Someone Please Help Me With This Audio Problem

[beau21]

hey guys

so I downloaded Audio Hijack Pro so that I could record some podcasts and different things on my computer. and it records fine and everything but whenever I play the song ON MY COMPUTER it sounds a little blurry and it sounds almost (for lack of a better word) like a lisp during the song (especially on the "s" sound)

but when I play songs from my ipod on my computer, they don't have this sound problem?

i dont think it's the program because i've tried a couple different ones (audacity is another that comes to mind)

any help? please?

 

[bartelby]

sounds like sibilance problems when recording. What microphone are you using?

 

[beau21]

i'm not recording from a microphone though...

i'm recording the system audio

 

[heppy]

have you tried listening through the headphones as opposed to the speakers?

If so and it sounds fine, then chances are your speakers are the problem.

 

[beau21]

no, it sounds the same through speakers or headphones..

but once i put the song on my iPod and listen to it, it sounds fine

so i'm assuming there is an effect on somewhere maybe?

any help?

 

[Macula]

One scenario is that your signal is contaminated with noise from the electronics of your Macbook. Not sure this is the case, though, since I doubt that Audio Hijack uses analog audio at any stage.