16 bit in 24 bit sessions

Don't think you'll have to do anything, Sonar handles this automatically, if I remember correctly... Come to think of it, I preview 24 bit loops in 16 bit projects all the time, and also the other way around, no problem at all....

what about sample rate?

If my project is 44.1KHz, am I ok to use 96KHz samples?

Thanks!
Dustin

help!

what should I do??

Rolo,..

I appreciate that, but unfortunately the decision has been made by all three of us here and Soundfarm.
We have a Stereo Vintech pre (Neve) and a stereo apogee converter. We made drum samples with this gear and want to replace the drums in our sessions with these. I just want to know how to do it.
How can I mix 96KHz samples with a 44.1 project?

Thanks!

Well, you could always do it the old way and just resample the audio to 44.1 for each sample.

ORIGINAL: dustin
How can I mix 96KHz samples with a 44.1 project?

The only host app I know of that does this, on the fly, is ACID Pro. It is rather unique, in this respect. It is basically format agnostic. Which means, once you set your project sample and bit rates, (I usually use 24/44), you can practically drag & drop any file (up to 32bit (IEEE)/ 192K), onto the timeline and ACID will use it. There are also dozens of audio & video formats, (.mp3, .cda, .aiff, .wav, .mid, .wma, .ogg, .mp4, .qt, .wmv, .jpeg, avi, mov, mpeg, etc.), you can open & save to. You can just as easily drag & drop these, from the Loop Explorer, to the timeline, on the fly, as well.

ORIGINAL: TheFingers

Which means, once you set your project sample and bit rates,

I would think this also means whatever you drag and drop is converted to the project SR. So if you're set to 44.1/24, any 96 kHz files are converted to 44.1.

It is done all internally, on the fly. The actual file attributes stay the same. For instance, in a 24/44 project you can drag & drop, onto the timeline, from the Loop Explorer (or Media Manager), a 96K audio wave file and when you check the tracks Clip Properties, it is still a 96K file. Even when you save, as an ACID .acd project, the audio files still retain their original attributes. Only when you do a final render, of your project will any permanant conversion take place and that is to the final render. In ACID Pro 6, it does not really really matter what your project sample & bit rate properties are, only what the final render properties, end up being. The final render can be up to a 32(IEEE)/192 wave file or in many other formats, including Fraunhofer IIS mp3 (up to 320 kbps/44.1Hz), with ID3 settings & Property Markings. ACID Pro's many default and custom render templates are some of the best, most sophisticated and easiest to use, that I have seen, in any DAW.

ORIGINAL: TheFingers
OK, I didn't know DACs can operate at two or more different rates, I don't think mine can. Certainly, it must at least be monitoring at the project SR?

The DAC's are not operating at two different rates. It is operating at whatever the ACID Pro project rate is set at. It is the ability, of ACID, to auto convert, on the fly, most any sample rate, bite rate or file format, without ever changing the original source files. As soon as you drag and drop a file, into a project, it becomes instantly ACID compatible, for mixing, editing & rendering. But the actual source files never change.