Vocal modification

[Horsetrainer4ch]

I recorded some music with a AM-242 NCAT computer mic and a program called Conference Recorder, and everything played great on my computer; but when I played the CD in a CD player and another computer, my vocals were dropped an octave. Any idea why and how I can fix this? Thanx

 

[bsanfordnyc]

you could start by not submitting questions in yellow-on-white font...good, then people could read your question without getting a migraine..



beyond that, I don't know...the problem is that you recorded the vocals an octave lower somehow...there's no other explanation for a CD dropping your vocals by an octave.

 

[c7sus]

Sampling rate on the original computer.

 

[Horsetrainer4ch]

If it's the sampling rate, how do I fix it?

 

[wakeupbomb]

Rerecord it with a new sampling rate, or go back to the original and change the sampling rate.

 

[Horsetrainer4ch]

Any idea what the right sampling rate is? Or how I find out?

 

[radiorickm]

something else

I, can not, in my wildest dreams, imagine how a sampling rate change could possibly lead to CHANGING the signal by exactly one octave. you could drop the sampling rate from 44khz to 2 hz, and you would still have the same sound, just not near as much of it. (not as many samples)

my bet is there is something goofy in the software, like a relative play back speed or something like that.

just out of curiousity did it change JUST you voice, or did it change everything down one ocatave. how did you redord this? what kind of music and how did you get it into the program??

i think i would look in this direction.

 

[Horsetrainer4ch]

Yep, just my voice. I just sat down in front of my computer, pressed record, and played my guitar and sang. Just one of the songs that I've written

 

[bennychico11]

I agree with Radio, i can't think of ANY reason why sampling rate would ever change the pitch on only one track or any tracks for that matter. Does your voice sound fake and stretched on the CD? Even through a pitch transposer an octave is a lot of processing for it to do and computers can never make it sound like the original. I'm not familiar with the software program, but i'd say try getting a different one for recording music. You could even use the windows recorder that comes with the OS...easy cheap way to record.

 

[AlChuck]

If the sampling rate that the file is recorded at is 88.2 kHz, you get 1 sample every 1/88,200th of a second.

Now if you take that file and play it back at 44.1 kHz, without resampling it, you get 1 sample every 1/44,100th of a second. It takes twice as long to play each sample than it did to record it. The result is that it takes twice as long to play the file back, which what happens to sound recorded on a tape when it's played back at half-speed.

You can prove it to yourself, just try it. Sound Forge has a check box on the Resample dialog box labeled Change sample rate only (do not resample). I'm sure most audio editors allow you to do this; it might be called something different, but there must be a way.