Import imovie audio - sounds like donald duck...

Hello,
I imported an imovie soundtrack that I made recently (from my camcorder). The audio track sounds high pitched, donald duck like. what am I doing wrong ?
Also, I want to process the imovie track to remove some echo that was present in the room during recording. What is the easiest method to reduce/remove this - if possible?
Thanks - Max
PowerBook G4 12 inch DVI   Mac OS X (10.3.7)   iLIFE 05

I imported an imovie soundtrack that I made recently
(from my camcorder). The audio track sounds high
pitched, donald duck like. what am I doing wrong ?
The pitch and tempo issue sounds like a sample rate problem, but I thought iMovie audio was recorded at 48K which would make it play lower and slow in GB. For background on this:
http://www.thehangtime.com/gb/gbfaq2.html#toofast
Also, I want to process the imovie track to remove
some echo that was present in the room during
recording. What is the easiest method to
reduce/remove this - if possible?
You can play with the Gate effect to cut out software sounds, but that would only be during the silent passages.
--HangTime [Will Compute for Food] B-|>

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