What format should I provide project to an engineer?

[Brian]

I am doing a project in SX2 that I plan on having sent somewhere to be
mixed. I figure as is, that limits me to only sending to mix engineers that
use SX or Nuendo. Is there another option? Is there a way to provide audio
files so that each file has a stamp telling it where it starts? I can't
imagine how someone could take all my audio parts from an SX project and get
them placed in their own environment with proper time alignment. But I am
sure there must be ways!

Also, do engineers typically want to have the project so that they see
everything in terms of beats and measures? I suppose if I provided a MIDI
click track that had the tempo changes, then that would do the trick. Of
coure I am very curious about the audio alignment ...

regards,

brian

[DJ]

In order to avoid any potential glitches I always request that anyone
sending me projects to mix, render *all* of the individual tracks as
continuous .wav files with a common start time of 00:00:00:00. I don't want
to be dealing with someone's short edited audio clips during a mix. All
editing should be dealt with before I get the project. Your mix engineer may
want a file format like .SD2, AIFF, etc. Be sure to ask.

Doug Joyce
Animix Productions
Durango, CO


"Brian" > wrote in message
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> I am doing a project in SX2 that I plan on having sent somewhere to be
> mixed. I figure as is, that limits me to only sending to mix engineers
that
> use SX or Nuendo. Is there another option? Is there a way to provide audio
> files so that each file has a stamp telling it where it starts? I can't
> imagine how someone could take all my audio parts from an SX project and
get
> them placed in their own environment with proper time alignment. But I am
> sure there must be ways!
>
> Also, do engineers typically want to have the project so that they see
> everything in terms of beats and measures? I suppose if I provided a MIDI
> click track that had the tempo changes, then that would do the trick. Of
> coure I am very curious about the audio alignment ...
>
> regards,
>
> brian
>
>

[Nathan Eldred]

"DJ" > wrote:

Your mix engineer may
> want a file format like .SD2, AIFF, etc. Be sure to ask.


Is anybody using SDII still?

Nathan Eldred
http://www.atlasproaudio.com

[EggHd]

<< Is anybody using SDII still? >>

Some Pro Tools people. Sonic Solutions will work with SDII files.



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"I know enough to know I don't know enough"

[Andrew M.]

Brian wrote:

> I am doing a project in SX2 that I plan on having sent somewhere to be
> mixed. I figure as is, that limits me to only sending to mix engineers that
> use SX or Nuendo. Is there another option? Is there a way to provide audio
> files so that each file has a stamp telling it where it starts? I can't
> imagine how someone could take all my audio parts from an SX project and get
> them placed in their own environment with proper time alignment. But I am
> sure there must be ways!
>
> Also, do engineers typically want to have the project so that they see
> everything in terms of beats and measures? I suppose if I provided a MIDI
> click track that had the tempo changes, then that would do the trick. Of
> coure I am very curious about the audio alignment ...
>
> regards,
>
> brian
>
>
I believe the AES and NARAS Producers and Engineers Wing recommend
Broadcast Wave files, flattened and left justified (all starting at 0).
You shouldn't have any problems if you follow these guidelines.

[EganMedia]

If you're sending it to one engineer in particular, ask him or her what the
best format is. If you're sending home with the client and you don't know who
will work on the project next, you can either consoildate each of the edited
tracks, giving each one the same start point. If you can, though, exporting
the session as OMF will make subsequent engineers the happiest.


Joe Egan
EMP
Colchester, VT
www.eganmedia.com