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  OMF files why are they asking for aif’s?

  Posted by Larry Watts on January 18, 2016 at 7:56 pm

  I have not worked with OMF’ before and I plan on purchasing protools in Feb.
  I need to start working with these now and all I have is logic and audition.

  I attempted to open these with logic, but it said file not found and referenced an aif file.

  I thought OMF’s where standalone.

  THX Larry

  Peter Groom replied 10 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Ty Ford

  January 19, 2016 at 2:45 am

  Hello Larry and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

  Does this help?

  https://www.quora.com/Can-I-work-with-OMF-files-in-Logic-Pro-to-do-audio-post-for-film

  Regards,

  Ty Ford
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  Peter Groom

  January 19, 2016 at 1:10 pm

  It depends on how the OMF has been made. You can choose to embed (normal) where the actual audio files are Muxed into the OMF or you can store them separately – In 20 years using OMF ive never had, or made one this way, but i know you can.

  OMF is very much on the way out as it is old tech. Now an .aaf is the replacement that does the same, but carries a lOt more metadata etc with it.

  Have a look at the .omf file size. If its only a few kb then it has no embedded audio. If it is much bigger, then it has.

  Peter

  Post Production Dubbing Mixer

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