audacity and attach it using "Upload attachment" underneath the "Preview"/"Submit" buttons, that would let us hear what the issue sounds like.



Gale

Win7 comes out of the shrink wrap all set for video and sound conferencing. Echo cancellation, room suppression and auto gain control. If you don't turn it all off, it will completely mess up your live recording quality.

Windows Enhanced Sound
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 79&start=0

Koz