Recording in ProTools and Editing in FCP

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weltonfilment

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I recorded some voice-over audio tracks for a promo video I'm doing. I'm using ProTools LE (on a Digital Audio Workstation at my university) and I recorded all the voice overs on one track (about 8 mins long). I selected BOUNCE TO so that I could create a single wav file. So far so good. By the way, this is all done on a PC if that matters.

I take the wav file and open up FCP on a mac. I try to import the WAV file, but it gives me an error that says "File Cannot Be Opened. Access Denied". I also cannot open the file in any other program, EXCEPT iTunes. For some reason, it plays just fine in iTunes, but can't even open in other apps. I try converting it to another format, but the conversion programs won't open the file either.

So I'm really stuck right now, figuring out how to make this WAV file that I recorded in ProTools work with my FCP editing system. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
 
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Did you set your Protools session to "enforce mac/pc compatibilty"?
Also try bouncing the file in protools, after doing the above, and creating a 48k aiff file instead of a .wav file.
 
If you want your recording as one big file, highlight all the regions on the record track that you are using. One easy way to do this is to cut out anything you don't need, then do some basic clean up.

Now you need to consolidate all those audio regions into one big region. The quickest way to do this is to put the cursor on the track with your audio, then press and hold the apple button, and then the "a" key. This will highlight all the audio regions on that track.

Now, press and hold option+shift+3. This will consolodate all those regions into one big region. It would be a good idea to rename the region at this time. You can rename it by using the grabber tool and double click the region. Name it whatever you want, but don't use spaces...use underscore for spaces.

Now that you have it consolidated, you need to export this audio. Highlight the consolodated audio region you just created, and then press apple+shift+k. This will bring up your export window, with options on how to export the file. If you are going into FCP. Then I would suggest AIFF, 48Khz, 16bit, Mono. Towards the bottom of this window is an option to enforce Mac/PC compatability. Make sure you check the box next to that. Now, choose your destination folder, and click on export.

From there you can burn it to a CD, and load it into FCP. Let me know if that doesn't work for you.

-Dave
 
I didn't notice any difference. I do have to re-record a couple lines though, because I noticed that when I said words that started with a "p" I got a bit of a blowout (not sure what the audio term for that is). I can't remember hearing it at the ProTools station, but maybe I wasn't paying attention. No biggie though; it doesn't cost me a thing.
 
plosives are the letters and blown out is the right word. You can avoid that with a pop filter. Waves started out as a Windows file format so support on the Mac is spotty. I think FCP only supports AIFF.
 
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