David A-Ribeiro Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Hello everyone, Say there is a break during a shoot and you go record some useful ambience & FX, switch from 48k to 96k, and forget to switch back to 48k for the next few takes when the shoot resumes. What are your suggestions to do this conversion,considering the priorities are,in order of importance: 1.sound quality 2.preserving metadata 3.possibility of batch conversion Thankful for any tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) Re-sampling down to 48k should not affect the dialog sound quality enough to be of concern. I would use a DAW or audio waveform editor .I would first check out Sound Device's 'Wave Agent' and see if that can do it. OTOH, Sound Forge Pro can batch re-sample..Not sure about batch converting w/ metadata though.. Normally versions 10 & 11 should w/o altering or losing it. providing you use 'Save'... 'I think the 'Save as' process.will lose it, I can check this out later when I get home. I don't know about the Sound Forge Pro Mac version. Edited September 23, 2015 by Rick Reineke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A-Ribeiro Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Thanks Rick. Doing it in Protools is an option but more time-consuming than if I could simply batch-process them somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Riggs Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 What's the big deal if you accidentally recorded some takes in higher quality at 96k? It's not like you recorded 44.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHenry Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 AudioFile-Engineering's 'Sample Manager' can do this with ease. Although it's about to be renamed and released as 'Myriad' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Rx4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bull Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Yes, Izotope RX 3 and RX4 batch process retains all the metadata I could throw at it. The vast majority of other batch software just strips it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A-Ribeiro Posted September 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Thanks everyone. JackHenry, cool tip, did not know that program. Will also look at RX. Joe, there is no big deal, I am just trying to spare some confused phone calls/emails from editorial by handing them the files at the standard sample rate of the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Update:I checked the batch convert process in Sound Forge Pro 10 & 11 with a BWF (version 1, whatever that is). The batch converter retained the metadata. It also has the option to change some basic metadata entries, Artist, Title, Engineer, ect. (not TC). The file name can be amended to as well. OTOH, if the file is 'Saved as' in the normal mode (no-batch convert), the metadata is wiped. A normal save of an existing file retains the data. A BWF cannot be created from scratch though in SF, however a work-around would be to copy an existing BWF, replace the audio, change the metadata parameters if needed and re-save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A-Ribeiro Posted September 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Great stuff, thanks for the update, Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 AudioFile-Engineering's 'Sample Manager' can do this with ease. Although it's about to be renamed and released as 'Myriad' This. It's only $79 and they used the same SRC licensed from iZotope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHenry Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Myriad, the Sample Manager replacement is not too far away I think. Get in touch with AudioFile-Engineering and see if you buy Sample Manager now, whether you'll then get a fee upgrade to Myriad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHenry Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I've confirmed that AudioFile Engineering will offer a free upgrade to a Myriad if Sample Manager is purchased now, before the Myriad release date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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