My goal is to convert 48 khz wav to 44.1 khz wav without altering the pitch of it. I’ve followed all the instructions online, used both the track drop-down menu as well as the “quality” preferences in the project settings, and neither will export a 44.1 khz wav file. Project “quality” preferences is always set to 44.1 khz.
–If the track sample rate stays at 48 khz, it will export a 48 khz file same as original.
–If I click “resample” under the track menu and resample to 44.1 khz, nothing happens, and exporting is the same as before.
–Finally, if I click the arrow in the left of the track and change sample rate to 44.1 khz, it actually does change the sample rate but now causes the track to play slower (lower pitch). When exporting this track even with project settings set to 44.1 khz, the result is a 48 khz .wav file, with the reduced pitch.
Ignore YouTube and the like - they are frequently wrong. Try the Audacity manual instead:
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/selection_toolbar.html#rate
Project Rate (Hz)
The sample rate for the project, by default this is set to 44100 Hz. To change the default rate that is used each time Audacity is launched (or each time a new, empty project window is opened), use Quality Preferences.Changing the project rate in Selection Toolbar immediately changes the sample rate at which new tracks will be recorded or generated in the current project, and at which existing tracks will be played, rendered or exported. If the rate you require is not in the dropdown list, you may type the rate you want directly over the currently selected rate.
Audacity supports multiple tracks with different sample rates.The “Project Rate” is the rate that the project is working in. If you have a project with two tracks, one with a sample rate of 8000 Hz and one with a sample rate of 48000 Hz, and the “Project Rate” is set to 44100 Hz, then:
- playback will be 44100 Hz,
- any new tracks created by “Tracks menu > Add track” will be 44100 Hz,
- new track created by recording to a new track will be 44100 Hz,
- when the audio is exported, it will be exported as a 44100 Hz file,
- mixing down tracks will mix to 44100 Hz.
My goal is to convert 48 khz wav to 44.1 khz wav
Because why?
There’s a long list of programs, apps, services and systems that don’t care. Most video editors, I would say all, will cheerfully put up with a mixture of 44.1 and 48 without even noticing there’s anything wrong.
What’s the job? I mean the real job, not the “I want to convert” job.
Koz