Hi Great info here. Good to know and thank you for telling me and others. Where is this performance tab? Is it in the Sounds & Audio Devices? I go there by choosing start menu, control panel, Sounds and audio devices. I don't know every tab here. Thank you again. Petro --- rs_denis <rs_denis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I recorded two shows this weekend and went to play them. They > were saved as > MP3 files. Both came out with static making them almost > inaudible and > certainly nothing one would want to listen to for more than a > minute or two. > I assumed the problem came in the recording session perhaps > from the > stations of origination. I deleted the files but fortunately, > left them in > the recycle bin for a bit. I then played an older recording > which I knew > was good and heard the same static. After much wallowing > around in various > settings (most of which remain a mystery to me) I found that > something had > changed settings in the audio portions of my sound reducing > the acceleration > and sampling to their lower rates. I had no idea what did > this, but > restored them to their highest settings. The old recording > now played as it > should. I restored the deleted files from the recycle bin and > they both > played perfectly. The moral of this experience is simple, if > you make a > recording and it comes out poorly, don't immediately think > that something > went wrong with the replay recording. > I should mention that the settings affected were in the > performance tab of > audio settings in windows SXP home. Other factors can > interfere with > playback. Ron Denis > > -- > To unsubscribe: e-mail blindreplay-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > unsubscribe in subject > To contact list owner: e-mail blindreplay-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To unsubscribe: e-mail blindreplay-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in subject To contact list owner: e-mail blindreplay-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx