Audacity adds a high-pitch noise to playback [SOLVED]

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Re: new computer: Audacity adds a high-pitch noise to playb

Post by sizemore » Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:41 pm

I heard back from the tech support guy at Dell. He seems to be totally clueless about the whole subject of audio drivers, and what drivers were installed, and what available drivers might represent an improvement over what was installed in this computer.

Anyway, an acceptable level of functionality has been achieved, thanks to Gale, Steve and kozikowski.

Am I the one who has the privilege of adding the word 'RESOLVED' to the original post? Or can only you guys do that?

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Re: new computer: high-pitch noise to playback [SOLVED]

Post by kozikowski » Sun Mar 13, 2016 12:13 am

He seems to be totally clueless
Audio is the last vestige of technical black magic. People who can go for ten minutes about video oversampling and display frame rates go all "deer-in-headlights" when you want to add sound.

Sound without the picture is a radio show or podcast. Picture without the sound is a rehearsal...

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Re: Audacity adds a high-pitch noise to playback [SOLVED]

Post by steve » Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:00 am

sizemore wrote:Am I the one who has the privilege of adding the word 'RESOLVED' to the original post? Or can only you guys do that?
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