Sample rate conversion surprise in waveburner
I've been using Waveburner since it was an OS 9 application but this was new to me.
I was mastering a CD for a friend of mine when I noticed that 5 of the eleven tracks I had been given were 48k files after I had already given out a first run off the master just for them to listen to.
I was finishing up mastering it for real when I looked at the inspector and I noticed for the first time that the first track was at 48 along with four others. 5 tracks at 48 six tracks at 44.1
My first reaction is that I'm need to call and get some 44,1 files or convert them myself in Logic. But I start thinking, why did it work the first time I made a CD? So I bounced the project as is and made what should be close to the final just to see what would happen.
It worked. I have an EQ on each track with a Limiter on the mix that I adjust gain with in the Mix Lane.
I didn't think a 48k audio file would even play in waveburner let alone be sample rate converted during the bounce. I don't hear any bad sounding artifacts at all with the converted tracks.
My paranoid self makes me think I should replace them with 44.1 files before I do the bounce and I may at this point, but I'm not sure i will be able to tell any difference. The final sounds great.
I was looking for update information mentioning sample rate conversion but I can't seem to find any. I guess I missed the memo.
Message was edited by: tslr
I was mastering a CD for a friend of mine when I noticed that 5 of the eleven tracks I had been given were 48k files after I had already given out a first run off the master just for them to listen to.
I was finishing up mastering it for real when I looked at the inspector and I noticed for the first time that the first track was at 48 along with four others. 5 tracks at 48 six tracks at 44.1
My first reaction is that I'm need to call and get some 44,1 files or convert them myself in Logic. But I start thinking, why did it work the first time I made a CD? So I bounced the project as is and made what should be close to the final just to see what would happen.
It worked. I have an EQ on each track with a Limiter on the mix that I adjust gain with in the Mix Lane.
I didn't think a 48k audio file would even play in waveburner let alone be sample rate converted during the bounce. I don't hear any bad sounding artifacts at all with the converted tracks.
My paranoid self makes me think I should replace them with 44.1 files before I do the bounce and I may at this point, but I'm not sure i will be able to tell any difference. The final sounds great.
I was looking for update information mentioning sample rate conversion but I can't seem to find any. I guess I missed the memo.
Message was edited by: tslr
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)
