Hey all,

So recently I undertook a project of putting my EP on cassettes and I ran into a weirdπ issue. I took blank cassettes and recorded onto it through my laptop. When I playback on the cassette deck that I used to record, the playback sounds exactly as it should and like the original song. However, when I take the cassette and play it in my car's cassette deck, all the songs on the cassette I recorded sound about 600 cents pitched up. I have a sample cassette that sounds perfectly fine on both systems. I haven't tried other decks since I don't have any others but I was wondering if anyone here knows what the issue is.

Thanks all!

check your play back speed on your car.

You could of recorded it at a slower tempo in relation to your car's playback speed. That would create a speed up, thus an increase in pitch.

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if theres a way to check playback speed in my car (though admittedly I'm still very new to this stuff )

I noticed on the cassette deck that there is a button for normal dubbing speed and high speed dubbing. Would that have anything to do with it?

Quote from: Dnaha on October 26, 2016, 02:49:55 pm

Quote from: Marrow Machines on October 26, 2016, 08:27:18 am

check your play back speed on your car.

You could of recorded it at a slower tempo in relation to your car's playback speed. That would create a speed up, thus an increase in pitch.

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if theres a way to check playback speed in my car (though admittedly I'm still very new to this stuff )

I noticed on the cassette deck that there is a button for normal dubbing speed and high speed dubbing. Would that have anything to do with it?

that might have something to do with it.


Try re recording one tune on your deck, and check the play back speed in your car.


One other option is to do a bit of research on the equipment your car uses to get a more specific answer that might save you some time and or money.







BUT, record at the different speed that gave you the problem in the first place and play it back on your car to see if it works.


it's like the difference between a 33rpm record and 45rpm record. The playback speed has to match the recorded speed. other wise you're playing UK jungle from the 90's.....

Thanks for all the replies. The only thing is that I'm pretty sure the dubbing speed is at normal since the light that would indicate it being on high speed dubbing isn't lit. Pressing the button doesn't seem to do anything but that could just mean my machine is broken :p. I'll do so more research thanks for your help

I had the same problem when I was using a tascam 414. the tape machine is recording onto the tape at really high speeds, so if u listen to the actual cassette u recorded onto it's gonna sound super sped up. the machine is the only thing capable of playing that specific tape back at normal speeds, so u need to record the audio of the finished tape onto either another cassette playing in a normal tapedeck, or just your computer where you'll end up w/ a digital version of the track w/ that tape-y goodness added to it.

it's a weird quirk of using tapes, and requires a lot of patience, but it's worth it in the end