Specifications

Chapter 4: Importing AAF and OMF to Pro Tools

Click Save.

The Import Session Data dialog appears.

9 Depending on how you want to import the audio,

choose one of the following options from the Audio Me-

dia Options pop-up menu:

Link to Source Media (Where Possible) This option lets

you avoid duplicating audio files by referring to the

original files when possible. If the source files do not re-

side on supported playback media (such as a CD), or if

they require bit depth or sample rate conversion, the

source files are copied instead. This option allows the

current session to refer to files that do not match the

current session’s audio file format.

Copy from Source Media This option copies all audio

files related to the imported tracks from the source me-

dia to a new specified location, and converts the files to

the current session’s audio file format, bit depth, and

sample rate if necessary. This is useful if you are import-

ing tracks from a source (such as a CD or shared storage),

and you want to place the audio files on a different hard

drive.

Consolidate from Source Media This option consolidates

audio while copying it. This is useful if you want to copy

only the regions of the audio files used in the source

tracks, without copying unused audio. This option cop-

ies and converts consolidated audio to the current ses-

sion’s audio file format, bit depth, and sample rate if

necessary.

When you choose this option, you can also choose the

size of the handle (in milliseconds) applied to consoli-

dated audio. Handle is the amount of the original audio

file that is preserved before and after each region in case

you need to make any edits to the new regions.

Force to Target Session Format This option copies and

converts any files that do not match the current ses-

sion’s file format, bit depth, and sample rate. Files that

do match the current session’s file type, bit depth and

sample rate are referred to directly and not copied.

Import Session Data dialog

You can open and import OMF or AAF sequences

that reference audio files with mixed sample rates

and/or bit depths. Audio files will be converted to

the highest sample rate and bit depth of the files

being imported (for new sessions) or to the current

sample rate and/or bit depth (for existing ses-

sions). DigiTranslator 2.0 or higher is required.