Yesterday I recorded our band rehearsal with a Zoom R16 on MacBook in Waveform as I do every week.
So, recorded directly in Waveform as audio.
Weirdly this week the recorded file seems tot be 5 hours long while the rehearsal was only 2:30hours approximately.
When I want to playback the recordings they sound very slow and distorted.
Anyone an idea what could be wrong?
Thanks
weird playback of recordings in waveform
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- KVRAF
- 4891 posts since 3 Jan, 2003 from Vancouver
Imported audio since 12.5 is set to auto-detect tempo by default. Waveform scans the audio and tries to find the tempo, then after it believes it's found the tempo, it matches the audio clip tempo to the tempo of the Edit.
This can be confusing.
To restore an audio clip to normal, first open the Control Panel at the bottom to "Useful Mode" or select the Actions tab of the Browser. If an audio clip is selected, the Control Panel will have a "Loop Properties" tab that includes a check-box for Auto-Tempo. The same check-box is available in the Actions tab. After it is un-checked you may still need to stretch the audio clip to its proper length using the empty arrow at the top right of the clip.
To stop this from happening again, go to Settings -> General -> Editing and de-select the "Detect tempo of imported audio files" setting.
You can always turn the clip's Auto-Tempo on when you want that to happen. You can also use the tempo settings in the Control Panel to make adjustments if Waveform doesn't scan the tempo correctly. I find that I sometimes need to change the number of beats to get the correct tempo.
This can be confusing.
To restore an audio clip to normal, first open the Control Panel at the bottom to "Useful Mode" or select the Actions tab of the Browser. If an audio clip is selected, the Control Panel will have a "Loop Properties" tab that includes a check-box for Auto-Tempo. The same check-box is available in the Actions tab. After it is un-checked you may still need to stretch the audio clip to its proper length using the empty arrow at the top right of the clip.
To stop this from happening again, go to Settings -> General -> Editing and de-select the "Detect tempo of imported audio files" setting.
You can always turn the clip's Auto-Tempo on when you want that to happen. You can also use the tempo settings in the Control Panel to make adjustments if Waveform doesn't scan the tempo correctly. I find that I sometimes need to change the number of beats to get the correct tempo.
Surely there must be consensus by now...
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 7 posts since 3 Nov, 2023
Thx a lot. But my problem is that it’s not an imported file. It’s the recorder edit itself that’s totally weird sounding and has a duration of about double the time I recorded in reality.
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Peter Widdicombe Peter Widdicombe https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=336849
- KVRian
- 1205 posts since 29 Aug, 2014
Unclear here... How was it recorded? Was it just audio input into Waveform recorded as audio, or was it a recording taken from the R16 in whatever format it produces, that you were importing into Waveform?
Waveform 13; Win10 desktop/8 Gig; Win11 Laptop; MPK261; VFX+disfunctional ESQ-1
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- KVRAF
- 4891 posts since 3 Jan, 2003 from Vancouver
1. Did you check the Loop Properties tab to see if the Auto-Tempo had been turned on somehow?
2. Check to see if the sample rate of the audio device and the audio clips are the same.
2. Check to see if the sample rate of the audio device and the audio clips are the same.
Surely there must be consensus by now...
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 7 posts since 3 Nov, 2023
1. Auto-Tempo wasn’t turned of during recording. If I switch it off now doesn’t make a difference.
2. Sample rate in the r16 says 44.1khz while the recorded wav-files are 48khz. But the wavs I recorded before with the r16 are the same and they play normal.
2. Sample rate in the r16 says 44.1khz while the recorded wav-files are 48khz. But the wavs I recorded before with the r16 are the same and they play normal.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 7 posts since 3 Nov, 2023
weirdest thing is that te wavs are all double the duration that they were recorded.
When I recorded for 10 minutes the resulting wavs are 20 minutes....
When I double the speed in Waveform the tempo is correct but there is a lot of distortion and artificial noise going on then...
When I recorded for 10 minutes the resulting wavs are 20 minutes....
When I double the speed in Waveform the tempo is correct but there is a lot of distortion and artificial noise going on then...
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Peter Widdicombe Peter Widdicombe https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=336849
- KVRian
- 1205 posts since 29 Aug, 2014
... and this is all with no effects or reverb or EQ on the Waveform site at all? Can you play it back through the Zoom immediately after recording and it does the same thing?
Is the zoom truly coming in as an audio into another interface, or it comes in as a USB-Audio device? If so, is there a Zoom ASIO or other driver installed?
Is the zoom truly coming in as an audio into another interface, or it comes in as a USB-Audio device? If so, is there a Zoom ASIO or other driver installed?
Waveform 13; Win10 desktop/8 Gig; Win11 Laptop; MPK261; VFX+disfunctional ESQ-1
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 7 posts since 3 Nov, 2023
the zoom acts as an usb-audio device. I'm using a MacBook so don't need asio. Properly shows up in the audio devices, I can select al inputs, etc, ...
Never had this problem before with it...
Never had this problem before with it...