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WAVELAB
19 – 548 The Audio Montage
Exporting AES-31 files
Proceed as follows to export an Audio Montage as an AES31 file:
1. Select “Export as AES-31 file…” from the Save Special submenu on the
File menu.
2. Select a name and location for the new file and click Save.
At this point, the AES-31 Export options dialog appears. This dialog lets you specify a num-
ber of options for the AES-31 file to be exported. Click the question mark icon in the dialog
for details.
3. When you’ve made the desired settings in the AES-31 Export options dia-
log, click OK.
The montage is exported to an AES-31 file. The exported file will contain all audio track
data, including audio file references.
The saved file will be an xml file (but with the extension “.adl”, for audio
decision list) – this means you can open it in any text editor to check file
references, etc.
Importing AES-31 files
Proceed as follows to import an AES-31 file into WaveLab:
1. Select “Import AES-31 project…” from the Open submenu on the File
menu.
2. Navigate to the location of the AES-31 file (extension “.adl”), select it and
click Open.
The AES-31 Import options dialog appears, allowing you to specify some import options.
Click the question mark icon in the dialog for details.
3. When you’ve made the desired settings in the AES-31 Import options
dialog, click OK.
The imported AES-31 file opens as a new, untitled Audio Montage containing all the audio
tracks stored in the AES-31 file.
About importing AES-31 files created in Nuendo
By importing an AES-31 file, you can for example import a project created
in Steinberg’s Nuendo into WaveLab.
In this case, it is possible to add specific codes to the names of markers
in Nuendo to facilitate their conversion into WaveLab specific markers –
i.e. if an AES-31 file exported from Nuendo is imported into WaveLab, the
markers it contains will be interpreted as WaveLab markers upon import.