I had the same experience that Pandora music was playing off-key as if the music came from a turntable with worn rubber wheel or belt. Of course it was not. 😞 As I played along the music with a tuned guitar or a digital keyboard, Pandora music tended to be half-pitch off. I could not say if it was 'faster' or 'slower' because I didn't have a reference point from the original music to compare with the source music key. It happened more than 50% of the time so I thought it might have been due to the original vinyl record for old music but they also happened with CD-era music. Since I could not match the key of my music instrument with the Pandora song, I ended up stopped playing along with the music. Anyone who can confirm this? I have a Amazon Fire but music pitch were not changeable due to erroneous bit-per-second rate or quality of the Internet. My music instruments were tuned by chromatic tuner or with a tuner pitch pipe. Thank you.
Pat
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@patwong8 I created a separate thread for your post since it sounds like you are experience a different issue.
Sorry for any trouble with Pandora on your Amazon Fire TV.
Here are some steps to help troubleshoot:
Note: clearing data doesn't delete the app itself, but will log you out of Pandora.
3. Uninstall and Reinstall the app:
Let me know if this helps.
Thank you for creating a separate thread for this unique "Music playing off key" issue. My playback machine is an Amazon Kindle Fire dedicated solely to play Pandora music. It has been working without flaw since 2011. The 'drifted' music key issue has been continuing for a long time but it has not been brought up until now when I just couldn't play along with SOME OF THE MUSIC.
I did a test 30 minutes ago with music from 9 artists. The "X" symbol below indicated undetermined musical note/key while "+" matched the key with the right frequency. The matching test was based on a standard chromatic tuner which matches musical notes referenced to an KORG electronic keyboard and a KAWAI electronic organ just before the test. The artists were selected from one of the Pandora channels:
X - Kevin kern
X - Louis Landon
+ - Secret Garden
? - Emaile Pandolfi
+ - Michael Dulin - Sonata 14
X - Kevin Kern - Secret Grove
X - Doug Hammer - Gabrielle
+ - Yiruma - First Love
+ - Ludovico Einanch - I Giorni
The best way to do further tests is to determine the key of the song used by the original artist BEFORE the broadcast and to compare the result AFTER from the receiving station. Let me know if you would like to pursue. Thanks.
@patwong8 Thanks for clarifying that this is happening on your Kindle device - not a TV.
I'm happy to help you troubleshoot.
First, I'd recommend that you restart your Fire tablet. To do that:
If you continue to have trouble:
Hope this helps! Let me know how it goes.