reconforming to a new omf

[agus]

Here's one for the pros...Is there an easy work flow to achieve the following..

I receive an embedded omf, and start a sound design/mix. Adding eq, compression, etc. Now the client makes changes to the cut and sends me a new embedded omf that reflects the picture changes.

What I have always done in the past is to import the new omf as a new set of tracks below my exising mix...and manually conform the old tracks to line up with the new omf. Then continue from there.

Is there a way to have the original tracks conform to the new omf, maintaining my eqs, levels, etc without doing this manually? I don't mind doing it the manual way, but there is always that variable of missing something.

I'm using PT 6.4 on a TDM system. Is there anything in the newer PT's that facilitates this????

[minister]

http://www.maggot.co.nz/software/conformalizer.shtml

Excellent program and dead easy once you learn how it works.

Not sure if it works in PT 6.x I didn't see that requirement, only 10.4.x or later OS.

[agus]

Well, that looks cool, but I'm not getting edl's.... I would love to know if there is something like that, that would work with omfs...

[JWalkerPostAudio]

How many changes to you have to conform to? If there aren't that many it should be easy enough to just use the two quicktimes in your timeline for comparison and use an edit group of all of your audio and the old quicktime (for reference) to edit to the new quicktime.

-Justin

[agus]

Even if there are lots of changes, I have success in doing this manually, but I was wondering if there is a way to autoconform a new omf to an older omf....

Sort of like how it's done on an Avid.

[minister]

Originally Posted by agus

Well, that looks cool, but I'm not getting edl's.... I would love to know if there is something like that, that would work with omfs...

But you can ask for EDL's. It is really quite easy.

How would a program work with JUST OMF's when "change notes" are not embedded in an OMF?

[KevS]

(Shameless self promotion to follow..)

If you can get change lists from the editor, and are working in Feet+Frames, you can try my program, Conformer ($99). It is available here:

http://www.slothsound.com/

You can download and try it in demo mode for as long as you like.


-Kevin