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Author Topic: Issues playing Hi-Res WAV  (Read 971 times)

thisisbbc

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Issues playing Hi-Res WAV
« on: July 08, 2024, 05:07:40 PM »
Howdy,

My friend was recording an event straight from a mixer and saved the show as Hi-Res WAV (32Bits 96kHz). He made a little mistake by merging the left and right channels so the file is in mono, but this shouldn't really be an issue.

When I tried to play the file in Wacup, the sound was distorted and had a lot of clipping. He was a little panicked at first thinking the entire recording was messed up. I then tried to play the same file in Winamp and the sound was in fact ok and played well.

I'm a bit confused as to what's happening here since I use the same output plugin in Winamp and Wacup (AudioBurst FX). They also both share the same settings. Here's the resampler settings (both identical in Wacup and Winamp):



I have also noticed that the Spectrum Analyzer shows a much more satured waveform in Wacup compared to Winamp as illustrated below:

Wacup


Winamp


Note that this is the exact same file playing, locally (not on my NAS).

Any idea what's going on here?

Thanks!


Edit: Tested with other output plugins Not So Direct and Not So YASAPI, same result.
« Last Edit: July 08, 2024, 05:13:38 PM by thisisbbc »
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Re: Issues playing Hi-Res WAV
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2024, 06:22:13 PM »
Try Preferences -> Plug-ins -> Input -> WAV -> check the option at the bottom of that to see if it helps.

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Re: Issues playing Hi-Res WAV
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2024, 08:52:04 PM »
Looks like it did the trick! File is playing normally now.

Thanks for pointing out this option :-)
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