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  • Exporting OMFs from final cut and re-imoprting back as AIFF files, sync is not perfect!!?

    Posted by Esther Casas on October 2, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    Hello!

    I need to deliver OMFs to my sound designer..in sync..

    I exported OMFs which are around 1GB, from Final cut and imported them into Sountrack Pro in order to get an export (one single big file in AIFF) that I can bring into final cut to check that everything is on sync.

    So I’ve done it and the sync is not perfect: I’ve taken a close look and I can’t discern a pattern but when the clips are delayed it’s by two or four frames. This isn’t a drift issue as later clips will sync up fine.If I try to sync some segments of the whole clip, other segments get out of sync.

    I export omfs without crossfades and 10 second handles. All my audio are AIFFs at 48KHZ.

    Does anyone know how am I suppose to be exporting OMF and importing in soundtrack pro?
    also, how do i export these OMFs back into final cut so i don’t have a cync issue?
    thanks!!!

    Esther Casas replied 13 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
  • 4 Replies
  • Michael Gissing

    October 3, 2012 at 3:44 am

    From FCP you can send directly to STP. Your two step workflow is more complicated and I don’t know if STP has issues importing OMFs.

  • Esther Casas

    October 3, 2012 at 4:13 am

    OH REALLY? and how do you send OMFs to STP? trying to find it..
    thanks Michael!

  • Michael Gissing

    October 3, 2012 at 4:20 am

    In FCP you send to STP. Check the export drop down menu. Same as send to Color etc

  • Esther Casas

    October 3, 2012 at 4:38 am

    Thank you!
    So before I was just doing export: audio to OMFs…

    Following your suggestions:

    I just tried, export: for soundtrack
    but it doesn’t let me check audio only, and there is no OMFs option

    then I tried send to: Soundtrack Pro audio file project

    This only happens when the audio files are selected in the timeline..otherwise i don’t have the option. But then stp opens up and where are the OMFs? i just see the window with wav file and even the video…

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