Sample pitch in project changed but not sure why

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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I have a project I’ve been working on in another Bank but just went back to some of the older banks and somehow a sample changed pitch but only slightly. Of course it has looping slices that don’t loop quite perfectly now. I corrected the pitch by tuning the pitch value to 0.8 so it is strangely 0.8 off? I did have a slider scene that was changing the pitch of this track down an octave as an option while I play but I checked everything with that and switched scenes etc. The sample is still off.

Things I checked:

  • The aforementioned slider scene
  • The pattern BPM was in the Arranger so it was definitely playing back at the right BPM
  • The file in the AED can be assigned a tempo and bars I guess… that is also set to the correct tempo
  • No weird track fx or LFOs or anything

Curious if anyone has any recommendations on things to check. I have the track all constructed and there are several slices in this .wav file so it will be a pain to clear out the sample/channel and redo everything.

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Maybe the alignment on your crossfader is off a nudge?
I believe there’s a way to check that in test mode, but I’m in bed and too tired to look that up.
I dunno… it’s an idea…

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Yes there are led indicators for crossfader in Test Mode (Hold Func + Power On, Trig 1)

If this is not obvious, you can make a test on a new project, assign pitch +12 to scene A, B neutral, then opposite.

If crossfader calibration is wrong, there is a procedure for that…

“To reset the x-fader press function + scene b while in test mode.”

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I will try this. But it doesn’t explain why the slice doesn’t loop properly anymore because changing the pitch never changed the length.

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It does with Timestretch off.

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i had two projects completely ruined because when I re-opened the projects the next day all the samples were sounding so vastly different. I had made sure to collect all samples and saved them and everything before turning off, but all the pitch were wonky and timbrally just completely off I still have no idea what I did wrong to make this happen (assuming it’s something I messed up probably)

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