Digital to analog, why does the pitch change?

Does anybody know why the pitch changes when you record via digital in, then switch to analog? Is there anyway to prevent it from happening?

Pardon my ignorance, I searched but couldn't find anything.

Thanks!

Yezzir, you're most likely sampling a digital source with sample rate of 48,000 samples/second. MPC only plays back @44,100. It messes up playback speed as a result of the mismatch. I just change the tuning in the MP to correct the sample rate. Try these pitch settings--

+01.46 (for sample rate of 48,000) (most likely fix)

or

-05.54 (for sample rate of 32,000)

You're welcome. <knowledge dropped>

^ You sir are correct.

ricegurukid wrote:Is there anyway to prevent it from happening?
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The best and only way to prevent this is to set your master clock to 44.1kHz.

btw. Downsampling doesn't have to be a bad thing. You can get some great effects with it....