Notes sound cackly and are too high

• Feb 24, 2023 - 21:25
Reported version
4.0
Type
Functional
Frequency
Few
Severity
S4 - Minor
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
MuseScore

I create a new score then I write a note and the note sounds cracked and cackly and out of pitch, its the same on all instruments

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• Mar 3, 2023 - 07:05
Status needs info ⇒ active

I have Restarted my pc
I have uninstalled musescore 4 and re installed
I have uninstalled musehub and musescore 4 and reinstalled both
I have installed musescore 4 without using musehub
And the issue remains
I have replaced the MS Basic.sf3 file with the one from github

None of these resolved the issue

I'm up to suggestions which may help diagnose the issue, otherwise I might try nuking all musescore products off my drive and reinstalling.

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• Mar 5, 2023 - 07:37
Status active ⇒ closed

I have found the Issue, I changed the audio output of my pc and the issue has resolved itself, so I assume there is a problem with the output of the hardware!

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• Jun 30, 2023 - 19:43
Frequency Once ⇒ Few
Reproducibility Always ⇒  
Severity S3 - Major ⇒ S4 - Minor
Status closed ⇒ active
Workaround No ⇒ Yes

The reason this happens is because of the audio bitrate. Go into your computer control panel > sound > right click on your playback device (headphones, earbuds, etc) > Advanced > Mess around with the default format. For me, I had to lower it from the highest level to two steps down.

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