Specifications
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When you choose this option, you can also
choose the size of the handle (in milliseconds)
applied to consolidated audio. Handle is the
amount of the original audio file that is pre-
served before and after each region in case you
need to make any edits to the new regions.
Force to Target Session Format (Convert Audio
Media to New Session Format in Pro Tools 6.0)
This option copies and converts any files that do
not match the current session’s file format, bit
depth, and sample rate. Files that do match the
current session’s file type, bit depth and sample
rate are referred to directly and not copied.
Video Media Options
You can either choose to leave video media files
in their original locations or copy them to a new
location. This is useful if you are importing
tracks from a source such as CD-ROM or shared
storage, and you want to place video files on a
different drive.
Time Code Mapping Options
You can specify where the imported tracks are
placed in the current session. Times are indi-
cated in time code for all TDM systems and
Pro Tools LE systems with DV Toolkit, and min-
utes:seconds for other Pro Tools LE systems.
Maintain Absolute Time Code Values This option
places tracks at the locations where they were lo-
cated in the source session. For example, if the
current session starts at 00:01:00:00, and the ses-
sion from which you are importing starts at
10:00:00:00, the earliest imported tracks can ap-
pear in your session is 9 hours and 59 minutes
after the start of the session.
Maintain Relative Time Code Values This option
places tracks at the same offset from session start
as they had in the source session. For example, if
the source session starts at 01:00:00:00 and con-
tains a track that starts at 01:01:00:00, and the
current session start is 02:00:00:00, the track
will be placed at 02:01:00:00 in the current ses-
sion.
Map Start Time Code to hh:mm:ss:ff (All TDM Sys-
tems and Pro Tools LE Systems with DV Toolkit) or
hh:mm:ss (Pro Tools LE Systems without DV Tool-
kit) This option places tracks relative to their
original session start time. For example, on a
TDM system, or Pro Tools LE system with DV
Toolkit, if the current session starts at
00:01:00:00, and the session from which you are
importing starts at 10:00:00:00, you can reset
the start time code to 00:01:00:00, to avoid plac-
ing files 9 hours and 59 minutes from the start
of your session.
Track Offset Options
You can specify a track offset in addition to any
offset incurred with the Time Code Mapping op-
tions. Any imported audio is offset in the cur-
rent session’s timeline by the specified amount.
You can enter values in Minutes:Seconds,
Bars|Beats, Samples, Time Code, or Feet/Frames.
Sample Rate Conversion (SRC) Options
You can set options that control how sample
rate conversion is applied to imported audio
files. If the source session and the current ses-
sion have the same sample rate, this portion of
the dialog is unavailable.
Source Sample Rate For audio files created in
any session, no matter what the session sample
rate is, you can have the sample rate conversion
process treat the files in several ways to compen-