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audacity-sample-rates [2023/11/12 23:00] – created renickaudacity-sample-rates [2023/11/12 23:02] (current) – renick
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 Here's a page on the Audacity website about sample rates: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/sample_rates.html Here's a page on the Audacity website about sample rates: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/sample_rates.html
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 +You'll notice that there's a "Resample" item in the "Tracks" menu, but this ISN'T what you want: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tracks_menu.html
  
 48 kHz is totally fine for us, and probably 44.1 would be OK too. We'll choose 48 because it's high-quality. By being specific about sample rate, we're going to prevent problems. In some applications, having the wrong sample rate will affect the perceived pitch of sounds. 44.1 kHz played at 48 kHz will sound like it's been "sped up", with the perceived pitches being too high.  48 kHz is totally fine for us, and probably 44.1 would be OK too. We'll choose 48 because it's high-quality. By being specific about sample rate, we're going to prevent problems. In some applications, having the wrong sample rate will affect the perceived pitch of sounds. 44.1 kHz played at 48 kHz will sound like it's been "sped up", with the perceived pitches being too high. 
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