Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70930/ 2008-10-08T04:32:28-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70930/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-03-06T23:22:13-05:00 kelly hinds http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70930/?l=1#530906 sorry i wasn't very specific. when my son plays his star wars game it appears the music was right but the voices low &amp; slow. but after your answer i put a cd in &amp; the whole thing plays low &amp; slow. does that help? thanks kelly text/html 2008-03-06T08:45:40-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70930/?l=1#530853 kelly hinds said: <div class="quote">...which works for sounds &amp; music normally. but all voices are very deep &amp; slow like when the batteries run flat in your old tape player. any ideas?...</div><br /> <br /> Which program (aka application) are you using to play-back the video or music?<br /> <br /> This kind of problem likely isn't due to the card or its drivers/installation.<br /> <br /> Your application (e.g. DVD player) is playing the material back at altered speeds. The application should have a control that allows you to change this setting. It might be listed under 'features', 'effects', or it may even be a graphic symbol on a 'picture' of the player (some programs provide an image of a CD or DVD player's front panel). Sometimes, menu controls are hidden and you have to right-click somewhere on the player's 'front-panel' image to bring up the menus.<br /> <br /> You can check this by trying a different application. For example, if you are using PowerDVD to play a video, try using Windows Media Player instead.<br /> <br /> <br /> edited to add--<br /> Such speed/sound manipulation is a popular feature of programs because they allow someone to speed-up a video to shorten the play-back time, while listening to the voices and music at the &quot;right&quot; or &quot;normal&quot; speed. Some people prefer to make a video last longer, and again, adjust the sound so the voices and music play back at the &quot;right&quot; speed (just like we would hear it if it played at the un-altered speed. I often like to make my movies last longer, and the sound would be low and slow exactly as you described, unless I used a menu option to change the audio play-back filters to make things sound &quot;normal&quot;.<br /> <br /> edit to add--<br /> Another possible answer is that whatever audio/video files you're playing have already been altered or recorded in a format with specific file attributes by someone to produce that effect. The way to check for that is to play a commercially available CD/DVD. If everything sounds &quot;normal&quot;, then it is your source file that needs to be modified or put through a filter before you play it back. text/html 2008-03-06T07:36:56-05:00 kelly hinds http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70930/?l=1#0 i installed pci 3d sound card cm18738-6ch (5.1 channels) in setup it has options for various choices ie 6ch, 8ch etc. the box says its 6ch, but the only one it allows me to install is the 8ch. which works for sounds &amp; music normally. but all voices are very deep &amp; slow like when the batteries run flat in your old tape player. any ideas? thanks kelly<br /> p.s. I'm very new at this &amp; not very knowledgeable, so please be kind &amp; simple in your help.