• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Newbie Audio Format Question

  Posted by Mark Ellis on April 6, 2012 at 9:43 pm

  Hi, I’m a professional audio engineer who’s just starting to dabble in video and motion graphics. I know there is a lot of people who don’t like FCPX because of it’s current limitations but i think it will be perfect for me as i’m sure the software will get better in time and since i’m a beginner, i can grow along with the software.

  One question i do have is to do with audio sample rates. I have pretty big sound effects library that is in 320bit 44.1K mp3 format. I know most video programs work in 48k, so would it be worth my time to convert the whole library to a 48k sample rate? Or will FCPX accept the 44.1K files and dither appropriately to 48K in the final product?

  Thanks, Mark

  Jeff Greenberg replied 14 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jeff Greenberg

  April 8, 2012 at 11:36 am

  The speed of modern systems should provide acceptable real time performance without conversion. When you go to output, it’ll upsample as needed.

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  Jeff I. Greenberg
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