Software Instruments Sound Completely Different in Logic

I think I have it figured out.

As soon as "speed" began to enter into the picture, I started thinking that it could possibly be a sampling issue, so I started plundering through the Logic settings to see if something was off. I couldn't locate the sampling rate settings for the application level of logic, but I was able to find the sampling rate setting for the project, and it was set to 44.1Khz. My interface and all else is set to 96Khz. Once I made the change, everything began to work fine. Perhaps this is something I should have thought of before, but at least I appear to be good now.

Thank you all for your help!

First of all, Thank you so very much for your help. I truly appreciate it.

All I am doing is opening a fresh file in logic and loading a software instrument as a track (Keyscape or Omnisphere). In stand alone, everything is fine, but when I load that same setup in Logic, all of the warmth from the instrument vanishes, and the mid and upper tones go from sounding like a cinematic piano to more like a Wurlitzer. It's quite jarring.

The link below is a demonstration of the instrument in the standalone application followed by the same instrument in Logic.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nekgcbwoc5s2rj5/TASCAM_0002.wav?dl=0

I went back and reloaded the instrument in Logic, and this time I waited for the entire "preview" to load. I normally don't have to do this in standalone mode, because it happens much faster. The results were the same, but I did discover something interesting...

I loaded Noire, a Native Instruments sampled Piano library. It has particle effects to create unique sounds, and these particle effects are displayed within the instrument as ripples on the GUI panel. The sound is also off (similarly to Keyscape), but I noticed that the particle ripples are moving MUCH faster than they should be. It's almost like the PITCH of the instrument is what is being changed, because everything is somehow being sped up in Logic. I have no idea why this could be, but it makes sense that this would be causing the sound issues I have, because it does sound like the pitch is higher and more metallic. Running the Kontact Player outside of Logic runs the Noire Instrument fine, and the particles move at the normal speed.

I have no idea how this could be. Since Native Instruments is a completely different corporation than Keyscape, I'm beginning to think that it is Logic that is altering this somehow (and it could, of course, totally be my fault).

Here is the standalone app (which I simply opened and selected the piano in question:

And here it is, done the same way in a new instance of Logic Pro X:

I hope this is what you were looking for.

I have, and I also have rebooted the computer and loaded only logic...with the same results, of course.