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SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
As the title says, I'm looking to convert the 89 million SDII files I have from the 90s. There have been apps designed for this, and some people even use iTunes, but I'm wondering if there's been anything new recently that's easy and solid.
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Re: SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
(I haven’t tried) the free SD2 to WAV Converter
100 MB maximum file size or Sign Up www.convertio.co/sd2-wav
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Re: SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
Actually, one of the Pro Tools updates in the fall restored the ability to convert SDII files, so if you're working on a Mac and your SDII files are on a Mac formatted drive, you can import them into a wav formatted Pro Tools project and select convert. When you highlight the SDII file under Import Audio, it will indicate the bit depth and sample rate of the SDII file, so you can then decide if you want to convert them to a different sample rate/bit depth if the Pro Tools project is set to a different sample rate.
Current Pro Tools will also open up certain older Pro Tools project files and automatically convert the SDII files to wav files--depending on how old the version of Pro Tools was that was used for the original project. I believe the ones with the brown "reel" icon are too old to be recognized by current versions of Pro Tools--in that case you'd need an iteration of Pro Tools 10 to open those really old Pro Tools projects to automatically convert the SDII files. If your SDII files are not stored on a Mac formatted drive, it's much more difficult to convert them, as you'd have lost the resource fork with the bit depth/sample rate info. |
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Re: SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
Using PT wasn't too painful. There's more busy work than using a straight conversion program, but it got the job done, at least for the first sound library. For subsequent files I may still want a dedicated app.
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Re: SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
I expect university archeology labs will soon be developing software to read SDII.
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Re: SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
How about AudioEase’s Barbabatch.
https://www.audioease.com/barbabatch/
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Re: SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
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Also, if the resource forks are still available but disconnected from the file, here's a way to recombine them: Code:
cp -a /source/filename /destination/filename dd if=/source/._filename of=/destination/filename/..namedfork/rsrc
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Re: SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
Check out this article on Pro Tools Expert Tutorial - How Do I Handle Old Pro Tools Sessions With Sound Designer 2 Files
Hope it helps, Mike |
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Re: SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
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Re: SDII-to-WAV: any new/improved apps for this?
Don't say SampleCell. It makes me pine for the halcyon days of yore.
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