Audio preview sounds good, then distorted when used in timeline?

[Keith27557938dvrn]

I used a preview audio file from Adobe Stock in a project. Happy with the result I purchased the resulting audio file. I deleted all traces of the preview file from the bin and project. When I play the licensed version in the audio panel it sounds fine, but when I drag it into the timeline it sounds like the lower quality preview version.

Is that a thing? I'm not getting why this is happening or how to fix it.

On Premiere version 23.4 in Windows 10.0.19044

[MarekMularczyk]

Are you still getting "low quality" audio when you export your sequence?

[Keith27557938dvrn]

Yes. 🙂

[MarekMularczyk]

Hmmm.   Does it sound "low quality" in the Project panel or in the Source panel? Or is it just when you drop it on the Timeline?

[Keith27557938dvrn]

It sounds fine playing back in the source panel and bad when played back in the timeline. Not sure how to play it back in the project panel, as I can only scrub the audio.

[MarekMularczyk]

You can play it in the Project panel using the same "Spacebar" keyboard shortcut.

[neil wilkes]

Has the sample rate changed?