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Digital Audio Workstation & MIDI => Digital Audio Workstations & MIDI Applications => Topic started by: dr bu on July 24, 2014, 07:57:43 AM
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do you guys have any preferred conversion routines?
for example ive done a lot of field recordings on my Edirol R-09HR (its what ive got) at 24bit/96 kHz, and of course .wav!
so converting these to .aif or .sd2 for import in Cubase or PT i use the Batch converter in Spark 2.5.
if i want to copy a commercial CD, i use Soundapp since its 16bit anyway. but Soundapp has many different algorithms and i dont know the difference between them. maybe Sparks conversion is better? Peak has a Batch converter but its a hassle. talking to 110 he said Barbabatch or QuickTime movieplayer are superior choices.
is this one of those issues where all experts have different opinions? :) :D
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ok, so was this one of those over-the-top-stupid questions? :(
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maybe just bad timing? :D
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ask two experts and they will have three different opinions. have you tried using barbara yet?
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I just use the built in converter in Pro Tools. Use Logic for MIDI and VST, so I have never had to use audio inside of it.
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I've run into a little trouble myself. Some of the older DAWs only use AIFF or SD2 files and won't take wavs or mp3s. Is there a good strict audio converter app?
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personally i hate this app, but for batch unencoding mp3s i would suggest itunes. i dont know offhand, if any, then spark could be the only "pro" app which will do it in a bearable manner.
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personally i hate this app, but for batch unencoding mp3s i would suggest itunes. i dont know offhand, if any, then spark could be the only "pro" app which will do it in a bearable manner.
hes not talking about mp3s hes talking about sound files hes recorded with a portable recorder
i would assume hes also talking about samplecds in general in addition to his own recorded "samples"
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what about audacity? although the legacy mac version may not support the batch processing feature
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/legacy_mac
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Chains_-_for_batch_processing_and_effects_automation