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The Pool
Convert Files
Selecting the “Convert Files” option on the Media or con-
text menu opens the Convert Options dialog which oper-
ates on selected files. Use the pop-up menus to specify
which audio file attributes you want to keep and which you
want to convert. The available settings are:
• Sample Rate
Keep as is, or convert to a sample rate between 8.000 and 96.000 kHz.
• Sample Width
Keep the sample width (resolution) as is, or convert to 16 Bit, 24 Bit or
32 Bit Float.
• Channels
Keep as is, or convert the file to Mono or Stereo Interleaved.
• File Format
Keep as is, or convert to Wave, AIFF, Wave 64, or Broadcast Wave
format.
Options
When you convert a file, you can use the Options pop-up
menu to set one of the following options regarding what to
do with the new file:
Conform Files
By using this command, you will change all selected files
that have different file attributes than what is specified for
the project, to conform to this standard.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the clips in the Pool.
2. Select “Conform Files…” on the Media menu.
A dialog opens allowing you to choose between keeping or replacing the
original unconverted files in the Pool.
The following applies:
• Clip/event references in the Pool are always redirected to the
conformed files.
• If any “keep” option is selected, original files remain in the
Project’s Audio folder and new files are created.
• If you select the “Replace” option, files in the Pool and in the
Project’s Audio folder are replaced.
Extract Audio from Video File
This Media menu item allows you to extract the audio from
a video file on disk. It automatically generates a new audio
clip that will appear in the Pool Record folder. The result
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ing clip will have the following properties:
• It will get the same file format and sample rate/width as
in the current project.
• It will get the same name as the video file.
Ö This function is not available for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
video files.
Option Description
New Files Creates a copy of the file in the audio folder and converts this
new file according to the chosen attributes. The new file is
added to the Pool, but all clip references will still point to the
original, unconverted file.
Replace
Files
Converts the original file without changing clip references. The
references are however saved with the next save action.
New +
Replace in
Pool
Creates a new copy with the chosen attributes, replaces the
original file with the new one in the Pool and redirects the cur
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rent clip references from the original file to the new file. This is
the option to select if you want your audio clips to refer to the
converted file, but still want to keep the original file on disk
(e.
g. if the file is used in other projects).