Convert session from 44.1 to 48 k ?

[chaosdemonz]

Hi, i have to mix the song of a friend recorded with mbox 2 mini in 24 bit/44.1 k format.
He want the final mix in 24 bit/48 k format, im not sure what is best to get the better quality since im really not a pro.

- Use the Save copy in ... command to convert the session in 24 bit/48 k
- Mix the song in 24 bit/44.1 k and just bounce to disk in 24 bit/48 k
- Mix and Bounce in the original format to have no quality loss.

Thanks

[Chris Lambrechts]

number of ways to do this but here's what I think is one of the easiest / best ones :

- Create new session at 48/24
- import session data from the 44.1/24 session and convert / copy on import

clean hassle-less way to create separate folders where you keep things separated from each other.


Chris

[chaosdemonz]

So the files are not really losing quality when doing convertion, right ?

Thanks for help and tips

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by chaosdemonz

So the files are not really losing quality when doing convertion, right ?

Thanks for help and tips

Hopefully not. But worrying about nitpicking the nth degree of how this might sound is silly, use you ears - can you hear any difference? there are many things involved in recording and mixing that will make a huge amount more difference than a 44.1 vs 48 kHz sample rate. And also silly if the client/friend can't be bothered to record at 48kHz to start with.

The benefit of up-converting before you start mixing (vs. up-converting when you bounce to disk) is that mix and plugin processing happens at this higher clock rate and should produce less artifacts. At least that is the idea.

Darryl

[chaosdemonz]

Thanks for the info, simple and clear now.