Why is there a loud burst of noise with some notes?
“Sometimes … the sound is static and scratchy sounding … Any help would be appreciated.” – Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 12/11/08 Sometimes there is a loud burst of distorted sound at the beginning of the note sound. This can be caused by the QuickTime Music Synthesizer. If your computer is setup to use QuickTime (or iTunes, which uses QuickTime) to play music, try changing the QuickTime settings as follows: • Make sure this site’s Play Note Sound with Note Custom Practice setting is selected and a note has been played. • Scroll to the bottom of the page to the QuickTime control panel, which looks similar to this: • Click on the triangle on the right end of the panel, or right-click anywhere on the panel to display the settings drop-down menu. • Select Connection Speed or Plugin Settings to pop up the QuickTime Preferences window. • Select the Audio tab. • Change the Music Synthesizer Default setting from “QuickTime Music Synthesizer” to “General MIDI.” • One user also reported tha
