VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[Festus]

Just started using Pro Tools 8LE for their punch in option while doing audio books. Couldn't get the punch and roll macro in AA3 to work. Pro Tools saves the WAV file by exporting it or bouncing it out in real time. Like a 15 minute file takes 15 minutes to save a WAV file. Does the MP3 Export Option that sells for $20 at Sweetwater save the file faster? How long will it take to export a 15 minute MP3 file?
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[graemespicer]

Yeah - bouncing every track can be time consuming, to say the least

I think this should work - I'm in PT10, but should work in PT8LE too.

Make sure your 'regions' list is visible ... if you don't see your regions listed on the right side, then click the little 'arrow/vertical line' icon in the very bottom right corner of the PT window.

Click the region you want to save in the edit window. You'll see that the name of the region will automatically be highlighted in the regions list. Right click the highlighted region name, and select 'export clips as files' from the popup menu. Then things should become self-explanatory. No bouncing, and your 15 minute file will probably save in a minute or less. Depends on the processing power of your Mac.

I seem to remember in earlier versions of ProTools that the ability to export as an MP3 was not automatically included. Had something to do with the developers not wanting to pay licensing fees. You had to buy a little plugin separately and install it to turn on MP3 export capability.

Hope this helps.
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[agettig]

Avid still sells the MP3 export option. I helped a friend get it downloaded and installed a few weeks ago for his PT 8 LE system. It was a muther though because he had already used a trial of it. Pro Tools 9 and above has the MP3 export option built in.

As for exporting, yes, just highlight the region you want to export, right click on it, and go.

I recorded a quick screencast of this for someone else awhile back. Maybe this will be helpful for you too.

http://youtu.be/JZqj5D12WY0

[whalewtchr]

After creating Fades and when you consolidate clips...rename the file (it will show up as highlighted after consolidating clips is completed) I usually rename the clip as Title_CH#.

Save. I usually open Audition 6.0 to do editing, so I would OPEN the Pro Tools Session/Audio Files Folder and look for the Name of File I just renamed.

No bouncing necessary. After Editing in Audition 6.0 I save the file as a .wav in folder on desktop. OR you can save as mp3. Better is to import wave to i-Tunes and convert to mp3 in that software. For some reason Audible likes i-Tunes better than most mp3 converters...don't know why.
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[cyclometh]

That's strange. I can bounce a track or a selection of clips in Cubase in just a few seconds. Exporting a 35-minute chapter as WAV or MP3 takes about 15 seconds.

Is there something I'm not understanding? Requiring a track to bounce in real-time seems like a strange thing.
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[agettig]

[Brian in Charlotte]

In order to get the audio out of ProTools without doing a Bounce To Disk, you want to Export the Clip (in PT8 it's a Region) as File. If the file has been "Consolidated", then Shift-Command-K and this will bring up a dialogue box for Exporting the region as a file...choose your format & destination and you're all done. Here's a video for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plKMeJKqVZQ
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[cyclometh]

[Festus]

However, it is way more complicated than our simple VO needs require, which is why a lot of folks prefer Sound Forge or Twisted Wave. (Or Cubase. )

Which is why after having bought PT8 and the Mbox2 for the punch and roll function, I am selling off the gear and going back to AA3 with some changed keystrokes. It is overkill for simple VO.
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[jasbart]

My Pro Tools is set up to record WAV's. After the session is finished and edited, I consolidate all the pieces into one master piece, then re-name it by double clicking on the edited file. Exit the session. Go into your Audio Files folder for that session, and your WAV file will be waiting for you. No bouncing necessary.

To create an MP3 you need to bounce using the $20 software offered by Pro Tools, and that takes place in real time.

Jim
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[captain54]

[jasbart]

That's correct. However if you are applying any kind of RTAS plug-in (eq, compression, echo, etc) you have to do it in real time. Everything I do, with the exception of long-form audio where the client specifically requests that I NOT sweeten, has at least a taste of, say RTAS compression.

Jim
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[captain54]

Why not process it in AudioSuite?

[jasbart]

I use the Audio Suite plugins very sparingly. I'll use Normalizing occasionally; if I'm doing music I'll use pitch control; mostly I'll use time compression for over-written voiceover scripts.

The time it takes to bounce to an mp3 isn't an issue for me. I do a lot of short announces for TV stations; any longer form audio that's being compressed and sent as an mp3, is sent in chunks of around 5 minutes. Plus I'm able to give a final quality control listen during the bounce.

Jim
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[Yonie]

Same for me, Jim. Send all buses into a master (with any applied plug-ins), then export that. I stopped doing regular bounces ages ago, after noticing that it really messed with sound quality.