Importing Sonar sessions into ProTools

Sender · 21st August 2005

So my friend tracked some of there album in sonar. Does anyone know a way I can import files into ProTools and have it work in there.

six_wax · 21st August 2005

OMF? Unfortunately, you need Digitranslator even for this. There is, however, usually a 30 day demo that comes with new PT installs.

I was recently handed OMF-transferred-from-Sonar PT Sessions to mix, and they were all fubar'd anywho [edits not printed, other weirdness]...

Easiest might be brute force: Just consolidate and print individual tracks of a fixed length [or use a 2-pop at teh beginning as a sync ref]. Then import them individually to tracks in PT. This might take an hour or so to do, but at least you'll know that what you pull up in PT is what you started with.

Alécio Costa · 21st August 2005

just consolidate everything in sonar from Bar1. You may also import midi/conductor info. Open a fresh PT session and import midi and Wave data.
No more than 10 minutes.NO need to buy XXXXXX.

theblue1 · 21st August 2005

Alécio is right.

OMF is great for apps that support it like Sonar, DP, Cubase/Nuendo, etc. But PT LE doesn't, without an expensive add-on that does... What? -- and costs like $500 or more.

Anyhow... just make sure you select all your tracks from 0 and then you can export them in one pass from Sonar to individual files (umm... can't remember if they have to be all mono, though, for PT LE -- anyone?) I forget what the exact wording is, but it's pretty self-evident if you look at the export format options pulldown.

(I think you have to export the MIDI separately, if you need it. I'm hazy on the particulars, but I imagine it's moderately straightforward. Maybe you simply do a SaveAs as a MIDI file or something. Anyhow.)

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Sender Gear maniac Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 253 Thread Starter	Importing Sonar sessions into ProTools So my friend tracked some of there album in sonar. Does anyone know a way I can import files into ProTools and have it work in there.

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Alécio Costa Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2002 Location: Brazil, Florianópolis/SC Posts: 1,734	just consolidate everything in sonar from Bar1. You may also import midi/conductor info. Open a fresh PT session and import midi and Wave data. No more than 10 minutes.NO need to buy XXXXXX. __________________ Alécio Costa Studio www.aleciocosta.com http://www.facebook.com/alecio.costa Artist career at: http://www.audiostreet.net/aleciocosta http://www.myspace.com/aleciocosta

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21st August 2005	#2
six_wax Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,102	OMF? Unfortunately, you need Digitranslator even for this. There is, however, usually a 30 day demo that comes with new PT installs. I was recently handed OMF-transferred-from-Sonar PT Sessions to mix, and they were all fubar'd anywho [edits not printed, other weirdness]... Easiest might be brute force: Just consolidate and print individual tracks of a fixed length [or use a 2-pop at teh beginning as a sync ref]. Then import them individually to tracks in PT. This might take an hour or so to do, but at least you'll know that what you pull up in PT is what you started with.

21st August 2005	#4
theblue1 Gear Guru Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 15,095	Alécio is right. OMF is great for apps that support it like Sonar, DP, Cubase/Nuendo, etc. But PT LE doesn't, without an expensive add-on that does... What? -- and costs like $500 or more. Anyhow... just make sure you select all your tracks from 0 and then you can export them in one pass from Sonar to individual files (umm... can't remember if they have to be all mono, though, for PT LE -- anyone?) I forget what the exact wording is, but it's pretty self-evident if you look at the export format options pulldown. (I think you have to export the MIDI separately, if you need it. I'm hazy on the particulars, but I imagine it's moderately straightforward. Maybe you simply do a SaveAs as a MIDI file or something. Anyhow.)