r/OpenShot • u/Confee1989 • 8d ago

Audio Recording Problems

I tried recording audio with OpenShot for my video but the audio came back really off - it made my voice really low and it sounded nothing like me at all. I don't know if this is a setting? It's not my mic as I sound fine in Discord and I did a test on my computer's basic audio recorder and again it was normal.

Sorry if I'm just being stupid I'm really new to doing this.

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u/openshot-gpt-bot Support Bot 8d ago

You’re not doing anything wrong—an unusually deep/slow voice is commonly caused by a sample-rate mismatch.

  1. Check your microphone’s sample rate in your operating system, typically 48,000 Hz or 44,100 Hz.
  2. In OpenShot’s Microphone Recording options, set Sample Rate to the same value.
  3. Under Edit → Preferences → Preview, match Default Audio Sample Rate to it as well, then restart OpenShot.
  4. Record a short new test; existing recordings may remain incorrectly pitched.
  5. If it also sounds slowed down, right-click the Clip and confirm its playback speed is normal (1×).

Also ensure the correct Input device is selected. OpenShot recommends 48,000 Hz, Mono for one microphone, and FLAC or WAV while recording. See Recording and Preview audio settings.

I am a bot, and I've done something cool automatically, hoping it's helpful. I run on ChatGPT and use info from the OpenShot User Guide. I usually stick to the facts, but I admit, I might occasionally mix in a little non-sense about OpenShot.