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twotinears

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Music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm [Solved]
« on: April 14, 2019, 10:20:49 am »
Yesterday I opened MC24 and attempted to play some songs.  Sadly, the music sounded like a 45 RPM record playing at 33 RPM.  Any ideas what could have caused this? 
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2019, 10:30:09 am »
Hard to say.  Try power cycling everything, including any playback devices.
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2019, 10:50:01 am »
Everything was off.  I restarted the computer/dac/amp and tried again.  Still very slow.  In fact, I timed one minute and the song had only played 30 seconds of the track as noted on the countdown timer.
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2019, 10:52:53 am »
Try switching drivers in Audio Settings.  Direct Sound, for example.
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2019, 11:13:34 am »
Now I can't get the file to even start playing.  The file name and count down clock appear over the song list and it immediately goes into pause.
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2019, 12:06:56 pm »
I have now tried to play an audio cd with the computer.
This time the "music" played from the cd (through JRiver)  but it was still running slow.
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2019, 02:55:07 pm »
I've had this happen before (though not with Media Center) when the DAC did not switch sample rates correctly and so a higher sample rate output from the PC was being played like it was a lower sample rate by the DAC - or maybe it was the other way around.
I think it was caused by the buffer size being set to the wrong size for the device, so it didn't switch rates correctly.

I'd suggest checking that you are outputting a sample rate that your DAC supports. Perhaps use DSP Studio to set all outputs to 44.1 or 48kHz, and ensure that the buffer size is at least 10ms.
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2019, 03:01:36 pm »
Did you power cycle the DAC?
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2019, 04:19:23 pm »
It was off.  I just unplugged the power cord to get a cold start.

Still running at half speed.

The only driver that seems to work is ASIO.  None of the others produce any sound.

In the interim I have installed MC25.  No improvement.
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2019, 05:23:45 pm »


RD James, thanks for the suggestion.  All are set at 44.1kHz.
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2019, 05:38:15 pm »
Quote from: twotinears on April 14, 2019, 04:19:23 pm
The only driver that seems to work is ASIO.  None of the others produce any sound.
The driver may be the problem.  Where did you get it?  Normally it comes from the manufacturer. What is the DAC?

If the driver is 32 bit, you need to use the 32 bit version of MC.  It would be worth trying it.
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2019, 07:16:24 am »
Have you checked the Tempo & Pitch setting?
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2019, 10:41:13 am »
Quote from: DJLegba on April 15, 2019, 07:16:24 am
Have you checked the Tempo & Pitch setting?
Took the words out of my mouth there :)
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Re: MC24 - music playing sounds like a 45 rpm record at 33 rpm
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2019, 10:55:10 am »
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions.

DJLegba & marko, the problem was "tempo"  It got knocked down to -1!   That box is now unchecked so I won't make that silly mistake again.

Best regards,
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