converting files from sdII to aif in protools?

[jeff]

hi,
So I've gotten myself into a fix and am wondering if anyone can
suggest anything that I've been overlooking. I just finished
recording a band where we did everything to tape and then transferred
all the tracks into protools, so the band could take the basics home
and overdub on their logic system. Initially they thought that using
sdII files would be the way to go, so we recorded everything as sdII
files. Then they brought them home only to find that logic wouldn't
accept sdIIs, only aif or wav files. A stupid mistake, but what's
done is done.
So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
to the sluggishness of their protools system).

Anyway, so a more concise of my big question is: Is there a way to
bulk convert file formats in protools 6.4? I haven't been able to
find a thing, so any help would be huge.

thanks in advance

jeff

[Iain Fraser]

The simple and easiest way is to open a new protools file as an AIFF type,
then use the import file function. It will automatically convert formats.
It'll ask you where to make the new files, just tell it the new audio files
folder in the new protools folder.


"jeff" > wrote in message
om...
> hi,
> So I've gotten myself into a fix and am wondering if anyone can
> suggest anything that I've been overlooking. I just finished
> recording a band where we did everything to tape and then transferred
> all the tracks into protools, so the band could take the basics home
> and overdub on their logic system. Initially they thought that using
> sdII files would be the way to go, so we recorded everything as sdII
> files. Then they brought them home only to find that logic wouldn't
> accept sdIIs, only aif or wav files. A stupid mistake, but what's
> done is done.
> So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
> or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
> logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
> process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
> also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
> house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
> to the sluggishness of their protools system).
>
> Anyway, so a more concise of my big question is: Is there a way to
> bulk convert file formats in protools 6.4? I haven't been able to
> find a thing, so any help would be huge.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> jeff

[Iain Fraser]

The simple and easiest way is to open a new protools file as an AIFF type,
then use the import file function. It will automatically convert formats.
It'll ask you where to make the new files, just tell it the new audio files
folder in the new protools folder.


"jeff" > wrote in message
om...
> hi,
> So I've gotten myself into a fix and am wondering if anyone can
> suggest anything that I've been overlooking. I just finished
> recording a band where we did everything to tape and then transferred
> all the tracks into protools, so the band could take the basics home
> and overdub on their logic system. Initially they thought that using
> sdII files would be the way to go, so we recorded everything as sdII
> files. Then they brought them home only to find that logic wouldn't
> accept sdIIs, only aif or wav files. A stupid mistake, but what's
> done is done.
> So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
> or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
> logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
> process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
> also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
> house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
> to the sluggishness of their protools system).
>
> Anyway, so a more concise of my big question is: Is there a way to
> bulk convert file formats in protools 6.4? I haven't been able to
> find a thing, so any help would be huge.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> jeff

[Iain Fraser]

This assumes that all tracks are single files. If they are not make that
the case in the SDII version first.


"Iain Fraser" > wrote in message
...
> The simple and easiest way is to open a new protools file as an AIFF type,
> then use the import file function. It will automatically convert formats.
> It'll ask you where to make the new files, just tell it the new audio
files
> folder in the new protools folder.
>
>
> "jeff" > wrote in message
> om...
> > hi,
> > So I've gotten myself into a fix and am wondering if anyone can
> > suggest anything that I've been overlooking. I just finished
> > recording a band where we did everything to tape and then transferred
> > all the tracks into protools, so the band could take the basics home
> > and overdub on their logic system. Initially they thought that using
> > sdII files would be the way to go, so we recorded everything as sdII
> > files. Then they brought them home only to find that logic wouldn't
> > accept sdIIs, only aif or wav files. A stupid mistake, but what's
> > done is done.
> > So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
> > or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
> > logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
> > process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
> > also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
> > house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
> > to the sluggishness of their protools system).
> >
> > Anyway, so a more concise of my big question is: Is there a way to
> > bulk convert file formats in protools 6.4? I haven't been able to
> > find a thing, so any help would be huge.
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > jeff
>
>

[Iain Fraser]

This assumes that all tracks are single files. If they are not make that
the case in the SDII version first.


"Iain Fraser" > wrote in message
...
> The simple and easiest way is to open a new protools file as an AIFF type,
> then use the import file function. It will automatically convert formats.
> It'll ask you where to make the new files, just tell it the new audio
files
> folder in the new protools folder.
>
>
> "jeff" > wrote in message
> om...
> > hi,
> > So I've gotten myself into a fix and am wondering if anyone can
> > suggest anything that I've been overlooking. I just finished
> > recording a band where we did everything to tape and then transferred
> > all the tracks into protools, so the band could take the basics home
> > and overdub on their logic system. Initially they thought that using
> > sdII files would be the way to go, so we recorded everything as sdII
> > files. Then they brought them home only to find that logic wouldn't
> > accept sdIIs, only aif or wav files. A stupid mistake, but what's
> > done is done.
> > So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
> > or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
> > logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
> > process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
> > also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
> > house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
> > to the sluggishness of their protools system).
> >
> > Anyway, so a more concise of my big question is: Is there a way to
> > bulk convert file formats in protools 6.4? I haven't been able to
> > find a thing, so any help would be huge.
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > jeff
>
>

[Joe Mama]

jeff wrote:
> hi,
> So I've gotten myself into a fix and am wondering if anyone can
> suggest anything that I've been overlooking. I just finished
> recording a band where we did everything to tape and then transferred
> all the tracks into protools, so the band could take the basics home
> and overdub on their logic system. Initially they thought that using
> sdII files would be the way to go, so we recorded everything as sdII
> files. Then they brought them home only to find that logic wouldn't
> accept sdIIs, only aif or wav files. A stupid mistake, but what's
> done is done.
> So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
> or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
> logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
> process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
> also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
> house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
> to the sluggishness of their protools system).
>
> Anyway, so a more concise of my big question is: Is there a way to
> bulk convert file formats in protools 6.4? I haven't been able to
> find a thing, so any help would be huge.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> jeff

Save session copy in...

HTH,
joe.

[Joe Mama]

jeff wrote:
> hi,
> So I've gotten myself into a fix and am wondering if anyone can
> suggest anything that I've been overlooking. I just finished
> recording a band where we did everything to tape and then transferred
> all the tracks into protools, so the band could take the basics home
> and overdub on their logic system. Initially they thought that using
> sdII files would be the way to go, so we recorded everything as sdII
> files. Then they brought them home only to find that logic wouldn't
> accept sdIIs, only aif or wav files. A stupid mistake, but what's
> done is done.
> So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
> or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
> logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
> process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
> also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
> house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
> to the sluggishness of their protools system).
>
> Anyway, so a more concise of my big question is: Is there a way to
> bulk convert file formats in protools 6.4? I haven't been able to
> find a thing, so any help would be huge.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> jeff

Save session copy in...

HTH,
joe.

[Joe Boerst]

In the region list, you can try - Export Selected As Files

Joe Mama wrote:

> jeff wrote:
>
>> hi,
>> So I've gotten myself into a fix and am wondering if anyone can
>> suggest anything that I've been overlooking. I just finished
>> recording a band where we did everything to tape and then transferred
>> all the tracks into protools, so the band could take the basics home
>> and overdub on their logic system. Initially they thought that using
>> sdII files would be the way to go, so we recorded everything as sdII
>> files. Then they brought them home only to find that logic wouldn't
>> accept sdIIs, only aif or wav files. A stupid mistake, but what's
>> done is done.
>> So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
>> or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
>> logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
>> process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
>> also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
>> house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
>> to the sluggishness of their protools system).
>>
>> Anyway, so a more concise of my big question is: Is there a way to
>> bulk convert file formats in protools 6.4? I haven't been able to
>> find a thing, so any help would be huge.
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> jeff
>
>
> Save session copy in...
>
> HTH,
> joe.

[Joe Boerst]

In the region list, you can try - Export Selected As Files

Joe Mama wrote:

> jeff wrote:
>
>> hi,
>> So I've gotten myself into a fix and am wondering if anyone can
>> suggest anything that I've been overlooking. I just finished
>> recording a band where we did everything to tape and then transferred
>> all the tracks into protools, so the band could take the basics home
>> and overdub on their logic system. Initially they thought that using
>> sdII files would be the way to go, so we recorded everything as sdII
>> files. Then they brought them home only to find that logic wouldn't
>> accept sdIIs, only aif or wav files. A stupid mistake, but what's
>> done is done.
>> So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
>> or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
>> logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
>> process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
>> also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
>> house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
>> to the sluggishness of their protools system).
>>
>> Anyway, so a more concise of my big question is: Is there a way to
>> bulk convert file formats in protools 6.4? I haven't been able to
>> find a thing, so any help would be huge.
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> jeff
>
>
> Save session copy in...
>
> HTH,
> joe.

[Monte McGuire]

In article >,
Joe Mama > wrote:

[snip]
> > So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
> > or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
> > logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
> > process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
> > also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
> > house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
> > to the sluggishness of their protools system).
[snip]
> Save session copy in...

This is the only good answer, especially if editing has already been
done to the transferred files. Reimporting into a new session is
possible, but you'd have to discard all the editing done to this point.

In general SDII's days are numbered because some of the file's metadata
is stored in the file's resource fork, something available only on Mac
filesystems. These won't easily be used on PCs, or even OSX Macs these
days.

BWF (a fancy flavor of WAV file) is probably the most reasonable file
format you could choose today, and for new work, I use it exclusively.


Regards,

Monte McGuire

[Monte McGuire]

In article >,
Joe Mama > wrote:

[snip]
> > So I'm wondering if there's a way for me to convert the files to aif
> > or wav in protools in order for them to be useful to them at home in
> > logic. I'd just do the transfers again, but it's was a rigorous
> > process (16 tracks, 8 at a time and then synced back up) and they've
> > also already started editing them in protools at one of the bandmates
> > house (but have to use the logic system for the bulk of the work, due
> > to the sluggishness of their protools system).
[snip]
> Save session copy in...

This is the only good answer, especially if editing has already been
done to the transferred files. Reimporting into a new session is
possible, but you'd have to discard all the editing done to this point.

In general SDII's days are numbered because some of the file's metadata
is stored in the file's resource fork, something available only on Mac
filesystems. These won't easily be used on PCs, or even OSX Macs these
days.

BWF (a fancy flavor of WAV file) is probably the most reasonable file
format you could choose today, and for new work, I use it exclusively.


Regards,

Monte McGuire

[jeff]

> Save session copy in...
>
> HTH,
> joe.

wow...thanks for that. what a lifesaver that function is. i was
totally shocked that there didn't seem to be a way to do something so
simple

jeff

[jeff]

> Save session copy in...
>
> HTH,
> joe.

wow...thanks for that. what a lifesaver that function is. i was
totally shocked that there didn't seem to be a way to do something so
simple

jeff