Recording is sped up [SOLVED]

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Recording is sped up [SOLVED]

Post by billchilds » Thu Jan 05, 2017 3:24 am

Hello,

I've been using Audacity for years. I recently updated my Mac Mini to Sierra (fully updated, 10.12.2) and have also updated Audacity to 2.1.2, downloaded today; this problem existed under 2.1.1 as well. I have also restarted my machine.

I record into Audacity via an Onyx 820i (same as for years). When recording my voiceover, after the update to Sierra (and to 2.1.2), my voice is sped up by 5-10%; when I use the "Change Speed" effect at 95%, it sounds about right.

I have confirmed that the Project Rate is at 44100 Hz, as per usual.

I would welcome any suggestions about what to do. Correcting via the "Change Speed" effect is okay as a short term solution but a bit annoying.

Thanks very much in advance!

Bill Childs

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Re: Recording is sped up

Post by steve » Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:30 am

billchilds wrote:my voice is sped up by 5-10%;
That sounds about right to be a sample rate mismatch somewhere (44.1 kHz vs 48 kHz).
Check in the Mac "Audio and MIDI" setup that you are using the same sample rate throughout.
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Re: Recording is sped up [SOLVED]

Post by billchilds » Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:12 pm

That was it! How odd for the input rate for the Onyx to get changed (I certainly didn't go into Audio MIDI) but it was at 48k. Thanks!

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