Specifications

Chapter 3: AAF, MXF, and OMF Overview

Pro Tools and Avid Terminology

Pro Tools and Avid use different terms to describe the

same items. For example, a Pro Tools session is equiva-

lent to an Avid sequence. The following table lists com-

mon Pro Tools elements and their Avid equivalents.

Pro Tools Avid (AAF or OMF)

session sequence

whole file

region

master clip

region subclip

plug-ins real-time audio effects

volume automa-

tion gain

Avid keyframe volume

Pro Tools does not have a feature that compares to

Avid clip-based gain. However, you can use Digi-

Translator’s Clip-Based Gain pop-up menu (in the

Import Session Data dialog) to map clip-based

gain settings to Pro Tools breakpoint automation,

or to ignore clip-based gain entirely. See “Clip-

Based Gain Pop-Up Menu” on page 23.

Whole audio files in the Regions List normally ap-

pear in bold type. However, master clip audio files

imported from AAF or OMF into Pro Tools will

not appear in bold type (indicating regions) in the

Pro Tools Regions List even though they are audio

files.