Will:
I have the latest version 4.1. It's converter is essentially identical to
that used by 3.2. I've notified the Peak tech folks about the problem and
sent them the insect soundfile so they can hear how bad it functions. I
should hear back soon. I think my insect recording is the perfect test for
a converter because it has such intense high frequency material.
I'll give Soundhack a try. Right now, my impulse is to use ProTools because
it sounds so great. Peak is a great editor for doing filtering, etc., using
VST or Audio Units plug-ins. I wonder if anyone makes a plug-in sample rate
converter? I haven't been able to find one.
Lang
Lang,
I use Peak on a daily basis and agree that it isn't the best for sample
rate conversion. Which version are you at?
You might check into Soundhack which is freeware. I've used this for a
few years with good results. You may find it a bit slow, but more
satisfying. It can be downloaded at the link below:
http://www.soundhack.com/freeware.php
To do SRC: with the program open, go to Hack and choose
Varispeed.......in the window that opens choose the new sample rate and
Best for quality.
The resulting file will have a Soundhack icon with a long
name......give it a new name and drag it into your editor (Peak?) and
it will see it as an aiff file.
No batch conversion.......sorry.
Please get in touch if you have any problems. I'll have this program
with me on a laptop at the upcoming NSS Field Workshop.
Will
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Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 08:41:46 -0400
From: Lang Elliott <>
Subject: Re: Sample Rate Conversion
To all you Mac-heads:
To my horror, I've just discovered that PEAK sound editing software does
LOUSY sample rate conversion of insect recordings from 48 khz to 44.1
khz,
even when using the highest quality setting. I can hear a big
difference. In
contrast, ProTools does a much cleaner job and even Quicktime
conversions
sound better than PEAK.
Can anyone recommend good software for doing conversions on a Mac,
especially software that is capable of doing batch conversions of many
files? ProTools does a great job, but is quite inconvenient when large
numbers of files need converting.
Lang
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Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
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