Sample rate problem

[sean shannon]

I received 10 songs as Pro Tools sessions at 48KHz, 24 bit, aiff. I have a 001 clocked to ADAT from my digital mixer, the Panasonic DA7. The first song, I recorded the vocals with the clock on the DA7 set to 44.1 instead of 48. All other songs are fine, because I caught the problem after the first song.

The question is: The vocals sound chipmunked on that first song when I set my DA7 clock to the proper 48K setting. When I use Rail's header utility to change the header to 44.1 on the vocal files, they stretch out of time. So, they were recorded as 48K files clocked to 44.1. How do I salvage these vocals?

I am using version 5.2.1 on OS9 and 6.1 on OSX 10.2.8. Thank you.

[Rail Jon Rogut]

The audio data is actually 48kHz inside the files -- you should change their sample rate in the header then import them into a 48kHz session so the sample rate and sound files' data match.

Rail

[sean shannon]

Thanks, Rail. I did change the files to wav, then changed the header to 44.1. Then I imported them into a 48 KHz session, and they were in tune, but way too slow. The header already says 48K, so at this point, the sample rate and session sample rate do already match. I tried importing with and without SRC, and neither straightened out the problem. Am I missing a step? It's not possible to have the singer re-sing the parts because they are about 1,200 miles away. Thanks...

[Rail Jon Rogut]

Aah.. so you had a 48 kHz session with audio recorded at 44.1kHz.. you'll need to create a 44.1kHz session and change the headers to 44.1kHz

Rail

[sean shannon]

Is there a mac utility for this? OS9 and/or X?

[sean shannon]

So...I changed the headers all to 44.1, and created a new session at 44.1. The vocals are in tune, but they are slower than the original session.

[britwrap]

You will need to set up to your original session specs, everything set exactly as it was recorded. Record analog out to another device. Rerecord back into ProTools at 48Khz. This will solve your speed and sample problems. A situation thaat occurs easily but is a bitch to resolve.

good luck,

brit

[Rail Jon Rogut]

SoundHack is free.

If you changed the sample rate in the headers to 44.1kHz and imported the audio into a new 44.1kHz session (without converting), then the sound files will play back at the correct speed if the original external clock was set to 44.1kHz.

Rail