Topic: slowing down? transfering info from dat to computer

[c.b.taper]

trying to transfer info to computer i have midi mia card in my older computer and when i try to transfer it starts out fine. eventually it sounds like it is running on slow on playback. when i listened to the tape it sounds fine . what is going on ?

[Brian Skalinder]

Does the speed start off fine and then gradually slow down?  Or does it start fine and then there's a specific point in time at which it jumps to slow?  Or is it slow the entire time on the PC?  If the last, sounds like a sample rate mismatch between the WAV header and the data.  You should be able to use a WAV editor to change the WAV header's sample rate to match the data.  Note:  this is -not- resampling, and should take place nearly instantaneously.  If it takes time, then you're resampling, and that's not what you want to do.

If the either of the former...dunno what to say.

[c.b.taper]

starts off fine and then slows

[mhibbs]

That's really strange.  Does it sound clean when it starts slowing down?  In other words, it's not full of clicks/pops or the stuttering that you see when the computer can't keep up w/ the data it's trying to record?

[c.b.taper]

master tape plays great i tryed to transfer to soundforge 7.0 with a mia/midi card in my desktop. tape is 48 sample rate. soundforge is set to recode to 44.1. when i go to playback on soundforge or goldwave there are spots that are "slow" otherwise the recording sounds fine. i have no idea whats going on and running out ideas to transfer dat to my computer digitally of course.

[69mako]

I beleive that you will have to record the music at 48K and at a later time downsample to 44.1K.  I know when I forget to make sure the sample rates are set properly, I will get speed problems.  i hope that is your problem.  Good Luck.

Mako

[c.b.taper]

never had to in the past but i didnt think of trying that. thanks.

[c.b.taper]

thanks it worked