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AAF Has No Audio in Pro Tools: The Four Causes and How to Prevent Them
The clips arrive named and silent, and the fix is almost always a re-export. The four causes, how to tell which one you are looking at, and the one email that replaces three round trips.
The Two Minute AAF Sanity Check to Run Before You Deliver
Seven checks between export and send, in the order that catches the most damage first. Every published guide covers the settings going in; this is how you inspect the file that came out.
Two Pop, FFOA and the Hour One Start: Timecode Conventions Explained
Why programmes start at 01:00:00:00, where the two pop actually sits, whether it is two seconds or 48 frames, and when drop frame matters. The conventions, with the history that explains them.
Audio Handles: What They Are For and Why Nobody Agrees on the Length
Published specs ask for anything from 50 frames to a full minute, and none admit the others exist. What handles are for, the frames math, and where each NLE hides the setting.
Editing for Sound: The Cut Decisions That Reach the Mix Stage
Sound is not a phase that starts when your job ends. The choices made while cutting decide what the mix can fix and what it cannot, and why organisation is cheap but material is not.
What a Sound Mixer Actually Needs From You Before You Send the AAF
The delivery spec in a picture editor's language: handles, track order, embedded or referenced, the reference video, timecode, and what to send alongside the AAF.
How to Split an AAF into Dialogue, Music and Effects Sessions
One AAF in, three sessions out, one per department. What belongs in each, what has to stay identical across all three, whether folder tracks are the better answer, and where it breaks on the next cut.
Why Your AAF Won't Import Cleanly Into Pro Tools (and How to Fix It)
"The AAF won't import" hides three different failures that look alike and need different fixes. Here is how to tell which one you have and how to fix each.
AAF Checker for Video Editors: How to Ship a Clean Handoff
The AAF Checker lets video editors confirm an export is sound before it reaches audio. How to use it, and what to fix at export.
Post-Production Audio Deliverables Checklist: Broadcast, Streaming, Theatrical
Loudness, stems, M&E, file naming, and platform-specific deltas. The pre-delivery checklist that catches issues before the master goes out the door.
ADR Workflow in Pro Tools: From Picture Lock to Final Dialogue
Spotting, cue lists, the handover to the ADR stage, session layout, and playback setup. The full ADR workflow in Pro Tools, end to end.
AAF Metadata: What Survives the Export, What Gets Lost, How to Catch It Early
What an AAF carries from picture editorial to Pro Tools, what gets dropped on the way, and how to catch metadata gaps before they reach the mix.
Conforming Audio After Picture Lock: The Post-Lock Workflow That Doesn't Break
Picture lock rarely holds. The conforming workflow in Pro Tools, the two paths a conform can take, and how to keep the session intact across cut versions.
How Matchbox Handles Picture Changes in Pro Tools
What Matchbox does inside Pro Tools, how Smart Conform handles clip-by-clip reconforms, and what the original session needs to carry for it to work cleanly.
EdiLoad for Pro Tools: EDL Compare, Reconform, WAV Assembly, and Scene Remap in Episodic Post
What EdiLoad does for episodic Pro Tools post: EDL compare, reconform, WAV assembly, scene remap, and the AAF prep that lets each pillar run cleanly.
Audio Post Production Pipeline in Pro Tools: How fPost, Matchbox, EdiLoad, and fMusic Fit
The four phases of the Pro Tools audio post pipeline (build, mix, reconform, deliver) and which tools own each phase. The complete map for episodic and feature work.
Multi-AAF Episodic Workflow in Pro Tools: 10 Episodes, 10 AAFs Each
Episodic TV and commercial post run on multi-AAF imports. The pattern, the hidden math, and the batch workflow that turns 200 prep hours back into minutes.
What Is an OMF File? (And Why Modern Post Uses AAF Instead)
OMF is the legacy interchange format for moving audio between picture editorial and Pro Tools. What it carries, what it doesn't, and why AAF replaced it.
Dialogue Edit Prep in Pro Tools: The Facility-Grade Workflow
How dialogue editors structure a Pro Tools session before the creative edit: track layout, routing, clip organization, room tone setup, and conforming readiness.
Audio Post Production Workflow: The Seven Phases and Where Each Breaks
Audio post runs in seven phases, and the same sequence holds on a feature, a series and a commercial. Who owns each phase, the two that absorb most of the non-creative time, and where the handoffs fail.
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