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theblue1 · 17th July 2005

I haven't used OMF but I looked into it a few years ago when it looked like I might do some work on a project started in Pro Tools. My DAW, Sonar, supports its import/export natively, as do, I think most other non-PT DAWs.

But Pro Tools (or at least Pro Tools LE, not sure about the 'full' version that comes with hardware systems) requires (or did at the time) a fairly expensive add-on (around $500 if I recall correctly).

Which is moderately amusing, since, if I understand the history on this, it was video production software comany Avid (which now owns Didigesign) that heavily pushed OMF (presumably so they'd be able to work with Pro Tools projects in their own video production software).

Before Avid bought Digi and PT, they seemed to be all about 'open standards' -- but after they owned Digi, looks like their story changed substantially...

[If I've got any inaccuracies, there, I'm happy to be corrected. I'm pulling this off the top of my memory... which is always a bit risky.]

17th July 2005	#2
theblue1 Gear Guru Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 15,089	I haven't used OMF but I looked into it a few years ago when it looked like I might do some work on a project started in Pro Tools. My DAW, Sonar, supports its import/export natively, as do, I think most other non-PT DAWs. But Pro Tools (or at least Pro Tools LE, not sure about the 'full' version that comes with hardware systems) requires (or did at the time) a fairly expensive add-on (around $500 if I recall correctly). Which is moderately amusing, since, if I understand the history on this, it was video production software comany Avid (which now owns Didigesign) that heavily pushed OMF (presumably so they'd be able to work with Pro Tools projects in their own video production software). Before Avid bought Digi and PT, they seemed to be all about 'open standards' -- but after they owned Digi, looks like their story changed substantially... [If I've got any inaccuracies, there, I'm happy to be corrected. I'm pulling this off the top of my memory... which is always a bit risky.]