Imported Audio sounds "tinny" and "low"

Hi, I have an issue that I really need help with fast! (Don't
we all?) I've used professionally recorded .wav files that sound
absolutely wonderful--until I import them. Actually, they sound
great when listened to via the audio tab in the caption box, but
not in the actual movie. I have edited the files in terms of
breaking them up into shorter chunks to correspond with text on
various slides. This issue varies from movie to movie--and I can't
discern any differences among settings etc. Help! my client does
not like!
Regards,
Cathleen

I've seen the same thing - but it wasn't imported audio, it
was audio created in Captivate itself. Matter of fact, it occurred
in one of the sample movies I created to display Jesse Warden's
Captivate Player ... and it sounds exactly lilke that. I remember
when doing the audio that I had stopped Captivate, then restarted
the recording of audio when I noticed it.
It only happened on slide #1 because I caught it, and reset
the audio test dialog from scratch, then recorded all other slides
(audio) over again . . . I didn't realize until I had published it
to the web that I had forgotten to re-record slide #1.
If you want to hear the effect
use ths
link, and use the CPlayer to go to the "Edit View" movie .
The trick was (for me) to shut down the movie, then re-open
to force Captivate to re-check audio volume level ... that fixed it
for me so I didn't go any further into the settings . . .
.

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