1 Reply Latest reply: Nov 21, 2014 10:09 PM by Darius Family RSS

    Exporting merged clip audio for mix in Pro Tools

    Ian Grey Community Member

      Hi,

       

      I am trying to figure out a way to export audio for the sound mix on a pro tools.

       

      The footage was shot with off-camera audio and the video/audio was put into a merged clip using the waveform sync feature. The merged clips were then rename for the editor so that it made more sense for him ie shot1 take 01 etc

       

      Now the picture is locked exporting an OMF creates new audio files with random naming convention and the new clip name is retained. There is no way for the sound mixer to reference the original audio wav file as the source metadata seems to be overwritten on export. Same issue with AAF.

       

      If i export an EDL the source timecodes are in samples which causes other issues if you try to use something like Titan4 to create a pro tools session. But the EDL does have the correct clip name information so the merged clips must be reading it.

       

      How can you export audio from Premiere CC 2014 so that the audio guys using pro tools can either reconform to original audio files and/or reference the original audio file?

       

      Ian

        • 1. Re: Exporting merged clip audio for mix in Pro Tools
          Darius Family Community Member

          Hey Ian, a little technique i use to get around this issue (essentially a workaround to UN-MERGE the clips) is to copy into after effects and back again:

           

          1. Select everything in your timeline, copy it to the clipboard
          2. Open After Effects and make a new comp, then hit paste. AE will un-merge the files and I'm pretty sure reset the file names
          3. Then select all the new layers in the comp, copy and then paste back into your Premiere timeline

           

          I hope this helps!