Audio sample rate before or after edit

[Stefanie Langwerden]

Hello,

Im a beginner in Audition and audio and would like to know more 🙂

I'm working on a new audio project for a Nature fragment with multiple nature sounds,

is it advisable to convert a 441000 Hz audio clip to 48000 Hz for audio post-production and optimalisation in Audition, or should I leave it as it is, edit it, and then convert the file to 48000 Hz afterwards? I download it from Pixabay, but the sound effects i download there have not the same audio sample rate, it varies from 24000 to 441000 Hz. 

After edit i would put them into a Multitrack project with Bustracks and Master them to a complete audiofile with background music and background naturesound.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Accepted solution]

There are norms for this - if it's video then the sample rate should be 48k but if it's just audio then 44.1k is fine. The important bit is to decide what sample rate your Audition session is going to be at, and convert all your source files to that. If you don't do that, then Audition will convert them for you and create loads of extra copies of them that you won't need. Best to get everything about your files straight before inserting them into the session. If you decide after the event that you want the mixed result at a different sample rate, then all you have to do is resample the mixed-down file.