diff --git a/src/lib/exporters/ableton/builders.ts b/src/lib/exporters/ableton/builders.ts
index 1353580..a9e362e 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporters/ableton/builders.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporters/ableton/builders.ts
@@ -422,9 +422,6 @@ async function buildSimplerDevice(
   device.VolumeAndPan.Panorama.Manual['@Value'] = padSound.pan;
 
   let pitch = padSound.pitch || 0;
-  if (koTrack.samplePitch) {
-    pitch += koTrack.samplePitch;
-  }
 
   // adding PITCH fader param if defined
   if (koTrack.faderParams[FaderParam.PTC] !== -1) {
diff --git a/src/lib/transformers/ableton.ts b/src/lib/transformers/ableton.ts
index ad139b5..f7740d9 100644
--- a/src/lib/transformers/ableton.ts
+++ b/src/lib/transformers/ableton.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ export type AblTrack = Omit<Pad, 'file' | 'rawData' | 'midiChannel'> & {
   sampleName: string;
   sampleChannels: number;
   sampleRate: number;
-  sampleRootNote: number;
-  samplePitch: number;
   bpm: number;
   drumRack: boolean;
   drumRackSendingNote?: number;
@@ -226,8 +224,6 @@ function abletonTransformer(data: ProjectRawData, exporterParams: ExporterParams
       sampleName: getSampleName(sound?.meta?.name, soundId),
       sampleChannels: sound?.meta?.channels || 0,
       sampleRate: sound?.meta?.samplerate || 0,
-      sampleRootNote: pad.rootNote,
-      samplePitch: sound?.meta?.['sound.pitch'] ?? 0,
       bpm: data.settings.bpm,
       drumRack: false,
       tracks: [],
@@ -549,8 +545,6 @@ function abletonTransformer(data: ProjectRawData, exporterParams: ExporterParams
       sampleName: '',
       sampleChannels: 0,
       sampleRate: 0,
-      sampleRootNote: 60,
-      samplePitch: 0,
       bpm: data.settings.bpm,
       drumRack: true,
       drumRackSendingNote: undefined,
diff --git a/tests/ableton-hybrid.test.ts b/tests/ableton-hybrid.test.ts
index 35525c9..a4ce827 100644
--- a/tests/ableton-hybrid.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ableton-hybrid.test.ts
@@ -393,6 +393,39 @@ test('preserves rack playback pitch, unused-pad root note, AMP and choke members
   assert.equal(melodic.inChokeGroup, true);
 });
 
+test('uses the assigned pad record as the static pitch authority', () => {
+  const data = project();
+  data.pads.a[0].pitch = 3;
+  data.sounds = [
+    {
+      id: 1,
+      fileNode: {
+        nodeId: 1,
+        flags: 0,
+        fileSize: 0,
+        fileName: 'pitched slot',
+        fileType: 'file',
+      },
+      meta: {
+        name: 'pitched slot',
+        channels: 1,
+        samplerate: 46875,
+        format: 's16',
+        crc: 0,
+        'sound.pitch': 12,
+      },
+    } as ProjectRawData['sounds'][number],
+  ];
+
+  const result = abletonTransformer(data, { includeArchivedSamples: true });
+  const rack = result.tracks.find((track) => track.drumRack);
+  const a0 = rack?.tracks.find((track) => track.padCode === 'a0');
+
+  assert.ok(a0);
+  assert.equal(a0.pitch, 3);
+  assert.equal('samplePitch' in a0, false);
+});
+
 test('uses one hybrid classification for Arrangement and Session exports', () => {
   const arrangement = abletonTransformer(project(), {
     includeArchivedSamples: true,