Sudden Speed Change on Vocal Recording

[jenny4]

Hi everyone,

Thought i'd better try the forums for this one. I've been happily recording my vocals over backing tracks by using a mic that runs through a pre-amp and plugs in to my laptop. Now for some strange reason, when I tried recording a new song today, the speed of my vocals is running faster than the backing music. I'm not doing anything different that i'm aware of, so why the sudden change? I can't fathom it for the life of me, so any help would be very welcome! Oh, and I'm new to using audicity, so I don't fully know my way around it just yet so this might be a simple problem that I've overlooked.

Many thanks in advance!

Jenny.

[steve]

How much faster?
Is the pitch noticeably higher as well?
Which version of Audacity?

My first guess is that you've changed the sample rate from 44100 to 48000.

[jenny4]

think it's the latest version and pitch is fine, how do i check ther sample rate? I'll have a little look 'n' see if i can work it out! thanks for your help so far!

Edit:

i just checked and the sample rate hasn't been changed.

[steve]

think it's the latest version

Is that 1.2.6 or 1.3.7 or 1.3.8? (look in the Help menu > About Audacity)

the speed of my vocals is running faster than the backing music

2x as fast?
A fraction of a second fast after 3 minutes playing?

[jenny4]

hello,

I'm not sure what happened, but i've tried some different backing music and it's working fine now... thanks so much for looking into it though, much appreciated! Are you a singer yourself, or musician?

Jen

[steve]

thanks so much for looking into it though, much appreciated!

You're welcome.

Are you a singer yourself, or musician?

Believe it or not, I'm a fiddle player