ITunes to Garageband import at double speed

When I click and drag a spoken word file (WAV) from iTunes to Garageband, it shows up in GB as double speed - Alvin and the Chipmunks-style. Tempo doesn't fix it. I've worked on Garageband before and this has not happened, so it may have to do with my recent upgrade of iTunes to 9.1. I'm on Garageband 3.0.4. Any ideas? You can email directly to: [email protected] Thanks!

Tujungagal wrote:
When I click and drag a spoken word file (WAV) from iTunes to Garageband, it shows up in GB as double speed
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I'm on Garageband 3.0.4.
you should post in the forum for your version, this forum is for GB5 (09)

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