Sounds like what I have had happen when my sound card was set for one frequency and my program for another. (This is a general comment, I have never used skype.) drew On Thursday 19 February 2009 11:17:15 David Hugh-Jones wrote: > Hello all > > I've been trying to fix this for months on and off and have had no > luck. I'm afraid it's Skype-related, but I hope there is some general > interest. > > My problem is that usually, when I record from my USB webcam > microphone (a creative Live! USB cam), the pitch is shifted upwards so > I sound like on helium. > > But, sometimes, this doesn't happen. I can't identify the difference. > > Can anyone suggest what I should be looking for? I tried grepping > /sys/snd*/parameters and comparing them for when the mike works and > when it doesn't; they are identical. > > My kernel is 2.6.17-12; Alsa version 1.0.17; a generic Ubuntu Intrepid > setup, using PulseAudio. > > Cheers > David > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > !DSPAM:499d948476961087120581! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user