Why does my audio change pitch upon import?

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2018/09/01 00:47:33 (permalink)

Why does my audio change pitch upon import?

I have NEVER had this happen before, but I created some audio tracks in Band in a Box in he Key of F.  When I play these tracks in any audio player, they are int he key of F.   When I import them into a Sonar project, the tempo is the same, but the key is now C.
How did that happen?
 
By the way, I set the key to F before import.
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    57Gregy
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    Re: Why does my audio change pitch upon import? 2018/09/01 02:38:27 (permalink)
    I don't know why your song is in a different key, but I'm pretty sure that the Key setting is for MIDI only.
    Perhaps your project is a different sample rate in Biab and SONAR. But that usually results in audio playing at a different speed, and a different pitch.

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    Re: Why does my audio change pitch upon import? 2018/09/01 05:38:29 (permalink)
    Thanks for the reply.  The tempo has not changed from the BIAB to Sonar, and the transposition is in tune, a perfect fourth down.  Puzzling.
     
    I will check out the Sample rate.  Thanks
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    Re: Why does my audio change pitch upon import? 2018/09/01 06:44:34 (permalink)
    There's a setting in BiaB for export as Acidised files when you create audio files of the parts - you need to have that unchecked.  If its checked, then when you import to Sonar, it will retune the acidised wavs to the key set in your project (which defaults to A if memory serves).  If you want to use the acid features, then you'll need to make sure that Sonar and BiaB are using the same settings. 
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    Re: Why does my audio change pitch upon import? 2018/09/01 09:36:24 (permalink)
    Being audio, different sample rate maybe between BIAB and Cakewalk?

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    Re: Why does my audio change pitch upon import? 2018/09/01 19:44:54 (permalink)
    For me if the sample rate is different it only goes down a whole step,,not a 4th? I guess if you went from 48 to 96 it might be different. But I'm talking 44.1 and 48. 
     
    I know a lot of people export from BiaB as midi and OPEN that file in Cakewalk. This allows you to use the better VST's that come with Cake.. If you don't sort this out you might try that. 

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    Re: Why does my audio change pitch upon import? 2018/09/01 21:10:46 (permalink)
    THANKS TO EVERYONE.  I will check out all of these.
     
    I did find a quick fix.   I took the BIAB files (which played in the right key) and then opened them in Audacity and then exported a new audio file.  The new files are in the correct key when placed in Sonar.   
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