Why sped up audio sounds broken?

I have a video clip speeded up 300% with audio option preserve pitch. The audio sounds broken: sound, no sound, sound, no sound... In fact it sounds like scrubbing the time line.
I'm sure if I export the audio and speed it up in audition it would be a lot smoother. But that is a lot of steps to go through.
Is there a way to make this work better?

Thanks, Tom & Pierre. Based on your feedback - I decided to start over with a new project. I made sure the auto correction was turned off for audio and I still experienced the same problem. I then manually checked the audio settings to ensure nothing was checked for Loudness, Background Noise Removal, and Hum Removal. Unfortunately, it is STILL manipulating the audio quality. Tried again with both iphone and cannon camcorder with similar results. Now, I'm wondering if I have a hardware problem with RAM or if I should just reinstall FCP X. From everything you guys say, this is not normal - so I think something is broken. I'll post an update if this fixes it. If anyone else has ideas, I'm open to them.

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The problem in a video: Flash CS6 audio problem - YouTube

here is my problem described in a video:
Flash CS6 audio problem - YouTube
i made the sounds less loud via audacity. no luck.

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>I am using Roxio Video Capture USB
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My audio/sound has been erratic for a while, both output and input, sometimes one would worked but not the other and sometimes both would be none excitant.
System preference does not show what I have connected aka external speakers or headset and the sound output in menu is grayed plus the output on system preferences output as well, sound input looks ok now.
Had Tiger, so I upgraded to Leopard to see if that would helped, Output use to come back after a while, however now input works but output hasn't worked for days, I can hear sound when I am rebooting or starting the computer, but its gone right after.
Since the Mac its fame for their audio stability, no ones seem to know how to solve the problem, so I am kinda desperate.
I have tried the following; ran repair permissions, looked for fluff lol!....still cannot fix the glitch. Any new ideas please!!
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Since the problem existed before installing Leopard, it is clearly a hardware problem. Updating a broken system does not fix it, in fact many times it makes it worse or at least harder to diagnose.
I suggest you repost in the appropriate hardware forum - in your case the G4-17 forum(s) here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1022
and the general G4-17 forum here:
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For years I have been using an X-Fi Platinum PCI card and have been very happy with it. This past August it died and I decided to replace it, and do away with my SLI rig. I purchased an EVGA GTX 760 4G FTW video card and a Recon 3D Fatality Champion sound card.
I installed both with no problems. When I went to listen to music with the new card, it sounded terrible. I opened up the included software to change some settings and it took forever to load. Once the software loaded, after making a few setting changes, it froze. After multiple uninstalls and reinstalls I still had the same problem. I contacted Creative Support, and after a few emails, and sending them info on my machine, I was told to try the Recon in a different slot. I tried every slot on my MOBO, and still had issues with audio fading in and out. Music and games both. The software was less buggy in the last slot I used, but the audio was not right. Also, when using my Klipsch Pro Media 5.1 speakers, the rear speakers were virtually non-existent. The last thing I tried with the card was to disable the onboard audio in my son's machine and install it in his machine. The software worked pretty good in his machine, but the audio sounded terrible, and was fading in and out like my machine even though his machine only has a 2.1 speaker setup.
At this point Creative created an RMA, and I sent the card back to them. While I was waiting to hear back from them, I found a used X-Fi Platinum on Ebay and purchased it. Sounds so much better than the Recon. I also purchased a new X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIE card to install in my work computer.
Here's where the frustration set in. Before taking the Xtreme Audio card to work, I went through the same process on my son's machine to try out the card. Lo and behold, the audio was fading in and out, just like the Recon did. I took the Xtreme Audio card in to work and installed in my work computer. Guess what? Same audio issue. I have tried using Windows Media Player and WinAmp. Both had issues with the audio. I even installed Virtual XP and tried Music Match. Same problem. At work it is a 2.1 speaker setup using Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 speakers.
At work, along with the company supplied PC, I also have a Dell XPS M1710 laptop with a X-Fi notebook card. It is my personal laptop, and it amazing how good the notebook card sounds. My ultimate goal is to get the sound on the company PC to be as good or better than the laptop, and to be able to bring the laptop home. So far, that hasn't happened.
Meanwhile Creative did replace the Recon, but I have not opened it at this point. It is sitting at work while I decide to either try it in the work PC, or just sell it on Ebay without opening it.
Is it possible that I just ended up buying 2 defective sound cards? I am really afraid to open up the new Recon and have the same issues. Is this an inherent problem with Win 7 and PCIE sound cards?
At this point I have no plans to install a PCIE sound card in my home machine because of the issues of 2 different sound cards between 3 different computers. I even bought another used X-Fi Platinum to have as a spare.
I thought maybe that since the Recon is a gaming card, that might explain why music sounds so bad. But why does the Xtreme Audio card do the same thing?
Computer info:
My machine:
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i7-860 (not overclocked)
8gb DDR3
GTX 760
Klipsch Pro Media THX 5.1 speakers
Win 7 Pro 64 bit
My sons machine:
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i7-3770k (not overclocked)
16gb DDR3
GTX 560Ti
Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Work machine:
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i5
4GB
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The Recon3D cards are pretty terrible. Not sure why you didn't go with the Z or older X-Fi.
I switched from Audigy 2 to Recon3D and it was beyond meh. I actually thought onboard sounded better. I then grabbed a regular Z (not Zx or ZxR) after a couple of years of using onboard junk, and it was like having an Audigy 2 back in my rig - Just without all the problems such as pops and cracks during heavy load (such as recording gameplay with Fraps) which was the reason I got rid of it in the first place.
I'm more than happy with the Z, as long as I use the .16 drivers because the new ones are really messed up. I use pretty much the same EQ settings that I used with Audigy 2 and it sounds phenomenal.

Recording Produces Sped Up Garbled Sound

(Recording Produces Sped Up Garbled Soundp Hi folks,
I have a X-Fi Platinum Fataity, running on Win XP SP3.
I have been using the card without issue for a fair few months, and of late have been using it to record podcasts with an external mic and mixer. Today I tried to record - with Creative Sound Recorder - and the result was <a rel="nofollow" href="http://stainlesssteelrat.net/_What U Hear__06-0-2009_7-25-38.mp3]this (click link to download MB MP3 file)[/url]. It sounds like a partly garbled and partly sped up file to me.
I tried recording with Creative WaveStudio 7, same problem. Tried recording with Windows Sound Recorder, same problem.
I then ran Autoupdate, and updated the drivers as well as all the applications it found. Same problem.
Any ideas as to what is wrong?
TIA

,Re: Recording Produces Sped Up Garbled Sound( Thanks for the reply.
Yep, it's in Audio Creation mode. I can't spot any relevant recording settings in the Audio Control panel, although none of these have been changed since the install. I'm 99.9% sure it isn't the microphone, as the recordings all appear slowed down, hence the playback is sped up. I don't see how the microphone itself would/could affect that. I have tested both the line in on the soundcard, and on the I/O panel. Still the same problem.
In fact if I just record the Windows environment, by playing a music track and using Smart Recorder with "What U Hear", it *still* records in a slowed down fashion, and in turn produces a sped up recording. So it cannot be related to the microphone.
Could this be a faulty soundcard?

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I have finally clarified the sound problem I reported in this
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See below.
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Flash files with audio sound garbled or high pitched
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Flash files played in the the newest version of the Flash
Player sound garbled or have a high-pitched "chipmunk" sound to
them.
Answer
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Flash files with audio sound garbled or high pitched
Question
Flash files played in the the newest version of the Flash
Player sound garbled or have a high-pitched "chipmunk" sound to
them.
Answer
The latest release of the Flash Player (v9.0.115.0 released
on 12/03/07)) causes audio to sound garbled and/or high pitched
like a chipmunk. Our development team is looking into this issue
and working to find a fix.
To avoid this problem, you can roll back your Flash Player to
a previous release. If you have problems installing an older
release of the Flash Player please review this article and contact
Adobe for further support.
At this time, the problem is limited only to SWF files
produced with the MP3 audio codec. As a workaround, you can produce
your SWF files with the PCM audio codec or use the FLV format
instead of SWF.
Adobe Flash Player Support
Reinstalling an earlier version of Adobe Flash Player
Contact Adobe:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb402435&sliceId=1
Safe versions security restrictions when installing Flash
Player
Issue
If you previously installed a later version of Flash Player
for Internet Explorer, you may be prevented from installing an
earlier version. For example, if you installed Flash Player
9.0.47.0 and attempted to install version 9.0.45.0 the installation
would fail.
Reason
This issue is due to registry key settings applied by the
Flash Player security model. The restriction is to prevent users
from downgrading Flash Player minor versions. The minor version of
Flash Player is the third set of numbers in the version name. For
example, the minor version for Flash Player 9.0.47.0 would be 47.
If Flash Player 9.0.47.0 was installed and you attempted to install
9.0.45.0 (minor version 45), the installation would fail.
Solution
To resolve this, download the uninstaller for Flash Player
from "How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX
control" (TechNote tn_14157).
Select Start.
Select Run.
Type cmd
In the command window, type the following:
uninstall_flash_player.exe /clean
This will remove all entries in the system registry and
resolve this issue.
Note: The uninstall_flash_player.exe file must be saved to
the same directory that the command window is in, for example C:\.
Additional Information
If you are still having trouble installing Flash Player,
please see "Troubleshooting Adobe Flash Player installation for
Windows" (TechNote tn_19166).
TechNote Details
Last Update: 08-16-2007
ID: kb402435
OS: Windows Vista
Windows XP
Browser: Internet Explorer
Permanent Link:
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402435
Products Affected: Flash Player

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