Quick question about sample rates.

[prismtheory]

I'm wrapping up mixing a record that was recorded at different studios, different drum set ups and different sampling rates. Most of it was recorded by me at 24/44.1 the other recording engineer recorded everything at 24/48. I mixed all of these songs in the box because of all the changes these guys typically have me make.

My question is: Before I send the final mixes to mastering should I upsample all of the 44.1 tracks to 48 or convert all of the 48 songs to 44.1? I used to use a bus comp and print all final mixes to an external 2 track at 24/882, but I've scaled down my rig these days.
Thanks in advance. I'm just curious if there are benefits or consequences either way.

-<T>

[Riccardo]

Stay with the same sample rate and bit depth as the session. Leave SRC to the mastering engineer.

[prismtheory]

HI thanks so much for your response. The thing is, the "mastering engineer" is not exactly a mastering engineer only. The band doesn't have the budget to send it to the guy I typically use...and I don't want to master my own mixes. The engineer is going to be using PT HD for the mastering so he's essentially going to be using the same SRC as I would be. I've just put a lot of work into this project and don't want to do anything that would affect the tracks in a negative way.

-<T>

[Riccardo]

Originally Posted by prismtheory

HI thanks so much for your response. The thing is, the "mastering engineer" is not exactly a mastering engineer only. The band doesn't have the budget to send it to the guy I typically use...and I don't want to master my own mixes. The engineer is going to be using PT HD for the mastering so he's essentially going to be using the same SRC as I would be. I've just put a lot of work into this project and don't want to do anything that would affect the tracks in a negative way.

-<T>

Talk to him and see what he prefers. We all have slightly different modus operandi. Some use two DAWs, some upsample, load in, load out and so on. Communication is the key.

[It'sJoeAgain]

Originally Posted by prismtheory

HI thanks so much for your response. The thing is, the "mastering engineer" is not exactly a mastering engineer only. The band doesn't have the budget to send it to the guy I typically use...and I don't want to master my own mixes. The engineer is going to be using PT HD for the mastering so he's essentially going to be using the same SRC as I would be. I've just put a lot of work into this project and don't want to do anything that would affect the tracks in a negative way.

-<T>

do u understand what Riccardo said?? just give everything to that ME as 48kHz/24 bit if u like ...

[prismtheory]

Thanks for the incredibly helpful insight Joe. I guess I wasn't being clear. I actually just wanted to know if there would be any degradation if I upsampled the songs that were 44.1 TO 48K. I found the answer I was looking for. I wanted a scientific explanation, not a procedural opinion. Thanks anyway.

-<T>

[It'sJoeAgain]

Originally Posted by prismtheory

Thanks for the incredibly helpful insight Joe. I guess I wasn't being clear. I actually just wanted to know if there would be any degradation if I upsampled the songs that were 44.1 TO 48K. I found the answer I was looking for. I wanted a scientific explanation, not a procedural opinion. Thanks anyway.

-<T>

hey man...i was just trying to spare u all the digital mumbo jumbo but if that's what u were looking for then knock urself out...i am sure u saw that upsampling ur files is pointless. Right.