audacity playback too fast

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 23 October 2015, Frank Elsner sent:
> when recording with audacity and saving as .wav I can play the file
> with play (from sox package) without problems. All perfect.
> 
> But when I klick "play" in audacity the recording (or imported .wav) 
> plays far too fast. I guess 10 times too fast. 

There is, or was (I'm on an old install), a play speed control on the
Audacity main window.  Might you have bumped it?  It could easily be
mistaken for a volume control, seeing as mine is beside a green play
triangle logo.

But, for what it's worth, on a much older installation, I had a similar
problem.  Playback speed was always wrong, which caused pitch change and
shorter playback time.  I never did resolve that.  It wasn't by an
overly noticeable amount, until you realised that music didn't play on
key.

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