Distorted music

When ever I sync my 8gb Apple iPhone with iTunes, half the songs that are synced are somehow ditorted. Example. One of my favorite songs that I listen to on iTunes plays fine then when I go to listen to the some song on my iPhone it cuts off about a minute of the end. I have to use the little scroll at the top to pass that point just so I can listen to the end. Other songs skip like a CD player would. Yes I running on Window Vista and I expected fixable problems to occur, but I don't know if I should blame this problem on the computer or the iPhone. How do I fix this? (Also, whenever photos are synced, part of the image on most of the pictures have a wierd color effect to them. Yet another distortion.)

computernerd2442,
This article may help out with the distorted photos syncing over:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306525
Hope this helps,
Jennifer B.

Similar Messages

Sound Distortion - Music and Events only

My iphone 3gs 3.1.2 seems to have a software issue playing sounds. when playing music from the speaker or using the headphone jack the sound is incredibly distorted and unrecognisable, even with the volume low. i have done several soft and hard resets which fix the problem for a short time and it then returns, sometimes part way through a song, video or application. interestingly the sound whilst making standard voice calls is ok, but maybe this is not as noticeable as it is at a lower volume and has less bass tones. Any ideas?

I am having the same problem. Have sent an email to customer support to see if any feedback. Since music file that was purchased on iphone plays fine when synced to PC and played in Itunes I suspect is hardware or software problem with Iphone 3GS. Seems to have been happening ever since I purchased though.

IPod Touch Speaker Distorting Music

Hey everyone,
I'm writing music for an app that is going to be released for iPhone and iPod Touch, using Logic. After bouncing the finished songs, they sound great on my speaker system, through any headphones, and through my Macbook speakers. But, when played on my iPod Touch without the headphones in so the sound is coming out the little built in speaker, it distorts when it gets to certain areas of these songs when particular instruments are playing. Any idea as to why this is happening, and what I can do to prevent this? It's certainly not normal, no other apps that have background music do it.
Thanks!
John

The first thing I'd take a look at is the file's RMS level. Too high an rms level and you will be distorting either the speaker or output amp. The Speaker is probably receiving the sum of both stereo channels, too high an RMS output will surely overdrive the output section/speaker
The headphone output is taken from a different point in the circuitry, before the signals are summed...that's why it's output is clean.
Do you have any downloads from the iTunes music store? Can you load one into a stereo editor (or Logic) and take a look at the levels?
(The other more remote possibility)
Are you mixing with a subwoofer?
If not, check to make sure you don't have to much gain on the low end, it could be a single instrument or it could be a combination of two (or more) instruments interacting. A Fender Rhodes patch and an electric or upright bass can interact and produce some nasty difference pitches. That's why I suggested rolling off anything below 200Hz (as a test) to see if the distortion clears up.
pancenter-

Distorted music and sound from headphone socket

I've just started having an issue with my iPod touch, which is just over one year old. Whenever playing sound (music, videos etc.) the sound is distorted and "echoey" from the headphone socket, unless I apply some pressure to the connection. When I let go of the connection, the distortion returns. I have tried different headphones, but this makes no difference to the problem. Playing music on speakers via the dock connection is problem-free.
Is this an issue I can do something about myself or will I have to go to an Apple store to have the iPod fixed? If it needs to be fixed, does anyone know how much this is likely to cost me?
Thanks for any suggestions or advice!

Hi Paul,
Make sure there is no debris in the headphone jack by connecting and disconnecting the headphones a few times, as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1575#faq7
If you iPod is still in warranty the repair may be free. This article: http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/faq/ provides more information about the iPod touch service options.
-Jason

Itunes playing distorted music

I recently downloaded the newest version of itunes. When I went to play the music on my computer, it came out distorted. I've tried all the solutions given on here and nothing has worked. Is there any other solution to this problem?

I got it, go to options under your visualizer and uncheck the Use DirectX option. This worked!

OK I tried you fix distorted music with QuickTime it fixed most of the songs but some still start kinda ruff...my iTunes version is 11.3

Hey seems like my music is distorted when I play it...I tried the Quicktime fix it and it worked on some songs but some songs still start out a little distorted and maybe half way into the song...so what to do now ?

No, you shouldn't have to continually restore the iPod.
You could try a format of the iPod in Windows. A full format does a check and remap of bad sectors on the iPod hard drive, and you would need to restore the iPod as normal (using the iPod updater) afterward. This can also work when the iPod is recognized by the computer, but not by the updater.
First, put the iPod into forced disk mode.
See: How to put the iPod into disk mode.
On your PC, go "my computer" and right click on the iPod, then choose "format". Ensure the settings are at "default" and that "quick format" is not checked. Now select "format". It will take a while, but when that's finished, restore the iPod using the updater.
If you need to, reset the iPod to exit disk mode.
If that doesn't work, then it most likely needs service.

Distorted music in new PC Suite?

I have recently installed the current version of PC suite, ripped some cd s to media player and then sent them to my phone (6680) via bluetooth. Everything seemed ok except when i play any of the tracks back on the phone they re distorted. Any help apprieciated,Daz.

I'm having the same problem with Nokia MM.
Fresh install of XP SP2 and PC Suite 6.8.21.
Tried converting MP3s to 48kbps M4A. The sound is tinny and distorted. This is true on the playing on the PC and on the phone.
brad

Ipod distorting music when i press the "Menu" button.

When i press the "menu" button and sometimes when i just touch it the now playing song distorts... really crap sound too.. Any help would be greatly appreiated. Thanks.

no, it didnt work, the distortion has just gotten worse. I am hopeful that the warranty will hold out since ive only had it since christmas

I have an iPod 3rd gen, and the audio jack plays distorted music?

If I don't tightly hold the headphones into the iPod it won't play music/sounds clearly. My warranty is up and I'm not sure what to do. If I send it in to Apple, will they give me back a 3rd gen 32 gig iPod touch (the same info as the one I currently have) or will they give me back a nano or something that's worth less money? Help me, please and thank you:)

Apple will exchange it for the same model/capacity for this price:
Apple - Support - iPod - Repair pricing
A third-party place lke this one is less expensive. Google for more places.
iPhone Repair, Service & Parts: iPod Touch, iPad, MacBook Pro Screens

Iphone 4s distorting music

Hi,
Recently I was listening to a song, paused it whilst I did something then came back to it and it sounded all scrambled. You can't hear any of the original song anymore so it's not like it's just distorted as I have read some other peoples experiences are. I have tried restarting the phone, closing apps on the phone and re importing the song from itunes but nothing has worked. The song still plays fine in itunes though.
It's really annoying because I can't work it out. I didn't do an upgrade, literally just paused it for a second and now it won't work. Any ideas would be fantastic

Tap the screen.
iPhone User Guide (For iOS 5.0 Software)

Music Distortion via Earphones

Hello community,
Just yesterday, my iPhone 3G which runs on 3.1.2 played back distorted music.
The music echoes and sounds warped, and the artist lyrics become muffled. It's similar to only listening to an instrumental but in a distorted way.
I checked my EQ and sound check in the iPod settings, but everything looks normal and untouched.
How can I fix this?
Thank you in advance.

Could be slightly undersized jack plug on the Shure's, together with a not so forgiving jack on the iPhone. Do they work ok when wiggled? Not just a dirty jack plug on the Shure's is it, with a not very healthy spring contact on the iPod jack socket. Try cleaning the jack plug with a solvent, (wipe clean after though). Jack socket connections can be cleaned of sorts by repeated plugging/unplugging.

Sound Distortion iMac 2007

I just noticed my iMac was distorting music, movies and even some system sounds are sounding "hollow" and have a sort of echo. I have successfully reproduced the distortion on a Logitec 2.1 sound system as well as the standard iMac speakers and headphones. The distortion happens at all sound levels of system and program volume. My extremely limited computer hardware experience tells me that my sound card might be bad, but I would hate to go and buy a replacement only to have the same problem after the thinning of my wallet. I am not sure how relevant a description of the sound might be, but for those of you who used to be Winamp users, it sounds like your music did when the preamp slider was turned up too high on the EQ bar.
Of course my AppleCare expired last month right before I noticed this problem. All I can think about is the term "planned obsolescence," and it is really making my blood boil.
Alternate hypotheses - I have had SRS iWOW as well as the program "Hear" installed but they never caused any trouble when I was using them but I had wondered if they might have corrupted some sort of system files dealing with the sound output. I have since uninstalled them both and restarted the computer but there has been no change in the sound.
Also, I am a noob to the forums here and I hope that I got the right forum to post this. My apologies if this should be somewhere else.

Have you done a SMC or PRAM reset? If not that's a good place to start, if you don't know how here are the directions:
_SMC RESET_
• Shut down the computer.
• Unplug the computer's power cord.
• Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
• Release the power button.
• Attach the computers power cable.
• Press the power button to turn on the computer.
_PRAM RESET_
• Shut down the computer.
• Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
• Turn on the computer.
• Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
• Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
• Release the keys.
Post back with what happens.
Regards,
Roger

What's the cause of this audio distortion?

Hi, I'm new to the forum and I've run into a problem that I can't seem to fix. I've have distorted music playback before that was caused by too many background programs running simultaneously. I discovered, by accident, that closing all background programs would fix the sound distortion I was experiencing when listening to music. I've used nearly all but 1gb of my 16gb memory and I have several different music apps, all of which greatly improve upon the sound of the built in hardware.
My favorite of these apps is EQu which allows an amazing amount of eq customization and preset creation. One day, after listening to music all night and falling asleep, I awoke to my phone completely drained of battery juice so I charged it for a few hours and the distortion issue is back except this time NOTHING will get rid of it! I've deleted & reinstalled all music tracks, uninstalled all music apps and only reinstalled EQu but the problem remains. This distortion is present in all music players (including stock player) on all tracks and can be heard in the internal speaker. It doesn't matter what volume level or if the connection is via the headphone jack, line out, or Bluetooth- the distortion is present and seemingly permanent! I have an iPad2 with all of the same apps (save Sonic Junky EQ)as my iPhone4 & it is working just fine. I suspect some app I installed and uninstalled may have somehow corrupted the audio processor but I want to avoid resetting the whole device for obvious reasons. The last backup I had via iCloud was during the distortion problem so I don't think restoring from that backup would work if it's an app that created this problem.
There's at least one person that reviewed an app called "Sonic Junky Equalizer" that stated it messed up his volume and a number of other people report it being very buggy in general. That app was the most recent audio app I installed and uninstalled because it was so buggy. I just hope the damage is reversible without having to do a reset! Any advice of the matter would be greatly appreciated.

Really not sure why that particular error message happens.. I'm guessing it's because ODP tries to construct an DateTime out of an invalid value .. but it looks like the cause is that you're binding the input parameters as output parameters.
I can reproduce (and fix) that error with the following code.
Hope it helps,
Greg
using System;
using System.Data;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Types;
class Program
static void Main(string[] args)
using (OracleConnection con = new OracleConnection())
con.ConnectionString = "user id=scott;password=tiger;data source=orcl";
con.Open();
using (OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand())
cmd.CommandText = "update emp set hiredate=:1 where empno=7369";
cmd.Connection = con;
OracleParameter paramAsOfDate = new OracleParameter();
paramAsOfDate.ParameterName = "AOD";
paramAsOfDate.OracleDbType = OracleDbType.Date;
paramAsOfDate.Value = Convert.ToDateTime("4-FEB-2007");
// this reproduces the error
paramAsOfDate.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;
// this fixes the error
//paramAsOfDate.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input;
cmd.Parameters.Add(paramAsOfDate);
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}

ITune 7.0 awful song distortion

So, amongst the host of other bugs with this release, this is the most aggravating of all for me.
A lot of the music is totally distorted and unlistenable after updating to iTunes 7.0. I can't find any common feature of the distorted songs, it seems to be random, but consistent with the same songs.
It sounds washed out, like an old audio cassette. I found a suggestion that recommended turning off crossfade playback, and after I went to make sure it was off (it already was) and then went back to play a problem song, it sounded fine. Quitting and then reopening iTunes brings back the distorted music.
I've opened the song files in Quicktime 7.1.3 and they're distorted there too, so I'm thinking this a Quicktime issue, but I'm posting here because most people will notice the problem in iTunes.
I'm eagerly anticipating Apple's update, but in the meantime does anyone have any ideas?

Have you tried downgrading the Quicktime engine? That may not be possible. That might not be possible, in fact I think I remember reading something about iTunes not running with out QT 7.1.3. But it might be worth a shot, at least for experimental purposes.

How do I stop garageband taking an input from Spotify while using the guitar amps?

Should be able to do it shouldn't i? I just want to use the amps to play along to songs but the Spotify audio is going through the amps too and resulting in distorted music when using gain

Do you have an effect or Amp sim turned on?

Distorted music

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for