Audacity records Bass at wrong pitch

[ferdnuckles]

I will do more testing...thanks again for the input, again,

my confusion comes from the rapidity of the changes from Track 1 to track 2 with very little time lapsed between recordings...as I said only recording about 1-2 seconds as a test
Plus,,,,all other tracks after that are fine...except they sound fine when recording but each and everyone of them is off....the same amount for each and each subsequent track after track 1 plays back with the same problem

[RVZ]

I am on XP and the same thing happened to me.

A bass track played in E. but it played back a whole step higher in F#

not knowing what happened or what to do -I used the change pitch effect and bumped it up(later realizing I should have went down- or so I thought) 2 half steps to G# -by accident.

but that playback was off key as well-of course. sooooooooo I I did an UNDO-LOW and BEHOLD-now it plays back in E correctly.

ln other words-bump it up a whole step and then undo-it worked for me(an accidental solution) -thanks and good luck

[steve]

I used the change pitch effect and bumped it up(later realizing I should have went down- or so I thought) 2 half steps to G# -by accident.

but that playback was off key as well-of course. sooooooooo I I did an UNDO-LOW and BEHOLD-now it plays back in E correctly.

What software are you referring to?

[RVZ]

Audacity 2.1.3

[steve]

"Undo" in Audacity restores the project to the state that it was immediately prior to the last "push state" command.

In the follow case:
1) Play the project
2) Apply an effect
3) Undo the effect
4) Play the project.

If (4) sounds different from (3), then the difference can only be related to the playback system and not caused by Audacity changing the audio.

[URSA46]

Any clue to this?
I have the exact same problem with 2.1.3. LINE 6 UX1.
the pitch is lowered on all tracs exept the first.

[steve]

Any clue to this?
I have the exact same problem with 2.1.3. LINE 6 UX1.
the pitch is lowered on all tracs exept the first.

If the pitch and tempo are incorrect, then it is almost certainly a problem with mismatched sample rates, so you will need to find out what sample rate the Line6 is using, and set Windows and Audacity to use the same.

If it is only the pitch that is incorrect, but the track plays smoothly at the correct tempo, then it is a setting in Line6 hardware or software. Check your Line6 manual and/or ask Line6 customer support for how to fix.

[cfsixstring]

Hello,

I just fixed a similar issue with my Pod XT Live. I was having no issues using only one track, but once I added a click track everything dropped a whole step (even the click track). As Steve suggested, the answer was sample rates. Using the sound settings in the Windows Control Panel, I dropped the sample rate from 48000 (DVD Quality) to 44100 (CD Quality) for my device and this fixed the problem.

[BobLa]

Hello. I'm a new Audacity user and not sure how to proceed after reading your previous answers in this thread.
I'm using an M-Audio interface to record my bass. I played the piece in G, but it plays back in F# and a little slower in speed. So I guess the problem is with the computer?
M-Audio says the interface is 24 bit, 192K. On Windows, I set the device to record at 24 bit 44100. I set Audacity project at 44100. Can you tell me what is going wrong? Thanks.