Specifications

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Source Audio Sample Rate
This setting allows you to specify the sample rate
of the material you are working with in Pro Tools,
independent of the session’s sample rate settings.
Destination Audio Sample Rate
This setting allows you to specify the sample rate
for audio files after the AAF or OMF translation.
If this setting differs from the
Source Audio Sam-
ple Rate
setting, audio is sample-rate converted
digitally to the
Destination Audio Sample Rate.
Sample Rate Conversion Quality
These settings correspond to Pro Tools sample rate
conversion settings. It is not recommended that
you use the
Low (Fastest) setting. The Tweak Head
(Slowest)
setting provides the highest quality sam-
ple rate conversion.
Audio Media Options
When exporting tracks to AAF or OMF, Pro Tools
provides the following Audio Media Options:
Audio Format
Choose whether you want the resulting AAF or
OMF file to refer to BWF (.WAV), AIFF, SD II
(Mac and OMF only), MXF (AAF only), or em-
bedded files. The audio files will be converted ac-
cordingly.
Bit-Depth
Select 16-bit or 24-bit as the target bit-depth for the
exported media. Pro Tools automatically applies
dither, 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 Pro Tools can han-
dle source audio media (as set in the Export to
OMF/AAF dialog’s Audio Media Options pop-up
menu).
Link 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.
Audio Media Options
If you create AIFF or BWF (.WAV) audio, the
audio files have extra OMF data attached to
them. Though most applications will not have
problems reading these audio files, they may
not be compatible with all applications.
MXF is only available if you have selected the
Enforce Avid Compatibility option.