time stamp

[Julia Newmann]

How do you time stamp a stereo mix? I highlighted the file and then under audio, I picked, "Move to Original Time Stamp," "Move to User Time Stamp," and then I tried, "Set User Time Stamp from Sequence." None do anything. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Julia

[Radiogal]

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[bralston]

How do you time stamp a stereo mix? I highlighted the file and then under audio, I picked, "Move to Original Time Stamp," "Move to User Time Stamp," and then I tried, "Set User Time Stamp from Sequence." None do anything. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Julia

Time stamps are already created automatically in the creation of every new SDII audio file in DP. They are the "metadata" that is stored in the header of the Sound Designer 2 files. The Time stamping occurs when you create a new recording...not on import of existing files though. i.e, bouncing your tracks to disk in SDII format...or manually recording new audio tracks/files.

Take note that exporting aiff files or wav files do not keep the time stamps intact. Those formats to not support the metadata of the time stamping. Only SDII files.

So...If you are wanting to deliver time stamped files to the Pro Tools guy...you will need to give him the sound designer 2 files. Something that looks like "sterofile.L/R" They are actually 2 mono files, one for the left channel and one for the right. These are already created in DP and it is what DP (before version 6) uses natively. So just look in the audio folder for your session to find them.

FYI...for future compatibility with other DAWs like Pro Tools...DP version 6 now supports broadcast wave format which is the new industry standard and is what Pro Tools uses today as it native file format. broadcast wave (which is different than standard wave file)...also has time stamping info and the like in its metadata. It is one of the biggest reasons to eventually upgrade to DP6.

[Eleventh Hour Sound]

How do you time stamp a stereo mix? I highlighted the file and then under audio, I picked, "Move to Original Time Stamp," "Move to User Time Stamp," and then I tried, "Set User Time Stamp from Sequence." None do anything. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Julia

Hi Julia,

When you record something into DP, it automatically gets it's original time stamp. You don't have to do anything for that.

Now let's say you take something that was originally recorded between Bar 1 and 9.

Then you cut and paste that 8 Bars to Bar 21, then highlight it and say select user time stamp.

Now it's got 2 time stamps. The original; Bar 1-9. And the user time stamp Bar 21-29.

If you now select move to user time stamp. It's not going any way because it's already where you set your user time stamp, but it you select move to original time stamp, it will go back to bar 1 where it came from.

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Vincent

[digitalolive]

Slightly OT but I went to an Audio Forensics lecture at AES in New York where a guy was telling us about a way they've developed to "time stamp" almost any recording. Seems it has to do with fluctuations in the power grid (i.e., 60 hz is not exactly 60 hz but fluctuates a bit. They have these fluctuations mapped out all over the world and can for instance tell not only when but where a recording was generated by plotting the fluctuation in the 60 (or 50 overseas) hz hum. Pretty neat, huh?

Steve