Messed up iTunes audio

One day i went to listen to music on iTunes and its all messed up, but it sounds fine in Windows Media Player. It sounds the same for every song in iTunes. It also sounds fine on my iPod.
Heres a sample of the messed up audio: http://media.putfile.com/messed-up-iTunes-audio
Ive uninstalled/re-installed iTunes, Ive closed all other programs that could mess with iTunes and no luck
Anyone know what happened? Thx

ahhh ... the Total Recorder thing ... i'll go for weeks without seeing one of those problems reported, and then suddenly there'll be three reports in two days. i wonder who'll be next?
i don't know of another recording program off the top of my head ... anyone else please feel free to leap in with suggestions.
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
iTunes Store: Authorize or deauthorize your Mac or PC
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1420
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Choose Store > Authorize This Computer from the menu bar.
You may need to show the menu bar to see this option in Windows. In earlier versions of iTunes, you can access this option from the Advanced menu.
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If your Apple ID uses an expired MobileMe account, you can still authorize your computer.
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Let me explain, that there are two options when it comes to storing files in iTunes. When you import files, it will either leave the file in its original location on the hard drive and iTunes will know its location, or it will copy the file and store it in Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Artist_Name/Album_Name/, IF you have the option enabled titled "Keep iTunes Media folder organized."
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