Speed of recorded music

[Anton Zelenin]

I have PowerMac 8500/150 with PT 3.22 and tried Toast on SONY CDU 924 and MasterListCD 2.1.1 on Yamaha 4416 for making audio CD. In both cases I got CD with music which is little slowly than original. Have anybody the same problem?

[Marcus]

Anton

It sounds like you're burning 48kHz files without converting them first?

Just a guess.

Marcus

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[blairl]

Masterlist CD won't allow you to burn a CD with 48 KHz files, but perhaps your hardware setup is set to "digital" sync and is being clocked by a source with a different sample rate. Change the sync in the hardware setup to "internal" and try again.

[Anton Zelenin]

No. My hardware setup is set to "internal" sync. I think it is the only hardware setup in PT. Is it correct?

[Marcus]

Another possibility: you're recording from a 48 kHz DAT into a 44.1 kHz PT session or a 44.1kHz SD2 file - then the resulting file would be 44.1 but playback would be slower than the original (I know cos I've done it - oops!)

Answer: record to a 48 kHz file, then convert to 44.1 before burning.

Marcus

[Anton Zelenin]

What is convertion in PT?
Is it the setting up Hardware Setup Sample Rate to 44.1 and saving?

[Marcus]

An example: record a split-stereo file (from DAT eg) in SD2 with the settings on 'digital' and 48kHz (assuming you're using a 48kHz tape, which your DAT machine should tell you).

Then launch a PT session and set the hardware to 'internal' and 44.1kHz. Then go to 'convert and import...' which is in the Regions menu and select your file and choose where you want to put the new one - voilá, a new file at 44.1kHz has been created from the original 48kHz one.

Marcus

[Anton Zelenin]

Thanks.
I found my MIDI Timepiece (Mark of the Unicorn) was set to 48000. And when I set it to 44100 PT session speed drop down.

[Bonedawg]

You probably started with a 48K file recorded into Pro Tools, while the session hardware was infact set to 44.1
Reopen the same session, just reset the HARDWARE to 48K,
,then, bounce the file again down to a stereo SDII pair (best for CD), choosing to "convert after bounce" to 16 bit/44.1 .
It will now be back at the proper speed, instead of slowed down.