![]() With clocks locked the timing will match down to the exact-sample, no matter how long the recording. (With an instrument you are more-likely to notice that the backing track is out-of-tune.) And sometimes the tempo is out-of-sync by the end of the song.Ī shared clock is also useful if you are recording simultaneously from multiple devices. Or, you can sing into a USB mic perfectly in-tune with a backing track from your soundcard, and then when you mix the pitches don't match. But for example, some people record with a USB "podcast mic" (which should be OK) and then they play-back on their cheap soundcard and the pitch is off. It will "seem OK" if you record & play-back on the same device because the record & playback clocks match. The clocks in some "regular soundcards" are pretty terrible so the pitch will be off if you record on one device and play-back on another. That's probably helpful if you're synchronizing to video.įor "everyday audio" the clock doesn't have to be super-accurate and most audio interfaces are good enough. ![]() ![]() Some pro word clocks are atomic which of course are super-accurate. People have done experiments and they have to artificially foul-up the clock to make it bad-enough to hear. If jitter (clock instability) is bad enough it can affect sound quality but it's NEVER that bad. But slight differences are not noticeable and of course your listener's playback system will never be perfect. If the record & playback clocks are different it affects timing/tempo & pitch. ![]()
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