Specifications
DigiTranslator Integrated Option Guide
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Sample Rate Conversion Quality
These settings correspond to Pro Tools sample rate con-
version settings. It is not recommended that you use the
“Low (Fastest)” setting. The “Tweak Head (Slowest)” set-
ting provides the highest quality sample rate conver-
sion.
Audio Media Options
Audio Format
Choose whether you want the resulting OMF file to re-
fer to BWF (.WAV), AIFF, Sound Designer II (Mac only),
MXF, or embedded files. The audio files will be con-
verted accordingly.
Audio Bit-Depth
Select 16-bit or 24-bit as the target bit-depth for the ex-
ported media. Pro Tools will apply the AudioSuite dith-
ering algorithm, without noise shaping, when reducing
bit-depth from 24-bit to 16-bit.
Source Media
When exporting tracks from Pro Tools to AAF or OMF,
there are three ways that DigiTranslator can handle
source audio media (as set in the Export to OMF/AAF di-
alog’s Audio Media Options pop-up menu).
Refer To Source Media Creates an AAF or OMF file that
refers to as many of the original media files as possible.
In this case, the AAF or OMF file points to the BWF
(.WAV), MXF, AIFC, or Sound Designer II files from the
source project.
Copy From Source Media Copies audio to another drive
or folder. You can sample-rate convert the audio during
this translation.
Consolidate From Source Media Copies only the part of
the files that are actually used by the session. For exam-
ple, you may only be using a ten second region of a ten-
minute audio file in your session. Consolidating this au-
dio saves a great deal of disk space by copying only the
audio you use, and discarding the rest.
Consolidate Handle Size (Milliseconds) Specifies the
number of milliseconds of the original audio file to re-
tain at the beginning and end of each audio clip that is
created. This lets you extend clip boundaries even after
Audio Media Options
If you create AIFF or BWF (.WAV) audio, the au-
dio files have extra OMF data attached to them.
Though most applications will not have problems
reading these audio files, they may not be compat-
ible with all applications.
MXF is only available if you have selected the En-
force Avid Compatibility option.
Consolidate Source Audio Media is the only us-
able option for a Pro Tools to AAF or OMF trans-
lation when Quantize Edits to Frame Boundaries
is selected. See “Quantize Edits to Frame Bound-
aries” on page 30.