Audio problem after installing VMS 11

russellb234 wrote on 2/23/2012, 7:27 PM

Hi all,

I've been using VMS (rather irregularly) since soundforge days, and as I wanted to use more audio tracks, upgraded from V8 to 11.0 (build 295) 3 days ago. On Windows XP SP3. 2GHz AMD with 3GB RAM.

I successfully recorded a series of .wav commentaries. However after restarting (I think), all my audio runs slow .
Listening to a file in Audacity, shifting the pitch up 2 semitones seems about right.

I've checked installed codecs, installed all updates, rebooted several times and now run out of ideas.

I realise it may be nothing to do with VMS, but would value any input.

FWIW I dual boot Ubuntu and sound in Linux seems OK, so I don't think it's a hardware problem

Thanks for any help

Russell

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 2/23/2012, 8:50 PM

You're saying that your audio runs slow even if you play it in Windows Media Player?

I'm just trying to understand if every program on your computer is playing your WAVs more slowly (which is very strange) or if it's limited to VMS 11.

russellb234 wrote on 2/24/2012, 1:11 AM

Yes, Steve, that's right.

Runs slow in WMP, VLC player ,audacity, either as .wav or as MP3.

As I say, may be nothing to do with VMS11, except that this is where I saw (heard) it happen, and is the major change to my Windows set-up.

Russell

MarkWWW wrote on 2/24/2012, 9:15 AM

If it's more like one and a half semitones (rather than the 2 you mentioned) then the likely explanation is that you recorded at 48kHz and are replaying at 44.1kHz. (Or, less likely, 96kHz and 88.2kHz.)

You may need to check the hardware/driver settings for your soundcard.

Mark

russellb234 wrote on 2/25/2012, 7:38 PM

Thanks all

I reinstalled Realtek audio driver and all seems to be OK.

Recording settings were on 44.1kHz, and looking at the properties of the audio in Audacity it was shown as 44.1kHz.

For some reason the audio output had slowed down.

Anyway, sorted now. Sorry for troubling the forum, but often just expressing problems helps one think of solutions, and this seems to have worked again

Russell