i'm having this issue on 18.10 as well, 4.18.0-13-generic with a Logitech C310 (046d:081b). it's been an issue since 18.04 and older for me; i can't remember when it worked without issue, but it did at some point.
it appears this commit [0] is the cause as after restoring the specific USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME line for my model and recompiling the kernel i cannot reproduce the squeaky-voice issue. with the standard kernel i can reliably reproduce it with Audacity by recording, stopping the recording, then starting another recording - after ~3 "correct" recordings the pitch changes. with the recompiled kernel it appears the device is being "reset" for each recording: usb 2-1.6: reset high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci i do not see this when using the standard 4.18.0-13-generic kernel, so i'm guessing this is what the quirk does and usb_interface_quirk_list in quirks.c isn't catching my webcam. i believe there should be a match based on the code; lsusb output includes the following Interface which looks like it matches the call (USB_VENDOR_AND_INTERFACE_INFO(0x046d, USB_CLASS_VIDEO, 1, 0)) since USB_CLASS_VIDEO is 0x0e which matches the bInterfaceClass, and subclass/protocol also match. note that this is not the first interface in the lsusb output, not sure if that matters. Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:081b Logitech, Inc. Webcam C310 Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 239 Miscellaneous Device bDeviceSubClass 2 ? bDeviceProtocol 1 Interface Association ... Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 1 bInterfaceClass 14 Video bInterfaceSubClass 1 Video Control bInterfaceProtocol 0 iInterface 0 ... please let me know if there is anything else i can provide to help debug this issue. [0] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e387ef5c47ddeaeaa3cbdc54424cdb7a28dae2c0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/843431 Title: Logitech camera microphone does not work / makes "chipmunk" sound To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/843431/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs