Re: Recordings with microphone are too fast and distorted - pitch is correct

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The USB mike worked wonders - I determined that the Sophos AV was not 
the culprit, too. Sound card is not good for this - works fine for 
output, however.

Thx, Mike
Vern

Mike Wills wrote:
> Yes, try a USB mic if you have one available.
>
> I do some audio work as a hobby. Not sure if I can help, but I can try.
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > I have a new motherboard and all on a computer that was near a big
> > lightning strike last April. I tried recording some stuff just a bit  
> > ago
> > using a Logitech stereo (I think) mike that plugs into the sound card.
> > I've used Sound Recorder, LP Recorder, and Audacity, all to the same
> > result - the resulting WAV file plays back and the speaking is too  
> > fast
> > and has some distortion - I assume some of the digital information has
> > been omitted.
> >
> > The mobo is an ECS GF6100-M754 with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+
> > Not using onboard sound - I think because I wanted a MIDI port. Not  
> > sure
> > now - I think the card is a Diamond Xtreme XS51
> >
> > I do have Sophos antivirus on the desktop - saw that sometimes an AV  
> > can
> > cause this - have the same AV on a thinkpad - no problem there.
> >
> > Someone here said there is some kind of (clock) fix for Athlon 64 bit
> > CPUs and XP - but I could not find it.
> >
> > So I will appreciate help on this - I might take the sound card off  
> > and
> > try the on-board sound.
> >
> > I also have a Xitel INport - very cool - converts from 1/4 inch RCA to
> > USB through an opto-isolated AD converter - very clean. I could hook a
> > keyboard mixer output to that and see if it works - that bypasses the
> > sound card completely.
> >
> > Might try a USB microphone, as well.
> >
> > Thx
> > Vern
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