[Ardour-Users] sample rate conversion quality

[David Taht]

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plutek-infinity escribió:
> greetings!
> 
> i'm wondering what method is used by ardour for it's "best" sample rate conversion in export, and whether that represents "state of the art" in linux currently.
> 
> thanks... cheers!
> 

It uses libsamplerate, which at best quality claims a > 145db snr ratio.
I've been working on improving its speed lately, roughly doubling its
speed in same cases. (the code is far from ready for prime time however)
Probably the best sample rate converter I've seen is r8brain. I don't
know its quality but it generates pretty pictures on a sweep. Various
sample rate converters are compared at: http://src.infinitewave.ca/


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