Distortion when recording

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steve
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Re: Distortion when recording

Post by steve » Sat May 30, 2020 3:45 pm

iamsmokie wrote: ↑
Sat May 30, 2020 1:49 am
 everything distorts and slows to 1/4 speed
Is it also playing very low pitched (like a tape or vinyl playing at the wrong speed) or is it slow, crackly but about the correct pitch?
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Re: Distortion when recording

Post by iamsmokie » Mon Jun 01, 2020 1:25 am

I have removed everything from my system. I am now using just the internal sound card. I have uninstalled Audacity, cleaned the system and reinstalled Audacity. It plays fine until I try to record. I don't need to record anything. I just need to select another track to record and then press record. the mp3 slows down and distorts during the recording process. As soon as I stop recording the mp3 track plays like it is supposed to. Is it possible Audacity is not compatible with my new 64bit HP computer? I did not have this problem with my old one.
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Re: Distortion when recording

Post by iamsmokie » Mon Jun 01, 2020 1:43 am

Thanks for the help. Problem was not with Audacity. Problem was with the computer settings!
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Re: Distortion when recording

Post by rossmcm » Mon Jun 01, 2020 3:15 am

Hi,

What setting was it was that caused the weird behaviour?

Thanks,
Ross
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Re: Distortion when recording

Post by iamsmokie » Mon Jun 01, 2020 5:47 pm

In preferences the host had to be set to WASAPI. I had always had it set to MME. My two laptops are set to MME and they record fine. Never have used the WASAPI setting before but now everything works as designed. Thanks to all for your help!
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