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  • HELP! Need to convert Pro Tools session to SONAR
2013/10/14 14:07:15
zoffmeister
Hi, can anyone help with this? A singer has sent me a Pro Tools session. She wants to come on Thursday and record vocals. I do not have Pro Tools. I work exclusively in SONAR. 

My web searches have come up blank. Is there a utility that will do the job? 
Alternatively is there a kind soul here who has a copy of Pro Tools who could open the session and then save it in a format I can import?

The session I have includes the following folders:

AUDIO FILES - over 50 wav files of differing sizes
PLUGIN SETTINGS - empty
RENDERED FILES - 23 wav files of differing sizes
SESSION FILE BACKUPS -  20 ptf and 21 ptx files

Also in the root folder 3 ptx, 1 ptf and 1WaveCache.wfm

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help!
2013/10/14 14:17:26
emwhy
See if the person at the other end can get Pro Tools to save the session as an .OMF. Sonar can open those. If not, try to see if they can export the wave files as .BWFs, then you can open them in SONAR as long as you have it set to import .BWFs at thie time stamp. There may be other ways, but I don't know of any.
 
2013/10/14 14:18:29
swamptooth
she could output omf file, which you could open, as long as its all audio and there aren't any tracks actively using plugins.  no conversion tools that i know of.
2013/10/14 14:26:20
Sanderxpander
I've personally had terrible results with OMF.
I would suggest just having them bounce all tracks and importing those, with or without fx depending on your prefs.
2013/10/14 14:40:34
swamptooth
on the import end or export end?
2013/10/14 14:52:40
OscarLaun
She MAY be able to export OMF: it depends on if her PT is version 9 or later (or if she paid for the privilege with the earlier versions). Otherwise, she will have to export the tracks.
On the other hand, if you are only tracking and not mixing, she could just give you stems or a full mix sans vocals.
Alas there is no "import DAW X session" tool.
2013/10/14 14:52:51
zoffmeister
Hi. Thanks for responses. I'm pretty sure she doesn't have Pro Tools. She received them from the studio where she recorded initially. Apparently she didn't enjoy the experience there and wanted to come to me to record her parts again. I'll check with her though.
2013/10/14 17:02:59
jscomposer
Here's what I've done in the past...request all of the audio tracks be sent as .wav files, with no effects. Even if you have the plugin data, they won't work because more than likely they were PT plugs that were used. Just make sure the .wav files are all exported from her PT session from the same start time, otherwise they won't line up when you import them into Sonar.
2013/10/14 17:14:42
DumbKidFromHell
see if they can export as Broadcast waves, which would be time stamped. 
2013/10/14 17:17:15
Sanderxpander
swamptooth
on the import end or export end?

Import, mainly. It never worked in one go and I always spent way more time fixing things than I would have if I'd just gotten wavs of each track. I've never really tried export, I just bounce tracks to disk.
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