96k audio export possible?

[Philip James]

Thank you Michael

Where did you see the statement about 96K? I wonder if it is just relating to being able to work with 96k files on import and edit, which it did already, rather than 96k export which I need. It would be good to know more.

Phil

[Philip James]

You are right. Resolve does now support 96k audio export. Thanks for letting me know.

In Render Settings I now have the option of exporting as ‘same as project’, 48k, 96k or 192k (see grab). That’s great but I’m confused about what ‘same as project’ means. Where do I set the project audio sample rate? I can’t find where to do that. So is Resolve setting its own sample rate for the project? – I guess 48k And if so, is there any conversion of audio going on prior to output at my selected sample rate? My audio was imported at 96k and is stated as such in the bins but is the project audio sample rate having any bearing on what happens next or will the integrity of my audio be kept throughout?

I had this issue with Avid Media Composer where I imported 96k audio sucessfully and then selected 96k for my sequence export. All sounded good but the project audio sample rate could not be set above 48k and the audio would be converted to project rate prior to up-resing at export. How do I know that Resolve is not doing the same thing? I want to keep 96k throughout.

Thanks, Phil

[Philip James]

ps – can’t upload grab

[Michael Gissing]

You can look in your settings (look for the gear wheel icon bottom right) and see if you can change settings there.

When you set up a timeline you can change from defaults by selecting the Custom tab which should now allow you to set a different sample rate. If you can’t change your existing timeline, try creating a new timeline then copy paste to that timeline

[Philip James]

Thank you Michael

I looked at the Timeline settings for one of my current timelines and under ‘Fairlight’ it stated that the audio sample rate was 48000. It was greyed out so there was no way to change it. I then went to create a new timeline and I could not see any option to set the audio sample rate. So it appears that Resolve is defaulting to 48k.

But the big question for me is that if I use 96k audio in a sequence and then export that sequence at 96k will the audio remain unconverted or will it go through a conversion to 48k (project or timeline rate) before being converted back to 96k. This is crucial and I can’t work out how to find out.

Phil

[Philip James]

Aha! It looks like I can get round this by creating a new project and then setting 96k as the timeline audio sample rate. I’ll work with that and see how I get on.

[Philip James]

Am I understanding Resolve correctly that Timeline resolution settings are project-wide? In my current project some of my sequences are 4k and others are HD. I have set the project to 4K and it seems that this setting is set for all my timelines – I can’t change between 4k and HD for each of my sequences, depending on the resolution. So do I leave Timeline settings at 4k and just adjust the delivery resolution for the HD or 4k sequences?