Working with Sound Crew

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Denialorcoped

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I have my first short film in post production. I have a small sound crew doing the sound design. They asked me to export all my audio tracks to omf files, which i did. Question is, what is the proper way to receive the audio back from them? Should I just ask them for wav files which I bring back into my edition software?
 
Yeah, usually you just get a final mix of everything in an uncompressed format, usually wav. From there you line it up with your film and that should be all.
 
Yup, and, depending on the project, it's also pretty normal to request stems if you need it (dialog mix, FX mix, music mix) to use for trailers/commercials. The Pro Tools session itself, however, is off limits in most cases.

Also, not sure if your sound crew requested this (I always do) but it's helpful to have a 2-pop and tail pop in your edit session. Those help ensure sync quickly, and identify drift if there is any (i.e. be sure to check sync at the start AND end of the film before rendering).
 
Sure, 2-pop and tail-pop are an audible and visual "pop" to check sync against. Usually it's a single video frame (which, sometimes with a "2" written on it) and a 1kHz tone, 1 frame long, placed exactly 2 seconds before the first frame of action (FFOA). The tail pop is basically the same thing (audible and visible pop), except it's placed exactly 1 second after the last frame of action. (last frame of action means includes being after credits, music, ect... are done)

With the 2-pop, the most common thing I see is a FCP stock clip, which does a countdown from 5,4,3,2 (on the 2 frame there's an audible pop in the clip already).
 
Great description. Thanks for taking the time to write it. I learn something new every day from these forums!

Mike
 
Gohanto said:
Yup, and, depending on the project, it's also pretty normal to request stems if you need it (dialog mix, FX mix, music mix) to use for trailers/commercials. The Pro Tools session itself, however, is off limits in most cases.

Also, not sure if your sound crew requested this (I always do) but it's helpful to have a 2-pop and tail pop in your edit session. Those help ensure sync quickly, and identify drift if there is any (i.e. be sure to check sync at the start AND end of the film before rendering).
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