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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.
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