Audio Sweetening Prep

Preparing your avid audio for an audio session.

• Duplicate your sequence and move that sequence to a new bin.
• Open the new sequence and delete all video tracks.
• Highlight the new sequence in your bin with a single click of the mouse.
• Under top-level menu item, "Clip," select "Consolidate." (accept the 60-frame handle default). This action will write new media to your destination drive (jazz for most projects or zip for smaller projects). This action will also place a number of ".new" master clips in your bin and write new media files to the drive you've selected in a folder called "OMFI MediaFiles." These files will be used by Pro-Tools during your audio session.
• Highlight the same sequence again.
• Under the top-level menu item, "Files," choose "Export." (You will be prompted with some choices and under "Export File Type,", select "OMFI Composition."
• From the pop-up menu, select "SD2;" under "Version," select "OMFI 2."
• Press "OK" and select a drive. (Use jazz or zip). Keep your file names short and logical. Do not remove the .omf extension, which is the default name. Note: Please use 48K sample rates since Digibetas are at 48K. Files saved at 44.1 will need to be converted to the higher sample rate.