Now that you're all finished with your sequence,
you're ready to go to audio post.

1.

Render all your audio dissolves. The easiest and quickest way to do this is to
go to the end of your sequence and set an out, go to the head
of your sequence and set an in, make sure all your AUDIO tracks are on.
then choose Render In/Out... from the Clip menu.

2.

Duplicate your final sequence, naming the copy something
to reflect that it will be used for audio.
You can duplicate your sequence in the composer window by choosing
Duplicate from the menu underneath the sequence name,
or in the bin by selecting your sequence then choosing Duplicate from the Edit menu.

 

3.

Create a new bin and move your Audio sequence into it.

4.

Bring your Audio sequence into the timeline and delete
all the video tracks, leaving behind a sequence with only audio.
 

 

Reminder:  These pages do NOT discuss transferring video to AudioVision.


5.

In the bin, select the Audio-Only sequence, and from the Clip menu select Consolidate...

In this method, consolidate your media to the drive you are taking with you to sweetening. In this example we are using a Jaz Drive, but you can use whatever media works for both you are your sound house.

  

Please note that Consolidating is up to you and your audio person. I have spoken with feature and TV show editors who say their sound people do NOT like consolidated audio, so talk with your partner in audio and get your specifications.

Note how under the Disk heading, the consolidated clips reflect that the mediafiles now live on the Jaz.

6.

Again in the bin, select the Audio-Only sequence and select Export... from the file menu.

7.

Choose the OMFI Composition radio button.

From the pop-up menu, select AudioVision.
When you do this, Audio Only, OMF 1.0 and With Media all default to being selected.

8.

Navigate to the transport media. You should see the OMFI MediaFiles folder containing your consolidated media. Save your OMF Composition here.

Because the OMFI Composition is a small file, describing edits and referring to media files, the export is very fast.

 

9.

Now the Jaz contains two items, you're ready to head to your AudioVision session.


10.

Now take your transport media to your
AudioVision station.  Open your AV session,
or create a new one.

If you create a new session,
go to the Audio Media disk you want to use
and create a new folder called "MediaFiles".

Note:  if the name of this folder is changed,
AV will NOT see it.

11.

While still in the Finder, copy into the MediaFiles folder the OMFI Composition and the OMIF MediaFiles folder from your transportable media.

We recommend you copy the OMFI file to the same
location as the media, so that if you backup your
MediaFiles, the OMFI will get backed up also.

12.

Back in AudioVision, create a bin to put your sequence into.

13.

With your bin selected, choose Import... from the file menu.

14.

In the import window, select OMFI and then navigate to the OMF file you
copied to your media drive.  In this case, the "Target Disk" menu is irrelevant,
the audio files are already on the media disk.

15.

AudioVision double-checks with you the sample rate.

16.

Voila, your sequence and associated clips show up
in the bin you created.

 

17.

Cool, load your sequence and design away.  Its that easy!

last modified 8/14/98 by Wes Plate