Avid Pro Audio Community

Avid Pro Audio Community

How to Join & Post  •  Community Terms of Use  •  Help Us Help You

Knowledge Base Search  •  Community Search  •  Learn & Support


Avid Home Page

Go Back   Avid Pro Audio Community > Legacy Products > Pro Tools 2020

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 04-20-2022, 11:06 AM
Mixmaster Rick Mixmaster Rick is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Boston USA
Posts: 164
Default Inconsistent Audio Files with a Template

macOS Catalina
Version 10.15.7 (19H1824)

Pro Tools
2021..12.0

I have countless live recordings on cassette that I am transferring into Pro Tools to be able to master and archive the WAV files. For each cassette I use a template I created that is very generic and it does the following:

Stereo Aux track with a stereo VU Meter plugin with a trim control. That track gets routed to a stereo Audio track through a stereo bus which acts as a Print track.

I do the exact same thing for two Mono tracks. Each gets the Left / Right input of the cassette, gets routed to an Aux track (left or right) which routes in Mono to a Mono Audio track.

It’s important to note that the template is created Interleaved but I am finding inconsistencies. For each session the Audio folder should contain a Left WAV, Right WAV and a Stereo WAV. Most of the sessions for each cassette do this perfectly. On occasion the end result is that the Audio folder will contain something similar to the following; please note the file size for each:

Left_01.wav 445 KB
Left_02.wav 282 MB
Right_01.wav 445 KB
Right_02.wav 282 MB
Stereo_01.wav 841 KB
Stereo_02.wav536 MB

Again, I am using the exact same template for every cassette yet the results are inconsistent. When it works as expected I see something similar to this:
Left_01.wav 357 MB
Right_02.wav 357 MB
Stereo_01.wav 714 MB

I realize there are different approaches to accomplishing this but I prefer to work this way. I just don’t understand what would cause this random change.

Thanks in advance for your help.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 04-20-2022, 11:20 AM
BScout BScout is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 4,143
Default Re: Inconsistent Audio Files with a Template

Those KB files mean you stopped a recording pass/print prematurely. Files don't disappear if you do that. You have to use cmd+. to "undo" a recording.
__________________
Pro Tools Ult 2024.3, HDX 2, MTRX/SPQ, RME BBF Pro + MADIface ProS1 x 2, Fire HD10 + Max11, Dock, iPad Air5 Mac Mini 14,12, 12 core, macOS 13.6.5RAM 32GB, SSD 4TB, GPU 19 coreQNAP TVS-872XT 148TB TB3
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 04-20-2022, 11:29 AM
Mixmaster Rick Mixmaster Rick is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Boston USA
Posts: 164
Default Re: Inconsistent Audio Files with a Template

There were a few times that I accidentally started to record, a matter of seconds then I realized I hadn't started the tape. I then returned to zero and thought I was recording over them. Now it takes sense. SO basically I can trash the smaller files?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 04-20-2022, 11:42 AM
BScout BScout is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 4,143
Default Re: Inconsistent Audio Files with a Template

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mixmaster Rick View Post
There were a few times that I accidentally started to record, a matter of seconds then I realized I hadn't started the tape. I then returned to zero and thought I was recording over them. Now it takes sense. SO basically I can trash the smaller files?
Yes. It's better to rename the good files in ProTools so you don't accidentally delete the good files (the bad files will just have their "auto" names then.)

You can also clear out "unused" files within ProTools if you keep all your good files in the tracks. Cmd+Shift+U selects unused clips from the clip bin, Cmd+Shift+B removes selected (you then get the option of remove from session, delete from disk, or move to trash; the last two will get them off of your hard drive)

But if you want to stop a record and leave no trace, command + period instead of stopping with the spacebar is how to do it (caution: this is undoable)
__________________
Pro Tools Ult 2024.3, HDX 2, MTRX/SPQ, RME BBF Pro + MADIface ProS1 x 2, Fire HD10 + Max11, Dock, iPad Air5 Mac Mini 14,12, 12 core, macOS 13.6.5RAM 32GB, SSD 4TB, GPU 19 coreQNAP TVS-872XT 148TB TB3
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 04-23-2022, 08:13 AM
Mixmaster Rick Mixmaster Rick is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Boston USA
Posts: 164
Default Re: Inconsistent Audio Files with a Template

Perfect explanation - thanks very much for this clarification
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Having audio in a template Panacci Pro Tools 2019 2 01-12-2020 03:50 PM
usaved PT session saving unsaved audio files to audio files folder mermermer Pro Tools HDX & HD Native Systems (Mac) 1 07-18-2012 11:50 AM
Midi files template for classical anackman macOS 2 02-16-2012 05:38 PM
Elastic Audio Inconsistent Drift cuniberti Pro Tools TDM Systems (Mac) 77 11-11-2008 09:33 AM
AUDIO FILES LOCATION WHEN USING A SESSION TEMPLATE jbraly 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Mac) 7 11-10-2004 07:54 AM


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:58 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Forum Hosted By: URLJet.com