emu 1212m or f7 semitone #

[Chris Aitken]

Chris Aitken wrote:
> I don't even know what list to post this to. My new emu 1212M PCI 
> soundcard is playing music a semitone higher than it should. THis is 
> not a new problem - it's been that way since I installed the soundcard 
> (which was only a couple of weeks ago). I just gave a bass guitar 
> lesson and had my student put a capo on the first fret to play along 
> with "Dazed and Confused". And it's not just youtube - my CDs play a 
> semitone higher. Audacity plays a semitone higher. So, it must be the 
> soundcard or my system (fedora 7). I'll dust off my little PC speakers 
> and try the onboard soundcard (not the emu 1212M) to see (hear) if 
> it's the OS that's overclocking (not knowing a proper term) the sound.
I just plugged the PC speaker set into the old (onboard) soundcard and 
switched to it in system-sonfig-soundcard. They play at the original 
key. So, it's looking like my emu 1212M PCI soundcard (well, driver 
setting - I can't see how it could be the hardware).

Chris

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