Hi! I'm an avid composer but sadly not very knowledgeable about the technical aspects of electronic music, so I'm not sure what's causing this issue:
Certain sounds that I use for songs in Audiotool will sometimes come out an octave higher than they ought to be when played on different devices.
For example: I was on a Zoom call and I wanted to show my friends a song I'd made here and posted on Bandcamp, so one of the people on the call shared his computer audio and played my song - but the main melody sounded like it was an octave too high. When I played the song from my computer, it sounded fine. I had my earbuds in the whole time, so the actual physical speakers I was listening through were the same throughout.
Is this a problem where lower frequencies aren't caught on certain devices, or something? Is there a way I can fix it while composing/mixing, or is it just an unavoidable pitfall of different people having different speakers/sound cards/etc?
Thanks in advance!
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Maybe it's because of your sample tempo settings in AT, if you import samples using Probe make sure you're using the one/shot setting.
if you're stretching/fixing your sample to the project tempo, set the time stretching playback mode
Alas, it's not my samples - actually, I've gone through the songs that are having this issue and I've realized that all of the problem sounds seem to be from the Space synthesizer.
I've been looking into it just now and come to the conclusion that perhaps I need to use an equalizer to boost some of the lower frequencies? Tough to say, since I think I'll need my friend's computer to test it out (and I won't be able to see him until after Thanksgiving :'D)
Good to know
tempo or internet issue I'm betting
because of you import a sample with a certain tempo into a project with a different tempo it will be either be speadup or slowed depending on the tempo diffrence
funny i had this same issue with the space 2 years back when i had just joined audiotool
only one time, though
invite me and i can help