Question about sample rates....

[D_Keys]

Hi,

My question is about mixing sample rates. I've used 44.1 samples in a mix and output to 48, but the sound quality is just not what I expected at mix down. Everything sounds fine on my monitors during mixing (I'm using Event TR-5s). Would this be the culprit in any problems or artifacts in the mixdown? One problem I am having is that some of the string instuments have a sort of detuned sound to them. I ask this because the sound card drivers I am using has a fixed output sample rate of 48. Should I convert the 44.1 samples to 48 and then use them?

 

[sile2001]

It sounds like part of the problem might be the method your soundcard uses to resample to 48KHz. To get anything like a decent sound in resampling, you have to have some form of anti-aliasing. A lack of anti-aliasing will most certainly result in audio artifacts, and would contribute to the problems you're having with the strings.

Try using a program such as SoundForge or the like to resample the audio files using an anti-aliasing filter, and then bring them into your project.

 

[Massive Master]

Why are you upsamling to 48k?

OR

If you just mix to 44.1, does it sound okay?