This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] AAFs and Mute Clip function; importing vs AMA linking AIFF files

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Re: [Avid-L2] AAFs and Mute Clip function; importing vs AMA linking AIFF files

Basically, the idea of generational loss is a TAPE-BASED concept.

There CAN BE loss in digital imports and exports, but it is only based on converting the original file to a lower, compressed file type. If your audio starts as 48K/16 bit audio (or whatever quality) and stays that way (uncompressed) and goes out that way then there's no such thing as "generational loss." That's what digital is all about.

Plus, Avid may have changed it recently, but at least a few versions ago, you COULDN'T use AMA on audio-only files.

Steve

On Apr 9, 2015, at 11:41 AM, mikejshen@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi there,

I have two audio questions.

1) Has anyone exported an AAF from a timeline in which clips have been "muted" using the "Mute Clips" function introduced in MC 8 (I think)? Are the muted segments excluded from the AAF?

2) Is there a quality difference between an old-fashioned File/Import of an interleaved stereo AIF file (final ProTools mix or music file), versus AMA Link/Consolidate? In other words, does the File/Import process result in a generational loss? Or does it simply rewrap the audio in an MXF container (thus, no loss)?

Thanks for any advice!