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AliciaHushHr
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March 16, 2021
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Conformed audio files sound awful compared to original. How to fix this?

  • March 16, 2021
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Hello from a relative newbie..

 

I'm struggline to understand why a conformed file would sound so much worse than the original audio? Even though the sample rate might be 44100 as opposed to other files for which sample rates are 48000, the process of conforming the file to match sample rates seems to degrade the sound a great deal. How can I avoid this happening?

 

Thanks in anticipation

 

Alicia :-0)

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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March 16, 2021

From a glance at the edge of your picture - are you trying to put this file in a track that has a pitch shift effect on it? If you are, it's probably less than surprising that it doesn't sound great...

 

Basically, you haven't told us anything like enough of what you are trying to do with the session to be able to diagnose the problem. Normally resampling is transparent.

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AliciaHushHrAuthor
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March 21, 2021

Hi SteveG,

 

I didn't include the rest of the image because it didn't relate to my question re conformed files -  I was in the middle of playing with pitch shift using the tip you offered (I think it was you), suggesting that glitches in pitch shift processing could be avoided by manually reducing the splicing frequency in settings. Which worked well, thank you. 

My question re conformed files relates to the alert message that pops up when you have some files with a different sample rate to others in a multitrack environment. You are offered the opportunity to 'match sample rate', which then appears to have a negative effect on the quality of the matched audio when compared to the original file. I would like to know how to avoid the change in audio quality in such cases. 

Thanks,

Alicia

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AliciaHushHrAuthor
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March 21, 2021

The screen shot was merely to show the list of files with different sample rates 

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