23rd July 2012
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#1 | | Gear addict
Joined: Oct 2007 Location: columbus, oh
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Thread Starter  | Best way of getting sessions from PT into Logic?
Just wondering how to get a PT session into logic, what will be the best way of going about it?
What's your way of doing it?
I'll be mixing a whole album in logic 9 that was recorded in PT and would like to make as less painful as possible.
I've received the cd with the PT project files in it and I know I can grab files from the Audio Files folder but that's kind of primitive and would like to get a hold of the engineer who originally recorded the tracks and talk to him about resending these but before I do that I'm wondering how is everybody else dealing with this type of situation....
thx in advance.
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23rd July 2012
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#2 | | 3 + infractions, forum membership suspended.
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Cubase and logic both have batch out function,basicly exporting the entire project in waves.
Just set the loop point and every waves will line up with the start point of new daw.
I import one wave at a time,in order.
Logic and cubase can bounce with or without effects.
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23rd July 2012
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#3 | | Lives for gear
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Ask the other engineer to render the stems
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23rd July 2012
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#4 | | Gear addict
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thx Tom, I figured thats doable , jus wondering if there's a .... secret handshake between the 2 apps 
@jay, it's comin outta protools
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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I go back and forth between the two regularly. To go from PT to logic I always just make sure that for all the tracks the regions start at zero and have been consolidated. If they've already been trimmed, I just grab a short, silent region to place at the beginning of the timeline before I consolidate, and the blank space will be filled in. This way you can just drop all the tracks is Logic and know that they'll line up.
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23rd July 2012
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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Best way is to consolidate project on Pro Tools or export it in AAF format. Anyone with a Pro Tools system can do that for you if you have the project with you. There a couple of other solutions if you can't do it that way. First is buy Pro Tools and you can consolidate it yourself. The second is if the session was saved by Pro Tools 8 or prior using this soft http://www.solid-state-logic.com/mus...convert%5Fmac/ | |
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23rd July 2012
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#7 | | Gear addict
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by phas3d  Best way is to consolidate project on Pro Tools or export it in AAF format. Anyone with a Pro Tools system can do that for you if you have the project with you. There a couple of other solutions if you can't do it that way. First is buy Pro Tools and you can consolidate it yourself. The second is if the session was saved by Pro Tools 8 or prior using this soft http://www.solid-state-logic.com/mus...convert%5Fmac/ | What exactly happens when u consolidate? My impression of 'consolidating' a project is that it will gather all files used and save them in a folder- is it different in PT?
And what's the advantage of exporting in AAF?
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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When you consolidate a project the files created all start from bar 1 and include all the content of all the tracks in your project. That means you can import the content to any DAW. AAF on the other hand will have info on the start of each region therefore it will use less space as no blank portions are recorded to file. The last is not compatible with all DAWs. Logic Pro however does support it both as import and export.
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23rd July 2012
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#9 | | Gear addict
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by phas3d When you consolidate a project the files created all start from bar 1 and include all the content of all the tracks in your project. That means you can import the content to any DAW. AAF on the other hand will have info on the start of each region therefore it will use less space as no blank portions are recorded to file. The last is not compatible with all DAWs. Logic Pro however does support it both as import and export. | k, thx.
I'm meeting with the guy tom and let him know about these options.
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23rd July 2012
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#10 | | Gear nut
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When i go from logic to pt i tend to export 2 aafs, one as the session is and one with all the audio merged. Then import each one to a different playlist in pro tools. I then work off the merged one but quite often you'll find the odd fade or edit that isn't quite right, especially if there's a lot of drum edits and you can flick to the unmerged one to re-edit.
Bulley
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23rd July 2012
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#11 | | Gear addict
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by bulley When i go from logic to pt i tend to export 2 aafs, one as the session is and one with all the audio merged. Then import each one to a different playlist in pro tools. I then work off the merged one but quite often you'll find the odd fade or edit that isn't quite right, especially if there's a lot of drum edits and you can flick to the unmerged one to re-edit.
Bulley | interesting.....
never had to export AAF before but what happens when you export as merged? does it end up as one stereo track?
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23rd July 2012
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#12 | | Gear nut
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No it just merges all the audio on each together so all the edits, fades and comps are rendered
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24th July 2012
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#13 | | Gear Head
Joined: Mar 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA / Mons, BE
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When exporting an AAF or OMF from PT, I believe the option is to "consolidate" the tracks...
The thing that sucks about getting them consolidated is that you never know if there is a nasty clip or whatever that gets imprinted forever... surely a cut and paste from another part is likely, but I would rather deal with re-fading it all myself. Personal preference I guess. But the idea someone above had of running two, where one is consolidated and one is not is a good idea... but I would still rather have the piece of mind. I've received projects before with cuts in the middle of cymbal decay etc... not fun to deal with.
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#14 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Sep 2002 Location: Elmont NY  | Quote:
Originally Posted by rekloos What exactly happens when u consolidate? My impression of 'consolidating' a project is that it will gather all files used and save them in a folder- is it different in PT?
And what's the advantage of exporting in AAF? | consolidating in pro tools is like exporting in Logic
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#15 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Musiclab consolidating in pro tools is like exporting in Logic | Precisely. It's the same as export all tracks to audio files in Logic.
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24th July 2012
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#16 | | Gear addict
Joined: Oct 2007 Location: columbus, oh
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Good info all around, thx guys.
Im heading to the guy's studio today and we'll set down and go over
the projects. Supposedly trax are very basic, just stereo track with instrumental and whatever vox have been recorded, all dry and unmixed, so it should make it easier to migrate.
I guess I just wanted to make sure I get everything needed and cut my workload short.
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