need help please!!!!

[Ferchu]

I´ve just finished recording a song in Sonar 3 in 24 bits with a smple rate of 96hz. now I´ve realised that I have to change that to burn songs in a CD, but when I try to convert the bits by dithering in Sound Forge6, I can, but I can´t change the sample rate just like that. I click on the bar on the bottom of the screen which shows it, and I get the option of changing it, I save the file, but then it is all slow and the sound is DEAD!!!!!!

please, can anyone tell me how to change the 24-96 format to 16-44 for CDs???

Fer

[AlChuck]

Chose Resample from the Process menu (this is SF 5, by the way, the menus might have been rearranged or renamed in 6 and/or 7). DO NOT check the Set the Sample Rate Only checkbox.

Then either use Bit-Depth Converter, or just do a Save As and pick the desired bit depth from the Attributes list near the bottom of the dialog box.

(In the Bit-Depth Converter dialog box, as far as dithering goes, I can't really advise on what the best approach is, as I typically just record everything at 16-bit in the first place... but I know it does matter. Maybe the help system has a good description of what the best thing to do is, or maybe someone else here will chime in.)