How to convert NTSC audio to PAL?

I have converted my PAL video to NTSC but the audio was mixed separately and so it's still set at 25fps and hence becomes out of sync when I lay it against the video track.
So how do I convert the separate audio.aiff files from 25fps to 30fps?
Thx
Kevin

Hi Jim,
Wow right in front of me!
Though when I save it as a .wav file FCP still gets it at 25fps but if I save it as a .stap file it came in as 30fps.
Cheers
Kevin

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