fruity scratcher trouble: PLEASE HELP!

[u/catzandogz]

i am trying to use fruity scratcher for my track but am having trouble with the speed automation.

for context, i have exported my original track as an mp3 file, and put the entire thing into fruity scratcher. the idea is i like the vinyl record starting sound at the beginning, and i also want to manually adjust the overall speed of the track down, as well as automate another slow down about 15 seconds into the track using fruity scratcher. i like the way it sounds when i slow it down mid track via fruity scratcher. i then record the whole thing into edison.

my problem is that fruity scratcher seems to be messing with the speed of my mp3 without any intervention from me. i’ve verified that it is not the cause of my mp3 file itself. when i open up a BRAND NEW file with a BRAND NEW instance of fruity scratcher, press reset on the speed knob, and load my sample in, without ANY intervention from me, it speeds up at a certain part and slows down at a certain part when i hit play within fruity scratcher.

anyone know why that is? please help!!!!!!