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Combining 48 kHz and 96 kHz audio in one session
Hey everyone,
I'm mixing a record in Pro Tools 10.3.3 currently that was tracked almost exclusively at 48 kHz. The band went and retracked drums for a couple of the songs at a separate studio and that audio was recorded at 96 kHz. What is my best option for combining these audio files with different sampling rates in one session that will result in the least audio degradation? 1.) Import the 24 bit audio files into the 96kHz drum session? (so here I would be upsampling somewhere along the lines of 45 tracks that were originally at 48 kHz to 96 kHz to work alongside the 12 96 kHz drum tracks) or... 2.) Import the session data (all 12 drum tracks) from the 96 kHz drum Pro Tools session into a separate 48 kHz session with the rest of the 48 kHz audio? (only 12 tracks would be downsampled as opposed to 45 tracks being upsampled, but I fear that downsampling this audio once to get it into this session, and then a second time once the mix is done to bounce the whole session to a 16 bit 44.1 stereo file would probably degrade the audio more? Is this not true?) I don't know if dither is applied during these conversions or only when bouncing files to different bit depths either, which adds more to the confusion. Or is there another option all together I should be considering? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Jon |
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Re: Combining 48 kHz and 96 kHz audio in one session
I wouldn't worry, it looks like you are trying to overthink the situation. Downsampling to 48 for just 12 tracks and then finally mixing to 44.1/16 shouldn't be a problem, if you are really worried, just mix at 48/24 and then get the mastering studio to do the final conversion for you, they (should) have the best kit for this.
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Re: Combining 48 kHz and 96 kHz audio in one session
I would also down-sample the drums to 48K. No dither will happen as you are staying at 24 bit. For me, 96K drags my computer down. I recently finished a project that was all recorded at 96K. After the 3rd or 4th song, I dropped the rest to 48K. Any loss in sound quality was negligible(it was not recorded well anyway) and the client was more than happy with the outcome.
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Re: Combining 48 kHz and 96 kHz audio in one session
Thanks guys, I'm pretty sure this is the route I will take, I want to make sure the audio is kept at the highest quality but my computer will probably crap out during the mix if I put everything at 96 kHz, it's barely making it through mixing the other 48 kHz sessions Thanks for the input, if I hear anything about downsampling being the wrong choice I'll post that input here.
Jon |
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