All sound playback at half speed

• Feb 20, 2025 - 11:10

Today, my MuseScore software suddenly came up with a weird bug. All sound is played back at half speed, meaning both tempo and pitch are affected, pitch drops a full octave. The bug affects all of my scores, even if I start a new one, so I assume the issue has to do with the playback and not the sheet music.
I tried reverting to factory settings, and even uninstalling and re-installing. Nothing happened. Same after restarting computer.

I am using only the basic Windows version of the free MuseScore software, no add-ons. The bug appeared on starting the app, the first time I tried to playback one of my scores.


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I have been using the software for 3 days with no issues until today. I am able to change the tempo with the percentage widget, but the tempo on playback is still half what it's supposed to be, and pitch is not affected.

In reply to by anttilonnblad

Update: issue resolved, or at least I found a way to avoid it. It had to do with my Bluetooth headphones.

Apparently the sound playback doesn't like it when my headphones disconnect and reconnect to the computer. Now that I noticed the cause of the bug, I suddenly remembered that the software crashing a couple times earlier, which I didn't really pay much attention to since computer programs crash all the time. Now I suspect the crashes were also to do with the Bluetooth headphones.

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