• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Do I need to convert wav to aiff?

  Posted by Bobby Hall on August 12, 2015 at 5:18 am

  I’m editing a music video in FCP7 and the audio for the song is a wav file. I opened up the file in a program I have to see the properties and it said format is pcm_s24le, sample rate 441000 Hz, and bit rate 2117000 bps. I’ve read you’re supposed to convert wav to aiff in FCP and I’ve also heard you can edit using wav. I just wanted to ask the pros on here for an answer. Thanks!

  Bobby Hall replied 11 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Michael Gissing

  August 12, 2015 at 5:47 am

  wav or aif is fine but convert to 48khz in Compressor first as digital audio for video is standard 48khz. Stay at 24 bit
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  Bobby Hall

  August 17, 2015 at 1:09 am

  Thanks Michael. What’s the reason for doing that? Does it make the audio sound better in the exported video?

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