Avid Pro Audio Community

Avid Pro Audio Community

How to Join & Post  •  Community Terms of Use  •  Help Us Help You

Knowledge Base Search  •  Community Search  •  Learn & Support


Avid Home Page

Go Back   Avid Pro Audio Community > Pro Tools Software > Windows

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-17-2013, 11:28 PM
JMC272 JMC272 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Posts: 9
Default 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
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 02-18-2013, 03:19 AM
Roland Clarke Roland Clarke is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: England
Posts: 210
Default 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.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 02-18-2013, 08:29 AM
albee1952's Avatar
albee1952 albee1952 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Norwich, CT
Posts: 39,305
Default 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.
__________________
HP Z4 workstation, Mbox Studio
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/...0sound%20works


The better I drink, the more I mix

BTW, my name is Dave, but most people call me.........................Dave
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 02-18-2013, 09:09 AM
JMC272 JMC272 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Posts: 9
Default 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
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Combining Audio Clips Southern Prince Pro Tools TDM Systems (Win) 4 06-17-2006 06:35 PM
Combining Audio Clips Southern Prince Tips & Tricks 2 06-16-2006 02:52 PM
Combining Audio Tracks action0419 Tips & Tricks 2 01-24-2005 10:29 AM
combining Office PC / AUDIO PC ? tom_h 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Win) 5 12-23-2002 07:00 PM
combining audio segments. murph16 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Win) 6 10-15-2002 12:53 AM


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 05:47 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Forum Hosted By: URLJet.com