thanks for the link. however I find that documentation to be overwhelming and confusing
can anyone poat direct instructions. All I need to do it convert from 48 k/32 bit> 44.1/16 to edit a recording
Shawn's brief directions are basically correct, but assume that one has already correctly configured Audacity for the desired results. An expanded version of Shawn's instructions:
- In Preferences | Quality, set High-quality Sample Rate Converter to High-Quality Sinc Interpolation
- In Preferences | Quality, set High-quality Dither to Triangle
- In Preferences | File Formats, set Uncompressed File Format to WAV (Microsoft 16 bit PCM)
- If doing any editing (normalizing, EQ, compression, etc.), set the track's Set Sample Format to 32-bit float
- Set the Project Rate to 44.1 kHz
- From the Main Menu, select File | Export As WAV
As with any audio editing program, Audacity requires one to understand its workflow and configure it properly to achieve the desired results. In order to properly resample from 48 kHz to 44.1 kHz, and dither from 32-bit to 16-bit, it's important to understand how Audacity works and how to configure it correctly. I strongly recommend taking the time to read, re-read if necessary, absorb, and understand the workflow post in its entirety, as it will have an impact on one's ability to effectively use Audacity correctly and achieve the best results.
For example, if the
High-quality Dither preference is set to
None instead of
Triangle, one will still end up with a 16-bit file (and likely assume everything worked as planned), but Audacity will have truncated from 32-bit to 16-bit rather than dithered, which will negatively impact the results.