Audition Session Import/Export Translator - Now with PT support

Hang on I just looked up the meaning of AVID
avid adj. Having an ardent desire or unbounded craving; greedy

It figures!

I'm about 75% of the way through adding a function to export to AA1.5 session files.

Why?

I guess it seemed like a good idea.

Now able to create AA1.5 session files which should interest somebody (certainly AA1.5 & Proconvert owners I guess) so I'm pretty happy about that.

Just have to fix up some FCP sample/frame conversion issues and then I'm diving into some code which should assist in creating omfs that Ron Novy has gratiously modified.
So you never know we may eventually be able to create omfs from AATranslator - watch this space  (well actually watch the next space watching this one really won't help).

Ron is putting in a big effort with the writing of omfs and all looks promising - look out Digi!

Just sorting out some FCP xmls from the poorly named daw 'Logic' - what were they thinking and then we shouldn't be too far off of a new release.

Plenty of improvements, fixes and additional formats - it should just about feel like xmas - except without the heat, flies and bills 

Well version 2.3 of AATranslator is now available and there's also a dodgy video which I've quickly slapped together and it really shows why I don't have a career in radio - I'll redo it when I get some time.

Lots of enhancements, fixes and new formats.

We have already started on the next version where we are hoping to be able to produce omf files and a few other enhancements but its still early days.

Ron's busting his proverbials trying to get some OMF output happening and he's hoping to get something to us in the next week or so.

In the meantime we are finalising another release.

This release contains :-

• more Cubendo improvements
• now cater for Presonus' unique form of OpenTL
• a split stereo to mono feature for OpenTL exports
• comprehensive support for Paris omfs (bar envelopes at this stage)
• a heap of other bits & pieces
• and if I can get it tested in time an Ardour import function

Version 2.4 is now available for download

The Ardour stuff will make the next version.

Lawrence has once again come to the rescue (thanks mate) and we have established that there is nothing wrong with the AAT Cubase output but rather what appears to be a corrupted Cubase causing the problem (whew).

BabaG has once again helped out with some more FCP testing (thanks also) and we have made improvements in the FCP export.

Have just made a major breakthrough with a niggling problem with empty tracks in the PT conversion throwing things out of kilter and losing the markers among other things.  Now totally fixed and very happy with the result.  I don't know why they encrypt this stuff - its not like its easy unencrypted!

Sometimes I even impress myself (though not often)

But you are certainly impressing us 

Yes, thank you.

I have only converted a couple of projects, and everything went great. The world should soon be beating a path to your doorstep...

The world should soon be beating a path to your doorstep...

I think they may have but I was probably out.  I can't see them now but I can see the mess they left 

Thanks guys.

Been a pretty sleepless weekend but I'm on the verge of producing a ProTools session file (PT5)
Has yet to be tested and still a couple things to work out at the end of the file.
So I reckon within a few days we will have one ready for testing - once that gets a tick I'll add in fades & envelopes (which is pretty easy).

Its gone 2am and being Sunday night it won't be another 5am one 

What is it with Digi?

Only they could take an essentially simple session file and add the most convoluted indexing system imaginable.  PT5 has to be where they sat down and under the influence of some habit forming narcotic said -

"I think we have now worked out the most convoluted indexing system possible for a simple binary session file"

and the reply came back -

"No!  Someone will eventually work this out - let us get into cahoots with Avid and then we can think of something even more insidious and lets call it OMF but lets not rest there lets have a backup plan and we will call that AAF!"

I am so close with exporting a PT5 session file that I can smell their fear!   

Ha ha ha!

I've cracked it - worked out their indexing method - obvious once you work it out of course!

Just have to rewrite a few dodgy paths that I went down and all being good by the end of the weekend I should have something robust enough for JL to test.

Well we are actually ahead of schedule with JL testing over the past 24 hours - all looks good.

I have just added the last piece which is volume & pan envelopes so its all looking very good.

We will start finalising the functionality for the next release in the next few days.

From what I've learnt writing PT5 sessions I am rewriting the PT import function much more efficiently - no I'm not bored!
Sick to death of it sure but not bored