Playback is SLOW

We all have our ideas regarding recording! Share your experience.
Forum rules
If you require help using Audacity, please post on the forum board relevant to your operating system:
Windows
Mac OS X
GNU/Linux and Unix-like
Post Reply
Thenura
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:22 pm
Operating System: Please select

Playback is SLOW

Post by Thenura » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:30 pm

I imported a Instrumental song and i just sang to it , and i exported it and when im playing , my voice is slower than the music , but when singing it was ok . , this happened to me in JET AUDIO - Audio mixing recorder also , can anyone help :D ,Sample rate was 44.1 in both ,is it the slower in MIC ? , The instrumental was normally played but my voice is not going simmiler as i sang :D

Sorry for my bad english

steve
Site Admin
Posts: 81609
Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:43 am
Operating System: Linux *buntu

Re: Playback is SLOW

Post by steve » Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:14 pm

Try setting the sample rate to 48kHz - it could be that your sound card does not like 44.1kHz

If that does not work, please give more information. Tell us about your system, tell us how much slower it is playing.
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

Thenura
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:22 pm
Operating System: Please select

Re: Playback is SLOW

Post by Thenura » Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:19 pm

stevethefiddle wrote:Try setting the sample rate to 48kHz - it could be that your sound card does not like 44.1kHz

If that does not work, please give more information. Tell us about your system, tell us how much slower it is playing.
i tried setting the rate to 44000 ,so then it starts correctly but when the time goes when playing ,it again going fast

steve
Site Admin
Posts: 81609
Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:43 am
Operating System: Linux *buntu

Re: Playback is SLOW

Post by steve » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:06 pm

Thenura wrote:i tried setting the rate to 44000
Do you mean 48000 ?
How much slower is it playing?
Are you using an on-board sound-card?
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

simonrodan
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:13 am
Operating System: Linux *buntu

Re: Playback is SLOW

Post by simonrodan » Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:06 am

My new workaround. Open audacity. Start recording for a second or so. This will exhibit the slow playback problem. Then delete the track and start recording again. This track now plays back at the right speed.

DVDdoug
Forum Crew
Posts: 9416
Joined: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:30 pm
Operating System: Windows 10

Re: Playback is SLOW

Post by DVDdoug » Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:45 pm

My new workaround. Open audacity. Start recording for a second or so. This will exhibit the slow playback problem. Then delete the track and start recording again. This track now plays back at the right speed.
You might have a driver problem, or maybe there's a bug in JetAudio.

It's the driver's job to communicate the sample rate between the hardware, software, and operating system. As long as "everybody knows" what the sample rate is, the speed & pitch will be correct and sample rate errors are rare.

You can get sample-rate mismatches with S/PDIF devices because these don't communicate directly with the hardware. Only the audio data goes-over the S/PDIF connection.

Or, every soundcard has it's own clock (oscillator) and no clock is perfect. So sometimes you record on one device (such as a USB mic) and playback on another device (your soundcard) and there is a pitch/timing mismatch. But, that's a hardware problem and so wouldn't explain your issues and it wouldn't self-correct when you start-over.

Post Reply