How to correct incorrectly clocked audio in Pro Tools 

Well explained, demonstrated and put together. Finally someone who edits great/informative/concise and correct pro tools videos. Nice work as usual Mr. Maunder. Love the consistency. Cheers.

I'm so glad you made this, I had some big issues with this a few years ago and now I can go back and finish those mixes.

It's worth noting that there is another way to correct the sample rate issue described in the video. If you had some audio which was recorded into a 48khz session with an exernal clock set to 44.1 (so the audio files would be identified as 48khz but would actually be 44.1khz), you could import that audio into a new 44.1khz session and choose not to enforce sample rate conversion. This would also give the correct playback speed in the session. Bear in mind though that the files themselves would remain at a misidentified sample rate in this case.

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Hey Paul! I'd like to thank you for this tutorial! Since i'm a new user of Pro Tools, I could never know how to fix this problem! It was driving me mad! I can't thank you enough!

Great tutorial as usual Paul! Working in post production with external clock is an issue sometimes. We switch sessions all day and sometimes happens to forget to change the clock...

Great tutorial Paul. As straightforward as it can be.

This is fantastic. I'm in StudioOne and sometimes have something like RX forcing my external clock to 44.1 and several tracks are sped-up. I wish I could find an "easy way" to change several tracks internally. Still, this will help to tweak a quick mix I did. Thank you!

When recording our music same issue occurs that your video describes. Sample rate changes 44.1 to 48. So it must be as you describe that our mixer sample rate vs audio interface sample rate doesn’t match. Well, we really don’t need our mixer for home recording since we have ProTools but still we’d like figure it out with the mixer hooked up in the chain thru AI to the DAW. We will try as your video teaches. Thanks a bunch for great tutorial 💥💥💥⚡️🚀

Thanks for saving the day with this video!

You are a lifesaver. Thank you.

Glad I found this. Weird thing happened. PC, on my second virtual desk, Windows Media Player was opened and had grabbed the clock and locked it to 44.1 Started a session at 48k in PT. Recorded everything, sounded great. Next day's tracking session, opened it up and everything was playing back higher pitched by 1.47 semitones. Turns out PT (and windows) saw the files as 48k files, but they were really 44.1 Had to create new session import everything and force SRC telling PT the files were 44.1 Sound correct BUT the tempo was not right with the click. so had to do some math: Old Tempo x (New sample rate / old sample rate) i.e. 90bpm x (44.1/48) = 82.6875

Thanks a lot!!!! very helpful !!!

You just saved me!! Thank you so much man!!!

Make sure you're importing any "off sample rate" audio is imported in Ticks and not Samples. It's a bit easier to get it in line with the initial recording before importing

Thank you soo much for this video!!!

thank you!!!

Great video - thanks Paul

Great tutorial

Yes sir. Good stuff!!

Mine has this issue but in reverse. It is slow rather than fast. The file is tagged as 44.1 but when I convert it to 48 it is way too fast.

Great work bro thank you.

Useful! Thank you.

Brilliant 🤘

For some reason my Internal clock keeps blinking red n now I'm not getting any sound from my headphones

I have used the same method of SRC upon import to make audio files exactly match the video from telecine. If anyone finds themselves working in post with a video from telecine, it will play 0.1% slower than real time. Audio files need to played back at the same slower rate. If the production sound mixer was aware of the whole workflow ahead of time, there is a setting on Sound Devices 7-series recorders to record 48048 but stamp the file as 48000 to avoid this problem. It seems like this problem is going away as the projects I work on now that shoot on film actually have it scanned as an image sequence (DPX) or as progressive frame video (ProRes) at the rate it was shot on.

Big help, thanks!

Thank you!

This is an oasis in a desert, sir.

I'm having issues....I opened an old session and it won't play and I get the clock error ...how can I fix this

Please help me ‼️ I’m having pops on my studio speakers and headphones but not just on my sessions while trying to record, (I can’t even record) because it pauses by itself, I think because of the cracking sounds, but even when i’m not on pro tools, when i’m just playing anything on my laptop a beat,song etc it pops! Btw I’m using a new interface i just brought today (Presonus audiobox 96) i had an issue with latency and the phantom button on my old interface (Presonus audiobox usb) but never had this type of problem that i have now with the new one! My settings are all the same as before, I’ve tried changing settings and everything but it keeps making those weird sound when i play anything! This doesn’t happen with my old interface just with the new one, I don’t know what to do because I don’t think it’s the interface, maybe settings or something on my laptop but I already tried changing everything, buffer size, etc… and nothing! And when I’m trying to record after 5sec the audio is gone!! I even got this message on pro tools session. “Audio processing could not complete due to conflicts with other CPU tasks or a potential clocking issue. If this occurs often, verify your sync cables or try changing the HW Buffer Size setting in the Playback Engine dialog. In most cases, a larger HW buffer size will prevent the problem. (AAE -9093)

I have Pro Tools 10 HD & I’ve made beats with MASCHINE, some beats play at normal speed & some faster.. Would this process work?? Please let me know, highly appreciated.. 🙏🏾

Hello Paul, why when I record on a track it sounds distorted... and it’s nothing to do with setting the levels.

My audio interface doesnt have the option to change sample rates how can i make pro tools always open session in 44.1khz

thanks!

What exactly do you mean by Audio Speed here?

My time code bar has ghosted and is frozen on the main screen. I can move the edit window around and the time bar stays in the same place. Cant change tempo on click tracks or edit properly. Avid will not respond to my cases. Can anyone help me?

How do i import the newly bounced audio with the right locations on the timeline.

I have the same problem with a file that was supplied to me by a client. Except in reverse. The file plays back slow instead of fast. Can't seem to figure out this process in reverse though.

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My clock source says "See Control Panel"... can't change it either

im a noob and this didnt help at all