creating audio .omfi from vegas project

bustah wrote on 2/13/2007, 8:41 AM
Does anyone know how to take each individual audio track from a vegas video project and transfer the files (with timing in tact--basically create an .omfi) to logic pro on a mac pro desktop? i do not see an export or render .omfi option in vegas video. perhaps i am missing something. i have several song projects that i created on a pc with vegas video, but have defected to the mac world and want to export the songs into logic pro in the most seamless fashion.

Thanks,
John

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rraud wrote on 2/13/2007, 9:21 AM
Vegas does not support OMF (Open Media Framework) You would need a conversion program such as "Cui Bono EDL Convert" to import and export Vegas project & audio files with Avids, PTs, FCP, and other apps.

However it's much cheaper and easier to put a two-pop sync slate a single track or align it with an existing track or video.
MarkWWW wrote on 2/13/2007, 11:32 AM
You won't be able to create an .omf from vegas directly. If you really want to go via .omf there is software available that can convert between a variety of DAW EDLs (including Vegas) and OMF - have a look at EDLConvert.

But this shouldn't be necessary - Logic Pro should be able to understand AAF instead of OMF, so just save the Vegas project as an .aaf and Bob should be your uncle.

Mark
newhope wrote on 2/14/2007, 12:19 AM
"Logic Pro should be able to understand AAF instead of OMF, so just save the Vegas project as an AAF and Bob should be your uncle."

Bob isn't my uncle ... but with a surname of Hope I wish he was...

As for AAF, Mark is correct, Logic Pro can import and exort AAF so that's the best way to go.

One thing to do before though is render your vision to one file, ideally a Quicktime movie for Logic Pro, and then import it into a copy of your Vegas session.

Replace multiple video files with a single rendered vision track but keeping all of the separate audio tracks. Then export your AAF from this session.

That way when you export the AAF you'll have a single vision track but multiple audio tracks and segments, with handles, from which you can keep editing and mixing sound in Logic.

This is typical of work flow for moving from a vision editing program to an audio editing/mixing (DAW) program using OMF or AAF.

Regards

Steve (not Bob) Hope