inporting 24/48 track into my 24/44.1 project...weird
So an outside vocalist recorded tracks for a demo -- didn't follow my specific directions (ugh) -- and sent me 24/48 wave files. I figured "no biggie" and imported them into my 24/44.1 project. As it was importing, I saw Sonar say "sample rate conversion", which I figured it would do, but when it was finished importing the tracks, starting from 0, the actual vocal didn't start until measure 1200-something. Yes...over a thousand measures of "dots" showing me something was on the track, which once I found it, grabbed and slid back to zero where everything lined up. That was weird thing #1.
Weird thing #2 is that the track sounds like it has a little "warble" on it, which is made even worse by the fact that he used a little too much auto tuner...I really can't tell what may be causing what, or what I'm hearing.
Has anyone ever experienced anything similar? I know the easy solution would be for him to resend the files 24/44.1, but that's not really a feasible option with his tour schedule. I even downloaded Audacity to possibly convert it outside of Sonar but, well, really didn't know what I was doing.
For reference, I'm using a Roland Quad-Capture set to 44.1. I'm just stumped, as it sounds like something is off with the track (artifacts, etc.), and I didn't really think it would be an issue. Should I change my Quad to 48 and play the wave file back via Windows Media or similar to see what's going on? I can't figure out if the source of the weirdness is Sonar, the wave file, my sound card, or any/all of the above.
Ideas???!!? Thanks in advance.