For test purpose I have recorded a simple piano piece on my keyboard as audio with 440 Hz and light fluctuating tempo. Afterwards I have imported my WAV audio into Cubase Pro 12 in order to find out the tempo with varies techniques as shown in a video tutorial (tempo calculate, Hitpoints, VariAudio …

Make sure your Motu’s sample rate matches the project’s sample rate, and that the of the wave file you’re trying to import. Otherwise, you get this “near semitone” drift. You could also allow Cubase to resample your audio file on import so that it agrees with your current settings. Keep your keybo…

Thank you for quick reply and tip. Yes, you are right, after changing the Windows soundsetting to 44100 Hz and the Motu sample rate as well to 44100, the setting has been in Cubase as well the same as the audio file and then it matched with the keyboard sound. Intresting that in Cubase one has to ta…

If your setup is correct, Cubase will set the sample rate for the interface. Something is wrong in your setup.

Thanks for posting this comment. I’ve been experiencing the same issue. I record with a Zoom Hn mic that has the same sample rate as the project, and yes, the pitch goes up a semitone. The oddest thing is that the chord pad editor doesn’t detect the semitone rise, and even Vari Audio seems to miss i…

[image] Paul_Adkin: Thanks for posting this comment. I’ve been experiencing the same issue. This is a sample rate mismatch. Most likely recorded with 44,1 kHz played with 48kHz.

[image] st10ss: This is a sample rate mismatch. Most likely recorded with 44,1 kHz played with 48kHz. Not as far as I can discern. The sample rate on the mic is the same as the project @ 44,1khz, as the media bay data confirms … which brings up another issue: I’ve observed that audio synching…

[image] Paul_Adkin: I’ve observed that audio synching does change the sample rate Of course, it does! It has to. If you sync to an external source, Cubase can’t change the sync itself, it is advised to listen what’s connected. Again, something wrong in the settings. No bug. You need to und…

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Imported Audio sounds a semitone higher inCubase than original recorded on my keyboard

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st10ss July 6, 2026, 3:27pm 10

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