Audio slows down to about half speed...

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Posted by Jimb0b on Jul-23-2008 00:50:

Audio slows down to about half speed...

Does anyone else experience this...

Im playing something in winamp, of maybe even youtube, wotever..., I then open up reason, and as it is at the welcome splash screen, I presume it initializes something on the soundcard or something, but whatever it does, it slows ALL of my audio output (other than reason) down by half, the only way I can get rid of it is by rebooting.

Posted by Ray_Chappell on Jul-23-2008 02:27:

Re: Audio slows down to about half speed...

quote:
Originally posted by Jimb0b
Does anyone else experience this...

Im playing something in winamp, of maybe even youtube, wotever..., I then open up reason, and as it is at the welcome splash screen, I presume it initializes something on the soundcard or something, but whatever it does, it slows ALL of my audio output (other than reason) down by half, the only way I can get rid of it is by rebooting.

Strange. What kind of system are you running? On board sound, ram, processor, etc.? Only reason I ask is that ram clears when you reboot, so maybe you just don't have enough power/ram to handle it? I don't know... Is Reason loading a blank slate, or a full song? That could have some impact on the resources it's using. And of course... Not to insult you or anything... But is it a legit copy?

Posted by Jimb0b on Jul-23-2008 02:31:

Its 2.6Ghz with 2GB of ram and using a audiophille 2496 soundcard, and loading to an empty track.

It never used to do it, but seems to do it quite frequently now, it can be quite funny listening to some things at half speed, but also can be quite annoying when you want to watch/listen to something! lol

Posted by Cetra� on Jul-23-2008 03:19:

Here's what I'd do to work out what the problem is.

1) Check to see what programs start when your pc does. Also run a virus/spyware scan

2) Check to see if there are newer drivers for your sound card.

3) Try another OS

4) Try putting it in a computer that doesn't have the problem

5) Try another sound card and see if it still happens.

Posted by Subtle on Jul-23-2008 03:36:

Thats the sample rate of your soundcard going down to 22khz.

Try and see if you can lock the samplerate at 44khz, most soundcards has a lock option.

Posted by MSZ on Jul-23-2008 03:50:

haha i have the same problem. you should stop any audio when opening reason, should not be too hard. My system is really off right now, desperately needs a reformat, im assuming this will fix your problem as well as mine.

Posted by MSZ on Jul-23-2008 03:51:

you know what, when the pitch goes down, it makes some of sounds a lot cooler. But you can never capture it slow-downed unless done externaly ;[

Posted by MSZ on Jul-23-2008 03:52:

most likely registry/driver issues im assuming

Posted by Jimb0b on Jul-23-2008 04:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Subtle
Thats the sample rate of your soundcard going down to 22khz.

Try and see if you can lock the samplerate at 44khz, most soundcards has a lock option.

I think you may of hit the nail on the head there!, the thing is, it doesnt happen all the time so it's difficult to test. I checked the M-Audio control panel and there is an option under "Sample Rate" called "Rate Locked", so I have set it to 44khz (as it already was) and have ticked the rate locked box, so I will now just keep an eye on it.

Thanks!!

Posted by MSZ on Jul-23-2008 04:07:

i wish my software was as good as m-audios.

Posted by Storyteller on Jul-23-2008 08:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Cetra�
Here's what I'd do to work out what the problem is.

1) Check to see what programs start when your pc does. Also run a virus/spyware scan

2) Check to see if there are newer drivers for your sound card.

3) Try another OS

4) Try putting it in a computer that doesn't have the problem

5) Try another sound card and see if it still happens.

This one was pretty funny

Posted by Cetra� on Jul-23-2008 10:26:

I was being serious, that's probably what I would do if I had this issue.

Posted by Storyteller on Jul-23-2008 10:55:

Well now you know, if audio slows down to half speed (or speeds up for that matter) it generally isn't a virus OR an OS problem .

A driver problem would be the only realistic possibility in my opinion. But generally drivers like ASIO have problems working at multiple sample rates. So if you open a second sequencer or audio program which requires different settings these things happen . Next time you know where to look and it would save you the hassle of working down your own list .

Posted by MSZ on Jul-23-2008 20:19:

in my case i think its the drivers, i havent formatted in a very long while, and other drivers are acting up.