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Hello,
in couple of weeks I‘m going to a studio where I have to work in protools
HD3.But I am recording lots of stuff in my place with DP5(96 sample rate).
It is my first project with performer.I have sounds from ethno and symphonic(how can I export some instruments in mono,for example).
Need all the advice of importants things I cannot forgett on saving projects
to open on protools(I don‘t want to mess up).
Thanks a lot and my regards to Unicornation family.
Noisetree

Does that mean that you are exporting an OMF of your project or are you just going to export all the audio files (and possibly a MIDI file) and import it into Pro Tools?

If it's OMF.

1. Check that the Studio has DigiTranslator (they don't all have it)
2. Do a test run a day before the session if they'll let you in for half an hour - gives you time to go to plan B if something doesn't work.
3. Remember to export a MIDI file with all your tempo/meter changes. OMF will NOT save all of that information.

The most fool proof method is to make all tracks continuous audio files all starting at "zero" (1/1/000).
These audio files can then be imported into a PT project, dragged left as far as they'll go and will then be sample/groove aligned in the state they were recorded.
To achieve this you'll need to do these things;
first render all the MIDI to actual audio files.
then review each audio file in the project to make sure it starts at zero.
If it doesn't, record or paste a very small portion of audio on all of the late starting tracks and then in the sequence editor select all the audio files from the end of the song to the start of the project at 1/1/000 and use the merge audio command.
This will render new files that are all continuous and have a common starting point.

I second that!!

You are great people!Thanks a lot.
I‘m going to export only audio(the stuff recorded with ethno and
symphonic I‘m going to put it in audio too).But I have some quartets
and maybe it was better carry some instruments(cello,viola and violins)in
mono.What do you think and how can this be done?I‘m sorry for any silly
question but I‘m learning.Other days I used to write arrangements for
string players but now I‘m trying to do something different(budget reasons).
My regards

noisetree wrote:But I have some quartets
and maybe it was better carry some instruments(cello,viola and violins)in
mono.

To bounce VI's to mono tracks you'll need to set up a mono bus from your VI output and route it to a mono audio track. Then you just hit record (you can do all the tracks at once using this method).

I agree with the other guys that the easiest (and safest) way is to render single audio files on each track from the exact start of the project. A couple of other things that will also help are:

-Export a MIDI file from DP of the sequence and import it into Pro Tools (check the 'import tempo map' option). This will make sure all of your bars & beats in PT line up with your audio tracks - which makes editing a whole lot easier.

-In the project setup (command+2(numpad) in PT) make sure that the timecode start of your Pro Tools session is the same as the timecode start of your DP session. The MIDI file will save this information, but I'm not sure if Pro Tools imports it.

ALSO

One MAJOR short-falling of DP is that when you export soundbites from the soundbites window, it doesn't include the Time-Stamp. Shouldn't cause you a problem if you are lining everything up with the start of the project but timestamps are generally very helpful. If you need the time stamp you need to select the audio files in the track window, then hit option-R (reveal in finder), then copy and paste those files into a folder to be imported into Pro Tools.

The most fool proof method is to make all tracks continuous audio files all starting at "zero" (1/1/000).
These audio files can then be imported into a PT project, dragged left as far as they'll go and will then be sample/groove aligned in the state they were recorded.
To achieve this you'll need to do these things;
first render all the MIDI to actual audio files.
then review each audio file in the project to make sure it starts at zero.
If it doesn't, record or paste a very small portion of audio on all of the late starting tracks and then in the sequence editor select all the audio files from the end of the song to the start of the project at 1/1/000 and use the merge audio command.
This will render new files that are all continuous and have a common starting point.

1:1:000 for all audio files. This along with a time aligned click track will give you lots of flexibility in what ever platform you move to or from. A side benefit to merging tracks is it is CPU friendly.