This question is pretty much specific to Vegas, but I think it will be better here... hopefully someone will know...
I started a project in Vegas in 24/96. After getting into it, and getting up to like the 16th track, I found that my system was having problems keeping up. So, frustrated I figured that the best course of action would be to resample everything to 48K, So I dove in to that, it was taking way to long, so I decided I would just suffer with the bad performance of my DAW at 96K. But then I realized that Vegas resamples automaticly anyway (how good the conversion is in realtime is an issue of course, but that may not matter..) So if I change the sampling rate I can run the mixes more efficiently. Now, the question I have is a technical one that I haven't found the answer too. When I mixdown in Vegas will the resampling matter? as far as I can tell the resampling occurs only in real time. So when "mixing down" to a new track, will the sampling rate set in the project effect the track, or will it simply resample (or not) depending on the target sampling rate of the new track? Confused? I am.
Here is where it's gotten really hairy. I ended up recording some overdubs (and vocals!) in 48K, I forgot to switch it back to 96K! uh oh.... Downsampling seems more logical than Upsampling, but the Majority of the tracks are at the higer sampling rate....... so........ Which way do I go up or down?
As far as the resampling Vegas does, I really can't hear the difference when going from 96 to 48 in realtime. I can hear a difference from 96 to 44.1 however, strange huh? (I equate this difference to the simpicity of the math, dividing by 2 seems easeir than 1.XXX and less number rounded and chopped off - or does it not work that way and I'm just making up digtal theory? I make up misguided thories all the time
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At least I've learned that for me right now 96K is not the way to go.
-jhe
I started a project in Vegas in 24/96. After getting into it, and getting up to like the 16th track, I found that my system was having problems keeping up. So, frustrated I figured that the best course of action would be to resample everything to 48K, So I dove in to that, it was taking way to long, so I decided I would just suffer with the bad performance of my DAW at 96K. But then I realized that Vegas resamples automaticly anyway (how good the conversion is in realtime is an issue of course, but that may not matter..) So if I change the sampling rate I can run the mixes more efficiently. Now, the question I have is a technical one that I haven't found the answer too. When I mixdown in Vegas will the resampling matter? as far as I can tell the resampling occurs only in real time. So when "mixing down" to a new track, will the sampling rate set in the project effect the track, or will it simply resample (or not) depending on the target sampling rate of the new track? Confused? I am.
Here is where it's gotten really hairy. I ended up recording some overdubs (and vocals!) in 48K, I forgot to switch it back to 96K! uh oh.... Downsampling seems more logical than Upsampling, but the Majority of the tracks are at the higer sampling rate....... so........ Which way do I go up or down?
As far as the resampling Vegas does, I really can't hear the difference when going from 96 to 48 in realtime. I can hear a difference from 96 to 44.1 however, strange huh? (I equate this difference to the simpicity of the math, dividing by 2 seems easeir than 1.XXX and less number rounded and chopped off - or does it not work that way and I'm just making up digtal theory? I make up misguided thories all the time
)At least I've learned that for me right now 96K is not the way to go.
-jhe
