How to "Bounce/Save" track as a DATA file/format

[LaForestPoetry18]

Please, don't beat me up on this one, but I have never before hand bouced/saved a track as a "DATA file before hand. I usally format everything eithier as WAV/AIFF or mp3, but now I have people asking for certain projects to be sent to them in a DATA format, so that they can eithier be mastered or used/implemeted to a flim format. Please help me out.

Equipment;

Apple Power Mac G5 Dual-core 2.0GHz (4.0 gig of RAM)
Protools LE 7.0
DIGI 002
Reason 3.0
LIVE 5
Roland DM-10 monitors(flat ref.)
Alesis M1 Active monitors(high/mid. ref.)
BehrINGer Truth monitors(mid./bass ref.)
Tapco S-8 w/ 10" sub.(5.1 surround)
Blue Bluebird condenser mic
BehrINGer B-1 condenser mic
Neumann TLM-103 condenser mic
Apogee Rosetta 800
Presonus Bluetube mic pre-amp
Presonus ADL-600 mic pre-amp
Mackie Bigknob
Sennheiser HD280 Pro Headphones
AKG K240 Headphones
2 Monster Power PRO2500 surge-protectors
1 Monster Power PRO3500 surge-protector
APC 1500v UPS
Seulx Acoustics 4 x 6x 7 Vocal Booth

Thanks in advance for any & everyone's help.

[email protected]
La Forest gray @ Broadjam.com

[LaForestPoetry18]

Please someone give me some advice on this.

[Craig F]

WAV is the de-facto standard

ask what format they want but right now I think the don't know what they are talking about

[req06]

When they are talking about data they mean as .wav files or .aiff's rather than being presented to them as an audio cd.
basically this means that they don't have to then rip the songs from the audio cd and can just load the files from your media (cd/fw drive etc)

so just bounce as normal and compile all the files onto a dvd to give to them.

[LaForestPoetry18]

1st thanks for the response from both of you... 2nd, what they are asking me to do, is bounce the tracks as a "Protools" session to a DATA disk, so that they can then open the session on thier "Protools" systems (LE/ HD). I have tried to do this formatting itunes in both WAV. & AIFF. formats (24-bit/96KHz). I would think that in order to give them what they are looking for, it would make sense and be easier to save the sessions on an external drive, DATA stick, something along those lines.

So, please once again help me out with some guidence.

Thanks.

V/R
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La Forest [email protected]
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[kurt]

Hi LaForestPoetry18

You are asked to transfer your entire session so they can open/load it as it is. No Bounce or iTunes can help.
You have to deliver everything in original format 24-bit/96KHz & all the session data.

1.) If the session you want to transfer is stored on several drives & folders do “Save Session Copy In”.
Chose a new destination with enough space. Allow copy of All Audio Files, Fade Files & Session Plug-ins Folder & go.
The resulting folder (with all session data) is what you have to transfer on CD/DVD.

2.) Ask them if they have DVD reader & if they do, & you have DVD burner, skip following explanation.
(The session is probably too big for one CD. If, than make a new folder (Audio Files 1..) & move/fill it, with 700 MB worth of audio files.
Continue till you have everything segmented in appropriate chunks.)

3.) Audio CD format allows only 16bits/44.1kHz audio files (WAV, AIF, SDII..). It’s not what they want.
You need to burn your files as DATA Format.
This format allows any kind of data (no questions asked) to be copied to CD/DVD. iTunes can’t do that.
The best on Mac is Toast. Of course copying to external HD is easiest.

Good Luck.

[LaForestPoetry18]

Thank you, thank you & thank you. I just told each artist/engineer to give me a 4GB memory stick, and that I would make thier copies that way, all of the tracks are copy-written, so I have no concerns that way.

Thanks again.