Why is audio distorted in Live 6?

Cory Cullinan · Post by **Cory Cullinan** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:12 pm

Hello,

I am starting to use Live 6 for live shows. I am an experienced Logic 7 user.

When I record vocals or guitar (any audio) into Live 6, it sounds very bad -- distorted, sort of like it was recorded under water.

When I use exactly the same audio interface and input setup with Logic 7, it sounds fine. So it must have something to do with the way Live is currently set up.

I went through the tutorials and set everything correctly, as far as I can tell. I have my sample rate set to 44.1.

My hardware is:

Apogee Ensemble interface
MacBook Pro computer

I am on a deadline and this problem has me completely stuck. Anybody know what to do?

Thanks,

Cory Cullinan

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:34 pm

'underwater' sound normally relates to having warping on, although that wouldn't really begin to produce nasty sounds unless you changed tempo between recording and playing back.

IE : record at 120 bpm , play it back warped at 60 bpm ... you'll get wobble.

if you record and play back at the same tempo , even with warp on you should get no wobble or muffling.

I advise against using 'complex' mode though - that always produces artifacts in your sound, even if you don't change tempo.

warping is timestretching and all timestretching makes artifacts.

Cory Cullinan · Post by **Cory Cullinan** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:36 pm

Thank you Angstrom!