Bounces are Slowed Down & Pitched Lower

Please help!

I've noticed in a couple of my project that when I bounce a file down it is resulting in a slowed down, lower pitched file. My project sample rate is 44.1k, so that's not the issue. I've tried bouncing it as both MP3s and Wav files and it's the same issue both ways.

Posted on Aug 30, 2020 5:15 PM

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Aug 31, 2020 6:09 PM in response to Pauliusthedrummer

Resolved. The audio files being used were from my "film" version (for some reason), so they were at 48khz instead of the 44.1khz that they needed to be.

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