Remix not synching - How do i?

  Hello. I downloaded a re-mix kit from I-Tunes and ran into this problem while trying to get things started. Here is basically what I did. They came as MP4 files, so I converted them to WAV. The speed is 128 BPM, so I set my project temp to that, then added the separate parts. I created a drum map and a bass drum on beats 1,2,3,4. I checked the original drum WAV and could see that the beats were consistantely lined up with the drum wav. However when playing it, my drum is ahead of the beat by about 1/16 or so. But it is consistant. In other words, the beat doesn't drift as it would, say, if the BPM was off. I moved the MIDI drum track (to the right, adding time before it) so that it is offset by about 1/16, and that seems to work. But it doesn't "feel" right. I think that there is a much better way to do this other than guessing. Any help appreciated. Regards, Lindy

the midi track came from the default settings when i added the session drummer synth. i am looking at what you said about the conversion from mp4 to wav.

good point. the remix says that it is 128 bpm. i didn't trust it until i tried it (because i had worse problems in acid). the offset is totally consistent throughout the music. it doesn't drift at all. i can of course adjust the audio to "shave" some time off the beginning. i'm asking because i didn't expect to have to do this. thanks . Lindy

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good point. the remix says that it is 128 bpm. i didn't trust it until i tried it (because i had worse problems in acid). the offset is totally consistent throughout the music. it doesn't drift at all. i can of course adjust the audio to "shave" some time off the beginning. i'm asking because i didn't expect to have to do this. thanks . Lindy

I should have picked up on this before I wrote the other post. 
 
If the MIDI is ocurring -after- the audio then shaving time off will only make it worse. If in fact the MIDI is occuring -before- the audio then it is possible there is extra space at the beginning of the loop that should not be there, possibly from the conversion.
 
The reason I'm confused is you said moving the MIDI track to the right, which would make it occur "later" not "earlier", seemed to help but you also say "my drum is ahead of the beat". Can you clarify: is the drum triggered by MIDI occuring too soon or too late compared to the loop? I'm obtuse at times.