In article <892466592.21647.0.nnrp-08.9e987574@news.demon.co.uk>, llew@llew.demon.co.uk says...

>Has anyone got a workaround for the 32Khz to 44khz sampling problem. I saw
>an earlier mention using cooledit, but I cannot figure out how to get the
>sound protion of the avi file directly into cooledit without resampling
>through premiere.

For most recording, ignoring the 32kHz to 44 kHz sampling problem with
the Sony DV camcorders (and others, if you choose the 12-bit tracks for
recording - unfortunately, Sony doesn't give you a choice on the VX-1000)
results in little ill effect. On some material (especially female voice),
a high-frequency pitch-following noisy-buzz is added. Taking the offending
tracks out and filtering them in a program like Cool Edit (nice program,
and cheap!) can improve things, but does not completely remove the
problem. Jim Addie introduced me to both the problem, and its solution.
Sound Forge XP 4 (from Sonic Foundry - probably other versions, as
well...?), which I bought for $77, can take the sound tracks out of the
AVI files before they are rendered in Premier, resample them to 44kHz,
and reintegrate them with the DV video. This completely solves the
problem, but it does take a lot of time to reintegrate the sound with
the video. The procedure I use:
- open the AVI file to be resampled in Sound Forge.
- select "edit", then "select all".
- select "process", then "resample", then "44.1kHz", "2" (do not select
"anti-alias" or "set sample rate only").
- select "file", then "save as" (or "file", then "save" if you don't
want to save the original), and enter the file name and drive, hit
"save".
- select "OK" in the next menu.
- (In "options", select "no recompression", and choose AVI AUDIO.)
- wait a long time.
This process takes a lot of time, but it does work and I am happy
to have it! (I will be ordering Premiere 5, though...;-)
David Ruether
http://www.fcinet.com/ruether