Out of the blues, this morning really, my MP3s sound like being sung by duffy duck. For no apparent reason, my music is running at 1.5 faster then yesterday. I have rebooted my system just in case but the same thing happens. Not only with MP3 in my PC but also on CD's. Next I'm trying a music CD. Any ideas what is with my sound?
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PC sounds like ducks singing
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I'd check these first thing:
1.) If you are using one program to play your music, try another - maybe it's just a program setting that got accidentally changed. After all, most programs, currently, seem to have some sort of "hot keys" built in by default.
2.) Check your Audio settings under Control Panel, to make sure no weird changes are made there.
3.) Though highly unlikely, I'd try several virus/spyware checks if the others don't pan out. I mean, it'd be possible for someone to use malware of sorts to speed up your music, but I just can't see anyone actually wanting to do that. I've been surprised by stupidity before, so if that's the case, it won't be the first surprise.
If I had to make a guess, regardless of anything, I'd say it is a software-specific setting. I know that you can speed up and slow down music in just about any major program that will play it, nowadays.
Try that and let us know.
1.) If you are using one program to play your music, try another - maybe it's just a program setting that got accidentally changed. After all, most programs, currently, seem to have some sort of "hot keys" built in by default.
2.) Check your Audio settings under Control Panel, to make sure no weird changes are made there.
3.) Though highly unlikely, I'd try several virus/spyware checks if the others don't pan out. I mean, it'd be possible for someone to use malware of sorts to speed up your music, but I just can't see anyone actually wanting to do that. I've been surprised by stupidity before, so if that's the case, it won't be the first surprise.
If I had to make a guess, regardless of anything, I'd say it is a software-specific setting. I know that you can speed up and slow down music in just about any major program that will play it, nowadays.
Try that and let us know.
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Check out this discussion thread and see if it sounds like what you're describing:
I've found that when this problem occurs, reinstalling the sound driver fixes it.
I've found that when this problem occurs, reinstalling the sound driver fixes it.
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Thanks for the replay kjv; I'll look into it; I did do sw and antivirus but no improvement was noted. Max, thanks, I did that already hoping that would be the problem since it is an onboard sound device but no improvement. I'll take a look again.
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