diff --git src/drawsoundwidgetabstract.cpp src/drawsoundwidgetabstract.cpp
index 39db581..6195525 100644
--- src/drawsoundwidgetabstract.cpp
+++ src/drawsoundwidgetabstract.cpp
@@ -260,3 +260,9 @@ void DrawSoundWidgetAbstract::putZoomRatio(long _zr)
     canvas->setZoomRatio(zoomRatio);
     zapWaveCanvasBuffers();
 }
+
+long DrawSoundWidgetAbstract::getRate()
+{
+	return soundManager->getRate();
+
+}
diff --git src/drawsoundwidgetabstract.h src/drawsoundwidgetabstract.h
index 65b4ef3..52c149b 100644
--- src/drawsoundwidgetabstract.h
+++ src/drawsoundwidgetabstract.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public:
     long getLastVisibleSampleAfterZoom(long zoomRatio);
     void putZoomRatio(long zr);
     bool updateCanvas;
+    long getRate();
 protected:
     WaveCanvas* canvas;
     SoundManager* soundManager;
diff --git src/freecycle.cpp src/freecycle.cpp
index 8c70fd2..546bfab 100644
--- src/freecycle.cpp
+++ src/freecycle.cpp
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ void Freecycle::saveChunks()
                 beatlinesVL=drawSoundWidget->assignMissingMidi(beatlinesVL);
             }
             if(saveFileDialog->exportMidifile()){
-                midiManager->writeMidiFile(fn,beatlinesVL,drawSoundWidget->getUsedBPM());
+                midiManager->writeMidiFile(fn,beatlinesVL,drawSoundWidget->getUsedBPM(),drawSoundWidget->getRate());
             }
             if(saveFileDialog->exportAKP()){
                 akpManager->writeAKPFile(fn,filenames,beatlinesVL);
@@ -1371,7 +1371,8 @@ void Freecycle::saveLoopMidiFile()
             return;
         }
     
-        midiManager->writeMidiFile(fn,beatlinesVL,drawSoundWidget->getUsedBPM());
+        midiManager->writeMidiFile(fn,beatlinesVL,
+        		drawSoundWidget->getUsedBPM(), drawSoundWidget->getRate());
         statusBar()->message( tr( "Midi File  %1 saved" ).arg( fn), 2000 );
     } else {
 	statusBar()->message( tr("Saving aborted"), 2000 );
diff --git src/midimanager.cpp src/midimanager.cpp
index 7db8325..571ce4b 100644
--- src/midimanager.cpp
+++ src/midimanager.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ MidiManager::~MidiManager()
     \fn MidiManager::writeMidiFile(QString filename,QValueList<beatline_data> bld,
                                    long start, long end,double bpm)
  */
-void MidiManager::writeMidiFile(QString filename,QValueList<beatline_data> bld,double /*bpm*/)
+void MidiManager::writeMidiFile(QString filename,QValueList<beatline_data> bld,double bpm,double rate)
 {
     
     filename.replace(".mid","");
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ void MidiManager::writeMidiFile(QString filename,QValueList<beatline_data> bld,d
     
     QBuffer headerBuffer;
     headerBuffer.open( IO_WriteOnly );
-    //int div=(int)((60.0/bpm)*44100.0);
-    //int hd_fmt_size=smf_header_fmt(&headerBuffer,0,1,div);
+    int div=(int)((60.0/bpm)*rate);
+    int hd_fmt_size=smf_header_fmt(&headerBuffer,0,1,div);
     smf_track_head(&headerBuffer,buffer.buffer().count());
     headerBuffer.close();
     
diff --git src/midimanager.h src/midimanager.h
index dc55f40..26c8090 100644
--- src/midimanager.h
+++ src/midimanager.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
     MidiManager(QObject *parent = 0, const char *name = 0);
 
     ~MidiManager();
-    void writeMidiFile(QString filename,QValueList<beatline_data> bld,double bpm);
+    void writeMidiFile(QString filename,QValueList<beatline_data> bld,double bpm,double rate);
 private:
     int smf_header_fmt (QBuffer* buffer,
             unsigned short format,