#SAMPLING AUDIO FROM YOUTUBE MANUAL#
#SAMPLING AUDIO FROM YOUTUBE UPGRADE#
#SAMPLING AUDIO FROM YOUTUBE SERIES#

Even if you bounce the guitar file out of your DAW at 96000 samples/second, the guitar will still playback as a 44100 samples/second file. If you record your guitar at 44100 samples/second, that's all the information you have to work with.

#SAMPLING AUDIO FROM YOUTUBE UPGRADE#

It's important to keep in mind that you can't upgrade the sample rate of an audio file once it's been recorded.ДЇigure 1: A visual representation of a continuous analog waveform sliced into equally spaced time intervals (samples). The higher your sample rate, the more accurately it will depict the original analog audio waveform. This same concept applies to audio as well. Similar to how films are just pictures being played in succession,В digital audio is also just tiny samples being played one after another.В If you record one minute of video at a high frame rate, the fluid motion of it will be much greater, making it appear more life-like. At this point, sample rate becomes a factor.

#SAMPLING AUDIO FROM YOUTUBE SERIES#

Your audio interface performs A/D (analog to digital) conversion, changing the electrical sound wave into a series of data values that your computer can store. That electrical signal is sent through a cable to your audio interface. A microphone picks up the sound waves coming out of the guitar, and it converts those waves into an electrical signal. When recording the guitar for playback at a later time, things change. There's no higher audio quality than the sound coming out of the guitar and directly hitting your ear. Let's assume you're recording a one-second guitar clip. Sample rate refers to the number of samples (tiny slices of audio information) that are present within one second of digital audio. If your music distributor requires you to upload 16-bit files instead of, or in addition to 24-bit files, make sure that you apply dither as well. When mastering a song yourself, and when you plan to upload your music to streaming services, always export your song at a bit depth of 24 and make sure to apply dither.

Never increase sample rate when exporting a track. However, if you've recorded audio at 44.1 kHz, you'll export your track at 44.1 kHz as well. For example, Distrokid allows you to upload songs up to a sample rate of 96 kHz, so if you've recorded audio at 192 kHz, you'll need to export your files at 96 kHz.

When mastering a song yourself, reduce sample rate based on destination formatting requirements.

#SAMPLING AUDIO FROM YOUTUBE MANUAL#

Refer to your DAW's user manual to identify the bit depth at which it processes audio internally. Most DAWs process audio internally at a bit depth of 32 (floating point), but not all of them.

When sending your mix to a mastering engineer, export your mix, without dither applied, at the bit depth that your DAW processes audio at.

Most people tend to record and produce music at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz, but if you've recorded your audio at a higher sample rate, export your project at the higher sample rate.

When sending your mix to a mastering engineer, always export your song at the sample rate you've recorded at.

The one question I'm asked all the time is, 'Which sample rate and bit depth settings should I use when exporting my track?' Before cracking into the technicalities behind this, I want to give you four golden rules to live by: Sample rate refers to the number of samples an audio file carries per second, while bit depth dictates the amplitude resolution of audio files.

Sample rate and bit depth are two values that you've likely noticed within your digital audio workstation's export settings.

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