Bounce To Disk - Bounced File Slow

[luky7]

I am a part time user. Have LE 6.1, Mac. When I record the session and get it where I want it, I proceed to "BTD" function. Save it to desktop and then open the file in Itunes to listen to it. When it plays, it sounds like the song on downers! Slower, lower pitch. What am I doing wrong? The only way I've been able to get a cd recording is to take it out of my board during playback?? Also, what's the best format to use for recording to cd. I'm just looking to make a standard cd that anyone can slip in a player and listen to?

[af-dcwave]

What is your project sample rate? What is the sample rate for BTD? I am no PT expert but could it be that you are recording at a higher sample rate then bouncing down to a lower sample rate which might be slowing it down? A CD is 44.1k/16bit.

[luky7]

I double checked the sample rates and the recording is set at 44.1 as is the BTD. The only thing other than this is that I'm using 24 bit. I'm not completely sure about the clock settings for recording. Trying to ascertain a straightforward set up to record has been difficult. I have an ADAT set up to record into PT from some old sessions that I did on ADAT. Could this in any way be part of the problem? I appreciate your thoughts.
MW

[Raw-Tracks]

You say your session is at 44.1kHz, and you also have an ADAT connectected to the lightpipe in on your interface. Your PT session must be set to clock to the ADAT input, that's the only way to go lightpipe in and not have nasty digital clocking issues. This means your PT hardware is getting its digital clock from the ADAT machine. The default sample rate for ADATs is 48kHz. So, even though your software is set as a 44.1kHz session, you are clocking it with a 48kHz clock. When you bounce to disc and create your stereo mix at a 44.1kHz sample rate, it now sounds slowed down.

[luky7]

That makes sense and I wondered if that could be at the root of the problem. Is there a way to correct the session without having to trash it and do it all over? Thanks again for your help.

[Raw-Tracks]

Here is a way:
http://www.eqmag.com/story.asp?storyCode=4685

I thought there was a better solution, but I can't think of what it would be right now. Maybe do some googling.

[luky7]

Dude... you got it wired together tight! That article was dead on the problem. I still don't fully understand why it all works the way it does, but I get the fact that I was using the ADAT time clock. I really appreciate your help. Thanks again.
Mike

[Raw-Tracks]

It boils down to the fact that the incoming clock rate from the ADAT was 48kHz, but you told ProTools that the clock rate was 44.1kHz. If you would have created your PT session at 48kHz sample rate you wouldn't have had this problem.