Distorted songs

I have iTunes 6.0.5 and all of my music is distorted and staticy when played. I thought it was my laptop speakers at first, but when played in Windows Media Player, the songs sound fine. Solutions?

we had better check on the usual suspects from the following document. (note that since you've got an itunes 6.0.5.20, you'll need to check on the QT 7 sound out settings rather than the QT 6 ones. restart itunes and/or QuickTime after making any changes to settings.)
iTunes and QuickTime for Windows: Songs and other audio don't play correctly

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hey guys
been reading this and experiencing these problems
I think a lot of windows users will be until Apple fixes them
There's nothing you can do to fix them, it is an ITunes problem, I know this cause there are 5 computers in my house (3 laptops, 2 desktops) all 2 years or younger, one with a great soundblaster card and ALL 5 are having the crackling distorting playback
I'm sure Apple knows this and will fix it

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I was wondering if you ever fixed all the issues as I'm having similar problems. I didn't have this problem when using the iMovie HD and iDVD combo. But now that I use iMovie 08, iDVD 08 and Garageband (forced to use because I want custom chapter markers) I have had the same audio distortion with several projects using various downloaded (amazon) mp3's or LAME rips 224 kbps or higher. I checked the dvd on my PS3 to Pioneer plasma...sounds distorted. Other computers and "simple DVD" players the song is high but can't tell the distortion.
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Is it my PS3-Pioneer TV?
How does the normalization in iMovie work? Does garageband undo it?
Here's why I ask...I set the volume levels for 75% on all music tracks then normalized and exported, loaded in Gband, added chapters and re-exported using share to disk. I saw something speed by that looked liked it said normalizing, and was wondering what that does to the track that is supposedly already normalized.
I plan on running a few tests so that I don't have deal with this again.
I have re-done the audio without normalization, but volume at 75%. I'll import this direct to idvd...test
same thing only run through gband then idvd..test
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You've probably read this elsewhere already, but this is an iTunes 7 problem, I'm just hazarding a guess that's what you have installed. Unfortunately, I'm having the same problem and (im)patiently awaiting a fix from Apple.

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I had same problem with some imported songs. Still don't know why. Try this:
Mark a distorted song in Tunes with right mouse button and choose "Get Info" from context menu, then go to Options.
In there you will find volume adjustment +- 100%. Reduce to -100% and try again. But it's not working more than once, after saving and opening again you will find the adjustment still on -100%.
You also can try to import songs again, which you think are worthwhile the effort and use a different encoder in the iTunes preferences/general/import settings.
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How can I increase the tempo of a song without distorting the vocals?

I have a song I recorded, with the vocals and backing track on seperate tracks.
The song has been recorded a bit too slow, and I need to increase the tempo. However, when I do this, the vocals become distorted and have a wavy sound.
Is there any way I can increase the tempo of the song without distoring the vocals? I've tried doing it on the final song (merged tracks) and on the vocals alone, but nothing seems to work. It doesn't make sense, since when you do the same thing to a song by a professional artist, you can increase the tempo of the song without distoring the vocals.
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in general GB doesn't do such a great job with changing tempo of audio recordings, what you might find works better is to export your song uncompressed and then use an audio editor:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#audioeditors
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

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When using Garageband for iPad (which is amazing by the way), when I export to iTunes, the sound is perfect. When I use the email export function, I find that there are almost always often distortions, artifacts, or ommissions.
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I've found that the AAC file exported through iTunes or through email are exactly the same... however... I've noticed this: Sometimes when I first boot up iPad garageband and start playing a song, I get distortion, dropped notes or ends of notes. If I stop the song, rewind and play again, it sounds fine. Just recently I booted up garageband and WITHOUT opening or playing the song, I exported the AAC (.m4a) file to iTunes and also emailed it to myself. Both versions had chopped notes, stuttering, etc. throughout the whole song!!! On a hunch, I went back to garageband, opened the song and played it. Sure enough, at the beginning it played like sh*t. When I touched the 'go to beginning' button and played again, it played fine. I then closed the song and exported as the above procedure. Both files played fine!
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Actually I have the same problem. It's really funny how if I go back to iTunes 6.x I don't have any problems at all, but as soon as 7.01 is installed it does this stuff.
I have Crossfader turned off, Safemode on, lowered the sample rate in Quicktime. I have the newest drivers for my Soundcard, and for Direct X
This is a REAL problem, I use iTunes to listen to the TONS of music that I purchased on the iTunes Music Store while I play World of Warcraft. This stinking total machine freeze totally hoses my game play.
I wish that Apple would look into WHY suddenly it takes a huge amount of System resources to change to another song in this version, when in the previous unbuggy version it took little to no system resources for iTunes to change to another song (and this was with Crossfader and sound Enchancer ON)
Perhaps the new Gapless Playback feature is causing the problem. I would turn it off, but I don't see the control to do so.
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