I've been recording in the studio at 48khz/24 on a mac running Pro Tools 9. I want to do some additional tracks at home on my Sony Viao Windows 7 running Pro Tools 8. I've tried opening the session and it gives me messages about plugins not available, that's ok, but then it is playing slow. So, I tried making a new session at 48khz and importing the files but it's still slow. any ideas?

Hi, i have recorded a 24 tracks concert with an Alesis HD24 at 48 khz and 24 bit, i imported it in logic and mixed it, now, I am going to bounce on 2 tracks, to go to a mastering session.
so what is THE correct work flow, bouncing and sample rate conversion with logic and l3 at the end as last plug in?

Hi! This comes from an indirect issue - I've just arrived at Cubase 5's land, coming from Nuendo 3.2. I was expecting a performance boost, as I was in the belief C5 would cope better with my Quadcore PC.

Hello!

So here's a question that's been bugging me for some time. Say I have a song I've recorded in 48k, I bounce it (mixdown) to both a wav and an mp3, without downsampling to 44.1 so I can maintain as much quality for mastering.

Can i get by with a dual core setup for this application?
Am using E-MU E6400s and would like to have a dedicated PC to transfer and edit samples/presets to those units.
Possibly run a few soft synths on it as well. Not all at the same time though.
Audio would go to the main DAW PC in another rack.

Primer needed on bit depth and sample rate

I understand the basic concepts of these two parameters, but what I cannot understand is how one decides what settings to use in recording. My naive intuition tells me that if a CD is limited to 16/44.1, and if the songs being recorded are going to go to CD, then there is no benefit to recording at any higher rate.

The rate at which an analog to digital converter measures the instantaneous amplitude of a source signal. Measured in samples per second, the higher the sample rate, the higher the frequency content of the corresponding digital data. The default rate for CD production is 44.1kHz, or put another way, the source material is sampled at 44,100 times a second.

An example of this problem is when the DAW session is set at 44.1k and the digital preamp is set at 48k feeding into the session. When bounced playback occurs the pitch will be off from the original recorded tracks. Of course the opposite can occur too.

I was wondering what the standard db level to record at was and whether it varies with bit rate and sample frequency? I've always tried to record at the highest level possible with out any distortion (around -6db); but i just read an article stating that at 24/192 it's best to have you recording peak at -12db Any ideas?

James

Having some problems with my mix downs… talked to a few people and I am starting to think it’s the sample rate conversion.