Old 01-09-2018, 08:44 AM   #1
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Hi all.

Quick question, I hope. I'm running Reaper through a Focusrite Clarett 4Pre on an iMac. For some reason, when I launch Reaper, the audio in other apps changes. As an example, right now with Reaper running, a YouTube video on Firefox (and on Chrome) runs with the audio at a higher pitch than it should, as if the playback speed has increased slightly. If I close Reaper, and then load a new YouTube video, it eventually goes back to normal. This doesn't happen when I run a project in Studio One 3.5, so it seems to be an issue that starts in Reaper, not the Focusrite. It's very odd... Any ideas?

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Old 01-09-2018, 08:49 AM   #2
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Check Preferences/Audio/Close audio device when stopped and application is inactive is active
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Old 01-09-2018, 08:50 AM   #3
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BTW is this Phil Marino of "Days Like These"?
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Old 01-09-2018, 08:52 AM   #4
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Check Preferences/Audio/Close audio device when stopped and application is inactive is active
That was unchecked. It's now checked and that seems to have fixed it. Thanks so much!
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It is... Who are you?
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Hi all.

Quick question, I hope. I'm running Reaper through a Focusrite Clarett 4Pre on an iMac. For some reason, when I launch Reaper, the audio in other apps changes. As an example, right now with Reaper running, a YouTube video on Firefox (and on Chrome) runs with the audio at a higher pitch than it should, as if the playback speed has increased slightly. If I close Reaper, and then load a new YouTube video, it eventually goes back to normal. This doesn't happen when I run a project in Studio One 3.5, so it seems to be an issue that starts in Reaper, not the Focusrite. It's very odd... Any ideas?

Thanks,
-Philip
Sounds like Reaper had core audio in focus and a sample rate request from the media player (Youtube) didn't get through. So Youtube just kept going anyway assuming a different sample rate. Hence wrong speed playback.

If you want youtube audio running concurrently with Reaper (and the ability to record it into Reaper and so forth), have everything use the same sample rate. Audio with video is often 48k.
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Colin of "Futureland" & "Still Waters" ;-)
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Hah! Hope you're well. Thanks again for the help.
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