best way to move files between PC & Mac -ACID Product Family

Subject:best way to move files between PC & Mac Posted by: mortalengines Date:4/9/2004 8:22:58 PM I have a project where I will be recording into Acid & doing my sequencing there & then moving my files to another computer (a Mac...uck) where I will be operating in a Pro Tools (LE) environment for mixing down & mastering (& possibly some studio overdubs as well - the guy I will be working with has the space & some really cool outboard gear & better monitoring than I do). What's the best way to move my files between the two? Do I need to render individual tracks as AIFF files or what? Has anyone figured out a quick & easy way to move between the two environments?
Subject:RE: best way to move files between PC & Mac Reply by: Iacobus Date:4/9/2004 9:12:06 PM I would certainly try rendering out to AIFF. I don't know offhand, but doesn't Pro Tools on a Mac have the ability to work with a file format like WAV anyway? Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid mD's ACIDplanet Page Guitars 4 Kids
Subject:RE: best way to move files between PC & Mac Reply by: mortalengines Date:4/10/2004 8:06:33 AM I know that It can certainly read the wav file, I'm not sure how easily it can edit or manipulate the file, or a batch of them. The guy who owns the Pro Tools set up suggested I do the file conversion(s) first: probably as a time saver. However, he's not real sure how to do this either, as he nas never tried to do this before. I know this will work but I wanted to see if anyone else has ever tried this & what kind of obstacles they encountered that I could possibly avoid. Like, can the Mac actually read the wav files within an acd.zip file? Or should I just individually save each track as its own wav/aiff file, or what? Both the guy that I am working with & myself are kinda strapped for time & the less time I spend dinking around getting my files to work within his rig the better.
Subject:RE: best way to move files between PC & Mac Reply by: vanblah Date:4/10/2004 9:27:39 AM You might look into EDL Convert ... you'd have to get the recording into Vegas from Acid first.
Subject:RE: best way to move files between PC & Mac Reply by: mortalengines Date:4/10/2004 11:15:22 AM Well, I've been considering getting Vegas for some time now - What does the EDL convert actually do? Does it give me the ability to save my tracks individually in a single, cohesive, sequenced file for use in a Mac format? Or does it do something altogether different?

Subject:best way to move files between PC & Mac

Date:4/9/2004 8:22:58 PM

I have a project where I will be recording into Acid & doing my sequencing there & then moving my files to another computer (a Mac...uck) where I will be operating in a Pro Tools (LE) environment for mixing down & mastering (& possibly some studio overdubs as well - the guy I will be working with has the space & some really cool outboard gear & better monitoring than I do). What's the best way to move my files between the two? Do I need to render individual tracks as AIFF files or what? Has anyone figured out a quick & easy way to move between the two environments?

Subject:RE: best way to move files between PC & Mac

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:4/9/2004 9:12:06 PM

I would certainly try rendering out to AIFF. I don't know offhand, but doesn't Pro Tools on a Mac have the ability to work with a file format like WAV anyway?

Iacobus
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RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid
mD's ACIDplanet Page
Guitars 4 Kids

Subject:RE: best way to move files between PC & Mac

Reply by: mortalengines

Date:4/10/2004 8:06:33 AM

I know that It can certainly read the wav file, I'm not sure how easily it can edit or manipulate the file, or a batch of them. The guy who owns the Pro Tools set up suggested I do the file conversion(s) first: probably as a time saver. However, he's not real sure how to do this either, as he nas never tried to do this before. I know this will work but I wanted to see if anyone else has ever tried this & what kind of obstacles they encountered that I could possibly avoid. Like, can the Mac actually read the wav files within an acd.zip file? Or should I just individually save each track as its own wav/aiff file, or what? Both the guy that I am working with & myself are kinda strapped for time & the less time I spend dinking around getting my files to work within his rig the better.

Subject:RE: best way to move files between PC & Mac

Reply by: vanblah

Date:4/10/2004 9:27:39 AM

You might look into EDL Convert ... you'd have to get the recording into Vegas from Acid first.

Subject:RE: best way to move files between PC & Mac

Reply by: mortalengines

Date:4/10/2004 11:15:22 AM

Well, I've been considering getting Vegas for some time now - What does the EDL convert actually do? Does it give me the ability to save my tracks individually in a single, cohesive, sequenced file for use in a Mac format? Or does it do something altogether different?