I started with 4 audio tracks that were recorded at 48K 16 bit on two genlocked and TC synced XLH1's.
I did some general preprocessing on the audio in Sound Forge (mostly stereo conversion, EQ and spot fixes) but accidentally saved it at 44.1K PCM (the default in SF).
I'm quite satisfied with the audio, and don't want to go back and do all the preprocess work again, but I wonder how to render the final audio (which will be AC-3 5.1).
My Vegas project matches the video and audio (44.1K) properties. Do I:
1) Render it out to AC-3 at 48K, or at 44.1K?
2) Or do I go back to SF and render all the processed files back to 48K and then bring them into Vegas?
Conventional logic tells me to minimize my losses and leave it all at 44.1K when rendering; however, I wonder if I am creating problems for some DVD players by having a nonstandard bitrate in the final 5.1 audio.
Anyone done some tests to see if converting 48->44->48 creates any audible differences?
I did some general preprocessing on the audio in Sound Forge (mostly stereo conversion, EQ and spot fixes) but accidentally saved it at 44.1K PCM (the default in SF).
I'm quite satisfied with the audio, and don't want to go back and do all the preprocess work again, but I wonder how to render the final audio (which will be AC-3 5.1).
My Vegas project matches the video and audio (44.1K) properties. Do I:
1) Render it out to AC-3 at 48K, or at 44.1K?
2) Or do I go back to SF and render all the processed files back to 48K and then bring them into Vegas?
Conventional logic tells me to minimize my losses and leave it all at 44.1K when rendering; however, I wonder if I am creating problems for some DVD players by having a nonstandard bitrate in the final 5.1 audio.
Anyone done some tests to see if converting 48->44->48 creates any audible differences?