Sample rate conversion quagmire

[charlievela]

I have a project that I recorded at 88.2 not too long ago at another studio. When I brought it home, I found that my HD 1 system can barely play back the tracks much less mix or edit them.

So, I'm planning on converting all the tracks down to a lower sampling rate in order to mix. My question is this:

Is it better to convert them down to 48 and then let the mastering engineer take it down to 44.1, or is it better to just convert it down to 44.1 and save myself the extra processing?

Thanks,
Charlie

[Roboburger]

You could always convert them down to 44.1 to figure out your mix settings, then use those settings on the original files for the final render... that way you're saving time during the mix process, and then getting the benefit of the high rate for the final render, when you only really need it.

[Aerophone]

Giggity.

















sorry.

[joel hamilton]

I have a project that I recorded at 88.2 not too long ago at another studio. When I brought it home, I found that my HD 1 system can barely play back the tracks much less mix or edit them.

So, I'm planning on converting all the tracks down to a lower sampling rate in order to mix. My question is this:

Is it better to convert them down to 48 and then let the mastering engineer take it down to 44.1, or is it better to just convert it down to 44.1 and save myself the extra processing?

Thanks,
Charlie

Just go down to 44.1 and use the "tweak head" setting. It will take a while, but it will sound fine. You may have to do different things to the tracks to get it to really shine, because 44.1 sounds DIFFERENT than 88.2, but IMHO, not better or worse.