Specifications

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OMFI/AAF Options
Pro Tools Comment Identifies the source of the file, and
defaults to the name of the current session. The
Pro Tools Comment field does not appear if you are us-
ing the Export Selected as Tracks command, since audio
on one track may have many different sources.
Sequence Name This is the name that will be displayed
when the file is imported into another AAF- or OMF-
compatible program. The sequence name is not the file
name that will appear in the finder. This field defaults to
the Pro Tools region name. When exporting more than
one region, all clip names are automatically set to the
region name.
Target Project Time Code Format This is the time code
format for the project into which this file or sequence
will be imported. This may be different from the time
code format of the current session. This parameter al-
lows regions to be placed correctly in sessions with dif-
ferent time code formats, and also calculates how many
samples must be added to pad regions to frame bound-
aries.
Time Stamping
When you export to AAF or OMF, all exported media is
time stamped. A time stamp is a specific time code loca-
tion stored within an individual media file.
The time stamp can indicate:
• Time Code location on the source tape
• Where the file was originally recorded in the
Pro Tools Timeline
• Where a region was placed in an Avid or Pro Tools
Timeline
• User entered time codes
Time stamps can be stored in three different places within
a media file:
• In a region definition
• In the file format metadata (for example, .WAV file
wrappers)
• In the AAF or OMF wrapper
Exporting a Region
If you are exporting a region, the time stamp will be the
start point of the region, relative to the point where the
file originally started to record. For example, if you
record a file from 1:00 to 1:30, then trim it to start at
1:15, the time stamp for the exported region would be
1:15. This is true even if the region is slipped elsewhere
in the Timeline.
Exporting a Region as Part of a Sequence
When you export a region as part of a sequence, the re-
gion’s original time stamp reflects the region’s position
in the Timeline of the sequence.
Exporting a File
Recorded in Pro Tools If the file was recorded in
Pro Tools, the time stamp is the location in the Timeline
at which the recording began. For instance, if you
record the file from 1:00 to 2:00, the time stamp would
be 1:00.
AudioSuite with Playlist If the file was created by Audio-
Suite, using the Playlist option, the time stamp is the lo-
cation in the Timeline to which the source region was
spotted. For example, if you record a file from 1:00 to
2:00, then move it to start at 4:00, the file would be du-
plicated, processed with the plug-in and the new time
stamp for the duplicate would be 4:00.