> i hope that others can say something useful by looking at the > screenshot. i'm sure what to conclude as for cause of this behaviour. > (by the way, is this a sample of "silence" recorded into your RME > card???) no, it's a soundfile ... it was the only soundfile i had on my laptop after installing win ... i had to remove the partition with my samples ... the non-zero samples are the soundfile ... from other soundfiles i played, it seems, that the blocks from the sound file are played with the correct pitch ... but it takes twice as long as it should to play them ... Tim mailto:TimBlechmann@xxxxxx ICQ: 96771783 -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" Jack Kerouac