[Eben Bull]

Thanks for the replies . . .

Why not just use the “Send to Soundtrack Pro Multitrack Project” inside FCP to send your reels to ST Pro? You can easily round trip back to FCP. https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/flexible-workflows.html

That’s the idea, but this assumes that I’m mixing on the same system where the media is located, and still doesn’t solve the problem – Soundtrack Pro is accessing the audio data embedded in the DVCPRO HD files (@118 mbits/sec) instead of consolidated audio-only files (@2.3 mbits/sec). I’m mixing in another studio which is why I want to consolidate media to a separate drive and then send to STP Multitrack Project so it references those files. I know I can export OMF and import into STP, but there are several disadvantages to that method (has trouble with long file names, splits stereo tracks, etc.)

As a workaround, I may try to create an Automator script that batch deletes the video tracks from all the DVCPRO HD files.

David, exporting to AIFF creates a stereo file – how am I supposed to mix that?