Clip Gained crossfades to AAF bug

[Irl Sanders]

Hi -

I have really embraced clip gain as a mixing methodology for music prelay, but am having an issue sending AAFs over to the Avid guys. For the most part, I have music cues clip gained to -16db to sit under production and VO, with the occasional +/- move to keep everything steady. Avid editors are saying that the rendered frame accurate fade regions are 16db below everything else. Is this expected behavior or a bug? Suggested work arounds? Obviously ditching clip gain, but I hate to give it up if it can be made to work.

Thanks!

[paulo m]

What happens if you open those same AAF´s in PT again? Do they exibit the same problem?

[JWalkerPostAudio]

I'm not sure if I'm fully understanding your question correctly. So you are saying that there are music cues coming from your AAF that have clip gained dips across crossfades that were created from the editors?

I find clip gained music cues easier to mix if the clip gain was either set to one consistent level for the entire cue, or coalesced to volume automation.

control+shift+B to clear clip gain.

Edit>Automation>Coalesce Clip Gain to Volume Automation to convert clip gain to volume.

-Justin

[jglasgow]

Are you checking Enforce Avid Compatibility? What version of Media Composer?

When EAC is checked, PT will render any clip gained clips that are +/-12dB, because MC only supports up to +/-12dB of clip gain. Cross fades are always rendered. So, if you check EAC, everything should get rendered and you should be good.