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1. Figure 21 Save Session page showing file name chosen 30 Step 8 Enter output session name The Fix Syne window now displays the Save Session page see Figure 21 This page allows you to set the output session name and choose region auto naming op tions for the output session To set the output session name Oo In the Fix Sync window click Save Session As o Choose a suitable destination folder for the output ProTools session In the Save As text box type the name of the output session file For the example use the default name FX Fix Sync Example 1 T4 Click Save The out put session name is now displayed in the Fix Sync window Step 9 Choose region auto naming options The remaining settings of the Save Session page allow regions in the output session file to be named automatically In this example we do not wish to auto rename re gions and Fix Sync defaults to Region Auto Naming being off in Titan 4 For your own session you may wish to use the Region Auto Naming feature in which case you should check the button and add a prefix and or a suffix that will help to iden tify regions that have been modified by Fix Sync The integral Help window de scribes the use of these controls Step 10 Start Fix Syne Processing When an output session name has been chosen and region auto naming controls set the Fix Sync button will no longer be greyed out To start the process click Fix Sync The Fix Sync proc
2. o Notice that Audio has now disappeared from the Session Tracks list as it can t be in more than one Group at a time e Now Audio will be aligned to Work Track during the Fix Sync process When us ing your Own sessions you may need to add multiple Align Tracks to the same Alignment Group for example when operating on stereo or multi channel material where two or more channels are supposed to remain in sync with each other This would instruct Titan to perform identical timing adjustment across all Align Tracks in the group ensuring that these tracks remain 1n sync T4 Fix Sync Example 1 Open Session Fix Sync Example 1 T4 ptt Session Tracks d New Group Alignment Groups Work Track Group 1 a Delete Group Group 2 Audio 2 assigned a as Align Track to Wioele Tench Group 2 Clear Work Track gmiracks Audio 2 a Search Length Seconds Add Track lt va ie i 3 Add Track 1s iT Remove Track 4 dd al a qo m used to aad align OO aa tracks to the selected Group Load Session Select Open Session to load a Pro Tools session Session Tracks displays the tracks in the Pro Tools session that have not yet been assigned to a group Select New Group to create a new group of files to be aligned Figure 20 Audio 2 track assigned to Group 2 29 Step 7 For the example complete the track assignment by adding Audio 2 to be an Align Track of
3. The Essential Tool for Audio Post Production User Manual For Titan version 4 Manual version 4 0 0 Contact Information Synchro Arts Limited 13 Links Road Epsom Surrey KT17 3PP UK Tel 44 1372 811934 UK Tel 01372 811934 Fax 44 1372 817976 UK Fax 01372 817976 Email info synchroarts com Online Support at Web http www synchroArts com Email support SynchroArts com Synchro Arts Limited 1997 2010 Limited End User License Agreement PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT CAREFULLY PRIOR TO USING THE Titan SOFTWARE PROVIDED WITH THIS AGREEMENT USE OF THE SOFTWARE CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE PROMPTLY RETURN THE UNUSED SOFTWARE MANUALS AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS TO THE LOCATION FROM WHICH THEY WERE OBTAINED FOR A REFUND 1 License The application demonstration and other software and audio accompanying this License whether on disk in memory or on any other media the Software and the related documentation are licensed to you by Synchro Arts Limited You may use the Software on a single computer make one copy of the Software for backup purposes only and physically transfer the Software from one computer to another provided that all copies of the Software are removed from the machine from which it is being transferred and the Software is only used on one computer at a time You may also transfer all your lic
4. e An online tutorial for Flash Conform and Flash Cutter see the relevant sections of this manual for a link e Additional downloadable Selection Rules for Flash Conform at http www synchroarts com Titan4 FlashConform Technical specifications e Titan 4 requires a Mac computer with an Intel processor running OS 10 5 or higher e Compatible with ProTools 7 4 and 8 session files both versions use the same ses sion file format Flash Conform can also generate AES31 EDLs e For compatibility with earlier Pro Tools session files use Titan 3 see next section What s new in Titan 4 Flash Conform e Creates Pro Tool 8 sessions e Better handling of badly formatted audio files will create file error report e Improved conform reports e Creates a simplified text report file that can be used in other applications e Warning if Source and Destination frame rates do not match the EDL e Can read Light Works EDLs fix Sync e Compatible with Pro Tools 8 Improved alignment in fast mode e Sample accurate alignment mode e Can now operate on sessions that contain AUX MIDI and other non audio tracks Flash Cutter e Now works with Pro Tools 8 General e Copy protected with iLok to allow the program to be easily moved e Backwards compatibility also comes with a copy of Titan 3 1 4 for compatibility with Pro Tools 6 session format used by versions of Pro Tools 6 lt 7 4 and earlier Pro Tools v
5. Group 2 Add Work Track Clear Work Track Align tracks Modified Pro Tools session Search Length Seconds Add Track Q wae e Remove Track Fast Align H Priority Up Down Pro Tools session blah blah blah blah Load Session Select Open Session to load a Pro Tools session Session Tracks displays the tracks in the Pro Tools session that have not yet been assigned to a group Select New Group to create a new group of files to be aligned Report Figure 15 Graphical representation of the Fix Sync function Quick start We strongly recommend that you follow the tutorial in the next section but if you want to get started quickly the following 1s a short introduction to using Fix Sync You can refer to the Help information in the application window which explains the controls on each page l Prepare a Pro Tools Session so that it contains conformed tracks called Align Tracks in Fix Sync and Work Tracks to which the conformed tracks can be synchronised this stage does not use Titan Guidelines can be found in the section Additional informa tion below 2 Start Titan and open a new Fix Sync processing window Open the prepared session by clicking Open Session 4 Create an alignment group and assign a Work Track from the open session that will be used as the reference for the Fix Sync operation 5 Add the tracks to be
6. _ gt i F _ lWrap Region Timecode at Midnight File Name 4 y _ gt noe Pro Tools session Remove ro Copred demux sound files This page lists the EDLs that will be conformed CMX EDL Titan supports CMS 3600 EDLs y Re p ort Sound files Figure 5 Graphical representation of the Flash Conform process EDL formats Flash Conform supports CMX 3600 format EDLs with up to 16 channels and comment fields Flash Conform will recognise all standard CMX 3600 EDL channel identifiers e g AA By A2 V 3 AAT Ns AZ ete Flash Conform will also recognise A3 to A10 and if the identifier NONE it will rec ognize AUD 5 to AUD 16 in the comment field If overlaps of audio occur in the EDL when the session is created later events will cause audio regions to overwrite parts of other previously inserted audio regions Audio file formats and naming Flash Conform supports Wave and Broadcast Wave file formats Audio files should be la belled in a consistent manner The reel name can be placed in many locations such as the file name folder name or file metadata The way you identify your audio files is called a file selection schema It 1s important that files are identified consistently for a production otherwise multiple rules will be required which makes conforming harder Support for a number of standard file selection schemas are included with Flash Conform The selection sc
7. length of the edited region plus a handle length specified in the box Length of Pro Tools sessions If the conformed session is longer than the maximum time line length that can be handled by Pro Tools Titan will split the conformed data over more than one Pro Tools session 21 D Fix Sync About Fix Sync Overview The Fix Sync function provides a fast efficient and automatic means of tightening up the timing accuracy of conformed audio in a Pro Tools session file It does this by examining content in one or more conform tracks and comparing it with that in a guide or work track moving the conform tracks by up to two seconds in order to correct any timing errors en countered Operation is straightforward and quick The user selects the conformed Pro Tools session and indicates to Titan which tracks are the work tracks and which are the conformed or new tracks Titan can only work with Pro Tools sessions in which both the guide track s and the conformed audio are present Audio must be contained in WAV or AIFF files Applications of Fix Sync In video and film post production auto conforming is often used to create a session file automatically on a Digital Audio Workstation DAW containing recordings of selected takes from source tapes generally recorded at the time of the picture shoot These record ings or audio segments will be placed in destination tracks at time codes specified by an ED
8. manual placement of original audio in rough alignment to a Work Track is also performed We will refer to the results of both the automatic and manual placement of these regions as conformed audio Sync errors in auto conforming After auto conform is performed the start and end timecode locations of a region are likely to be correct but the audio within this timecode window can become shifted out of place The type of timing correction performed by Titan requires that there is sufficient audio 22 01 00 00 00 01 00 02 00 01 00 06 00 UffCourseLong2 T COTTET Correct i i ieii _ Correct Start Time Stop Time waveform must be EENET moved this direction Hidden Extra Audio Handles Figure 14 Sync error between conformed audio in the lower track and guide audio in the upper track available outside of the original region known as handles to make this correction This is illustrated in Figure 14 The region in Track 2 named Pilotl 01 has the correct start and stop timecode but the audio content is slightly out of sync in relation to the track above it the Work Track The light coloured audio shown before and after this region is part of the same file so it is available but not visible in the Pro Tools display To correct this error the audio needs to be shifted moving a little of the handle audio into the region window at one end pushing some of the original region s audi
9. 002C 1 Pilotl 002 95 A2 C 21 10 37 09 21 10 40 09 01 00 05 11 01 00 07 06 FROM CLIP NAME 002C 3 Navigatorl 003 94 A C 21 17 54 16 21 10 39 04 01 00 07 14 01 00 09 03 FROM CLIP NAME 002C 1 Pilot2 004 95 A2 C 21 17 58 14 21 18 01 07 01 00 09 14 01 00 12 07 FROM CLIP NAME 002C 3 Navigator2 e Once the Session and EDL are available Flash Cutter can be used Step 2 Start Titan select the EDL sessions and mode e If it isn t already running in the dock or in the Applications folder double click on the litan4 icon e Once Titan is running on the File menu click New Flash Cutter to open a new OffCourseLong2 OffCourseLong2 Figure 26 Pro Tools session display of Flash Cutter tutorial example 38 Untitled Original EDL Find changes between EDL s Ce Source Session e _ _ _ _ _ Output Session Cutter Mode Cut Only Cut and Move M Empty target before cutting Load EDL and Sessions i Original EDL Loads the EDL that will be used to cut the session For information about how to prepare EDL s for use by Flash Cutter please visit http www _ synchroarts conyTitan4 FlashCutter Find Changes between EDL s If enabled Titan will find the differences between the original EDL used to create the source session and a new EDL from the video editor New EDL Selects the new EDL from the video editor Figure 27 New Flash Cutter window Flash Cut
10. 17 New Fix Sync window Step 2 Start Titan and open a new Fix Syne window e If it isn t already running in the dock or in the Applications folder double click on the litan4 icon e Titan opens a Flash Conform window by default when first launched so close this and on the File menu click New Fix Sync to open a new Fix Sync processing window e If Titan is already running on the File menu click New Fix Sync to open a new Fix Sync processing window Step 3 Open the prepared Pro Tools session e Once a new Fix Sync window is opened you must open the prepared session that you are going to process The Fix Sync window will initially look as shown in Figure 17 e To open the session 26 T4 Fix Sync Example 1 Open Session Fix Sync Example 1 T4 ptf Session Tracks NewGroup Alignment Groups Work Track m Audio 1 Delete Group Audio 2 f Add Work Track N Ta Clear Work Track s Search Length Seconds 2 P 0 2 Add Track H Remove Track Fast Align Priority Up a Load Session Select Open Session to load a Pro Tools session Session Tracks displays the tracks in the Pro Tools session that have not yet been assigned to a group Select New Group to create a new group of files to be aligned Each group contains a Work Track against which other tracks will be aligned and multiple Align Tracks which will be aligned against the Work Track The Wor
11. are displayed in the Identifier column 11 Drag e g here to change column width Enter a clip name identifier here P Start Back Next EDL File FlashConformEDL EDL Track Offset No Offset H Remove Events with duplicate timecodes Clip name identifier FROM CLIP NAME h Select the EDL tracks from whach to take edit points Edit Reel ID Terz z D TT 50 De Destin lec Enabled Track 001 017 A a 17a Olt O1 00 Al here 002 017 oe L 17a Olt O1 00 m A2 003 017 A L 17a Olt O1 00 SEEP 004 017 A C 1 174 Ol 01 00 The clip identifier 017 A 7 l 17 Olt 01 00 column is here on 006 017 A C a 17a Oln OLOO the right You may need to alter column or window widths to see it EDL This page displays the contents of the EDL as read by Titan If the EDL is not displayed correctly it may be corrupt or not a format supported by Titan If you have multiple EDLs selected each EDL will be displayed in a separate page When Titan conforms audio it looks at an EDL event and finds ALL the audio channels that match that event building multiple tracks Figure 7 Review EDL page e To correctly load the comment field from the EDL in the Identifier column enter COMMENT asterisk two spaces COMMENT colon in the Clip name iden tifier box After a short while or press return to speed things up Titan will reload the EDL and you shoul
12. corrupt or not a format supported by Titan If you have multiple EDLs selected each EDL will be displayed in a separate page When Titan conforms audio it looks at an EDL event and finds ALL the audio channels that match that event building multiple tracks as Figure 8 Review EDL page with chp name identifier correctly loaded You may need to use a different clip name identifier for your own EDLs depending on how the information was stored It 1s important that it matches the exact alpha numeric string used in the EDL When you have done it right the Identifier col umn will display the correct text Using the example the Review EDL page will now look as shown in Figure 8 For the example the remaining controls must be set as follows o In the EDL Track Offset menu select No Offset Check the Enabled Tracks Al and A2 check boxes on the right of the window this takes edit in formation about both audio tracks described in the EDL note that track Al is described simply as A in the EDL For a description of using these controls with your own EDLs see the integral help in the Flash Conform window Click Next to advance to the File Selection Rules page of controls Set the file selection rules for the conform Flash Conform uses a set of rules to determine which audio files belong to which reel and how timecode data is represented in the audio files These rules are con trolled by the File Selection Rule page which
13. means that Audio will be cut by EDL Track A1 o Inthe EDL Tracks list click A2 In the Session Tracks list click Audio 2 o Click Allocate EDL Track In the Session Tracks list A2 will appear to the right of A2 This means that Audio 2 will be cut by EDL Track A2 e The Flash Cutter window should now look as shown in Figure 31 e For your own sessions a single EDL Track may be assigned to multiple Session Tracks if necessary For example when working with stereo or multi track trans fers Al could be assigned to two or more Session Tracks o To select multiple Session Tracks click on the top track then with the shift key pressed click on the bottom track The highlighted tracks can then all be assigned to the same EDL Track by clicking Allocate EDL Track Step Start Flash Cutter processing e Once all the session tracks that you wish to cut have an EDL track assigned to them you may start the Flash Cut process by clicking Flash Cut e The Flash Cut process will now start A progress window will be displayed during the process e The process can be stopped with the Cancel button 43 ADO Untitled Start pm Back Next Flash Cut Titan4 Flash Cutter Report Titan4 Version 4 0 4 Generated at 11 25 38 Wednesday 31 March 2010 Source Session Users francisrumsey Documents Logophon Consultancy S ynchroArts TITAN TITAN 4 tutorial examples TITAN 4 examples Flash Cut Example 1 T4 ptf Output Session
14. needed for this tutorial are included on the Titan 4 examples disk image mentioned in the software installation section of this manual If you have not installed the Titan 4 examples you should download them now and copy them to a suitable location on your hard disk Step I Start Titan and open a new Flash Conform Window e fit isn t already running in the dock or in the Applications folder double click on the litan4 icon e If Titan is running on the File menu select New Flash Conform to open a new Flash Conform processing window shown in Figure 6 Step 2 Open the EDL file e In the Flash Conform window click Add The EDL selection window will appear e Locate the EDL to use for the conform For the example locate the Titan 4 exam ples folder downloaded as mentioned above click FlashConformEDL and then click Open The name of the EDL file you have chosen will now be displayed in the Flash Conform window If you wish to process more than one EDL file simply click Add and select another EDL Alternatively you can drag and drop EDLs into the list in the Titan window e If you have selected the wrong EDL file simply click on the filename and click Remove e Select the EDL Source and Destination frame rates and whether to employ sample 10 Untitled EDL Source Frame Rate 25 fps HH EDL Destination Frame Rate Source Sample Rate None HH Destination Sample Rate _ Wr
15. tdae dh a Aseiuvatacanddelac dala a edesticl aac 47 FLASITCEUITER PROBLEMS irauna a EE E E T E E E ae 47 FLASH CONFORM PROBLEMS aiora a aa a 47 vii A Introduction to Titan T IT iN W is a stand alone program that can save hours or even days of editing Pro Tools session files by providing four automatic editing functions These are operated from within three separate processing windows Flash Conform Fix Sync and Flash Cutter Integral help is provided on each of the pages of the processing windows which offers additional guidance on the controls and functions as well as key board shortcuts Flash Conform Flash Conform enables post production editors to auto conform in minutes rather than hours It works with Pro Tools and AES31 compatible editing systems In video and film post production auto conforming is often used to create automatically a session file or pro ject on a digital audio workstation DAW that manages recordings of selected takes made at the time of the picture shoot The recordings or audio segments will be placed in desti nation tracks at time codes specified by an edit decision list EDL The EDL is normally generated by a video editing system during the picture edit In this new approach using Flash Conform the auto conform process 1s typically per formed in two steps Firstly the selected source audio takes perhaps taken from a disk based field recorder or other workstation are loaded as audio files on
16. they are not so already using a high quality rate conversion and re dithering process Choose the sample rate and resolution of the output project o For the tutorial example in the Sample Rate menu select 44100 and in the Bit Depth menu select 16 bit o In the menu below this select Convert files with different sample 15 Untitled Session Format Pro Tools 7 H4 re Save Session As Sample Rate 44100 3 Bit Depth 16 Bit Convert files with different sample rates or bit depth De Interleave Copy All multi channel files _ Compact Audio File Length Handle Length Seconds Session Session Format Specify the output session format Options are AES31 Pro Tools 7 This covers Pro Tools 7 and 8 Save Session As allows the session name to be selected Figure 11 Session format window rates or bit depths This instructs Titan to re render any audio files that are not at the selected resolution although there are none in the tutorial ex ample The alternative option is to have Titan ignore such files in which case they are excluded from the output project e Leave the De interleave Copy options set to Al multichannel files for the tu torial example even though there are no such files to deal with here For further details about these options se the Additional information gt Output format options section below e Choose an output session
17. BC123 A2 wav Reel ABC123 Track 2 Pull up down The pull up pull down options for sample rate encountered on the first page set the rela tionship between frame rate and sample rate in order to enable the correct calculation of the destination timecode locations of regions in the output Pro Tools session and the start times of the source audio files These settings can be used to accommodate sessions or source material where pulled up or down sample rates have been employed or where it is desired to adjust the sample rate of the output session and content metadata so that the 20 timecode locations are based on pulled up or down rates The local mode is used when the pull up down calculation starts from the beginning of the reel only e g if the reel starts at a timecode of 01 00 00 00 then the modified calcula tion of the sample count only begins from that time The global mode is used when the pull up down calculation is started from time zero Here are some tips for using this function in certain tricky situations e Where a production has been shot at 24 fps and passes though telecine at 25 fps be fore being edited on an Avid editor at 24 fps you will probably need to use the Source Sample Rate Pull Up Down Local settings e If the audio is conformed to the correct destination timecodes but is 1t out of sync by a number of seconds try the Source Sample Rate Pull Up Down Local set tings e If
18. Group 2 as follows o In the Alignment Groups list click Group 2 In the Session Tracks list click Audio 2 In the middle column of buttons click Add Track If you are following the example the Fix Sync window should now look as shown in Figure 20 Select the required search length Setting the search length will instruct Fix Sync to look over a specific time window in the Align Tracks to find content that can be synchronized with the Work Track This is the maximum timing error that can be corrected in a Fix Sync operation The integral help window provides more information on setting the search length for your own Fix Sync tasks In essence select the shortest search length possible to deal with the sync errors in your conform material The longer the window the longer and the less reliable the process will probably be o If you are following the example drag the Search Length slider to 0 70 seconds Once the tracks have been assigned and the search length chosen you have com pleted the first page of the Fix Sync window Now advance to the Save Session page of controls by clicking Next T4 Fix Sync Example 1 Start 3 f Fix Sync f Save Session As FX Fix Sync Example 1 T4 ptf _ Region Auto Naming Prefix Suffix Example FX Region Save Session Save Session As Sets the name of the resulting session If Region Auto Naming is enabled all modified regions will be given a new name
19. L edit decision list This may have been done using an automatic process such as Ti tan s Flash Conform The conformed audio will usually be similar to but not necessarily exactly the same as the guide track which will be referred to as the Work Track for the remainder of this manual For a number of reasons the resulting conformed audio segments may not be in absolute syne with the Work Track audio and can often be one or two frames out In some cases where there has been broken time code or other problems the sync can be over a second out Therefore many editors use the DAW environment to check each new segment for sync and either use the waveforms to align a segment visually with the Work Track wave form if recorded or play the two signals together until they are in sync to their satisfaction If the Work Track was not recorded in the DAW it can be monitored off the tape contain ing it and the picture while the DAW session playback is run in chase lock with the tape transport Such sync checking is a time consuming process and depending on the number of regions may take up to a day or more per 10 or 20 minute sound reel While it may not be difficult to sync them by ear if the two waveforms are nearly identical 1t can be more difficult if the work track has become noisy or a different mike position 1s used for perspective changes In any case the process takes a considerable amount of time In other situations
20. NG S OINOSEN A E R EEA AE EAA oa ER T 34 FLASH CUTTER niaaa a iaaa a aaa a aa adaa 35 ABOUT ECAS H COTTE Rips ii a 35 OV CVV OW a E A A AEA EE OA aun eee 35 Applications of Cut only mode Conform sicsisiiniisiiiesoiiii iiit a a a ii 35 Applications of Cut and move move mode Reconform ssss sessssesssssrrnsrrrsnrrnsnrnrrrnnsrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 36 OUE S TART ea A E NA AAO EAA AENEAN A 37 CUCCOD INOC ENRE AE E A A A 37 Gut and move mode DaSIC ODeCrauion maricris iiie AR a AT 37 FOTORTA Mis eiasissecarsts nunc tet Sacusnmannaceicewt sels A 38 Step Freparead Pro Tools session Gnd EDLs snk ieee ei ies a 38 Step 2 Start Titan select the EDL sessions and mode vssssssssssssesssssesvsnssssessssssesnssssestsnssesesssssesssssessssess 38 Steps Select Region Auto Naming ODGOMss seniicresennes s wailed eae 40 Sepa Review ne Loaded ED iniaa R AO E EE EERE E 41 Stepa ASSIGN EDL Tracks CO Session Tracks rererere E AiE Ae ie ehna aAa EARN 42 Step 6 Start Flash Cutter Processing ecse e a tere a E tela 43 Step 7 ChecktheFlash Gutter ReDOT C rzsnmnanniian a a A T 44 Stepe Open Ne CUL SESSION IN PIO TOO nepr A 44 ADDINONALINFORMA TION cannon a O a E E AA 46 AddUonal utori d lsin A A E AA NEAN 46 What if there is no audio in the source session at a time specified in the EDL wissen 46 Dealing withchanges between EDS krenio aude a dens 46 TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE piisi enced etka tesdetient aie eit ecard deere tees 47 PDO VING PROB INS casita tact ce
21. Orp A AE R O A E toot eee 5 How to install your Titan 4 License from iLok com onto your iLok KeYuessssssssssssssssssssscssssssssesssvesssesasens 5 How to authorize your Titan 4 software with your LOK K Y sss ssssssssrssesresenreserrnnsrnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnsnnnnnnnnennns 6 Reauthorising Titan if iLok iS reMOVved sssssssssssssesssssssrssssnrensnnrnssnrnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnennnnennnnnennnnens 6 O O ON r a EN RAAE AAA R A ERE EIE A EE EA 6 TUTORIALEXAMPEES INSTALLATION srcani N 7 FPEASH CONFORM oeaan E E 8 ABOUT FLASH CONFORM ee saccscesacaceucccstectens annaran aora Eiaa EAE a ETEA aa aa A iaa aaia aisadas 8 Ba a E E E E E E 8 The Flash Conform prOCesSS accep cates fos ceca tetas eases cesses eee 8 i DY Ey 0 a gk e A E E E rere T re ret ere 9 A dio file formats and OVI sesers A AA EA neat eee 9 OLIE EAE AEI E T AI E ANAIE EA E A A AEE E 9 TUTORA e E A E E E E 10 Step 1 Start Titan and open a new Flash Conform Window sss ssssssesssssrsnsrsrnenrnnnrrnnnnrnnsrnnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnss 10 Step Openthe EDL Cosinas siia iiA EEEE A ENE iA ASEE A S EEEE 10 Step 3 Review the loaded EDL ssss sssssssssnnnsrnsnrnnnnrnnenrennnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnns 11 Step4 Set the file selection rules for the COnfOrM ssssssssssssssssssesssnsnrnnssnnrnnsnnnnsnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnennnnnnnnnn 13 Step 5 Add the source audio files for the COnform ssssssssssssssssssesrssssrnnssn
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23. TOMER FOR THE PRODUCT IN NO EVENT SHALL SYNCHRO ARTS LIMITED DIGIDESIGN OR AVID TECHNOLOGY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY 6 Severability In the event any provision of this Agreement 1s determined to be invalid or unenforceable it shall be adjusted so as to best reflect the intent of the parties to the maximum extent possible and the re mainder of this agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent possible 7 Entire Agreement This Agreement is the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and replaces any previous discussion and or agreement regarding such subject matter 8 Governing Law This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have jurisdiction to determine any dispute Important notes Thank you for using Synchro Arts Titan This user manual accompanies the Titan soft ware Tutorials are provided in this user manual that will guide you step by step through the op eration of Titan The tutorials refer to audio examples and Pro Tools session files that can be downloaded from the Synchro Arts website To get the quickest start with Titan it is highly recommended you follow the tutorials Resources to help you use Titan come in four forms e This user manual e Help screens provided in the application itself containing detailed tips
24. Users francisrumsey Documents Logophon Consultancy SynchroArts TITAN TITAN 4 tutorial examples mod FR FC Flash Cut Example T4 ptf EDL Users francisrumsey Documents Logophon Consultancy S ynchroArts TITAN TITAN 4 tutorial examples TITAN 4 examples FlashCutDEMO EDL EDL Timecode settings Frame Rate 25 00 Sample Rate s i00 00 Rename regions No Empty Target Tracks Yes Edit Automation Yes Edit Mode Move only Track allocation Save Report As Report When the cutter process has been completed this page displays the results The Save Report As button allows a full report to be saved If you have a technical query please send the report together with your EDLs to Synchro Arts Figure 32 Flash Gutter report window Step 7 Step 8 Check the Flash Cutter Report After Flash Cut completes its work the report page will be displayed similar to that shown in Figure 32 The report will say whether the Flash Cut process worked cor rectly or if an error was encountered It also contains detailed information about the Flash Cut process If an error occurred then the report can be examined to work out the cause of the error Open the cut session in Pro Tools If the Flash Cut operation was a success then the output session can be opened in Pro Tools If you have completed this tutorial with the example session the output session FC Flash Cut Example 1 T4 will look something like Figure 33 when loaded into P
25. a hard disk having been given timestamps and appropriate names Secondly Flash Conform is run taking editing instructions from a CMX3600 format EDL Flash Conform automatically locates the specified audio files and places them as correctly positioned audio regions into a new Pro Tools or AES31 session Errors in the sync of the conformed audio can then be auto matically corrected 1f required using Titan s Fix Sync function Using Flash Conform provides a number of benefits Besides conforming hundreds of edits in seconds it does not require any user intervention to select or link files also the resulting session contains audio regions which the editor can extend as required up to the limits of the recorded handles Other features of Flash Conform are that automatically it can do the following e Determine the correct layout for mapping EDL channels to session tracks even with mono and multi channel files e Name the new regions e Generate reports identifying any problem events Fix Sync Titan s Fix Sync function automatically adjusts the position of manually or auto conformed audio regions to sync precisely to a work track Similarly the Fix Sync function can correct the sync of audio that has passed through signal processing devices and has been delayed by unknown amounts Fix Sync virtually eliminates the need to adjust sync manually while listening for phasing or visually comparing waveforms with a work track T
26. ack 27 Session Tracks lai T4 Fix Sync Example 1 5 t af t New Group Alignment Groups i 1 Two new _ _ Group 2 alignment groups have been created using New Group Add Work Track Work Track Clear Work Track Align Tracks Name of the ee Work Track Search Length Seconds Add Track assigned to oe Remove Track Group I using Fast Align Weal Priority C Up Add Work Fast Align o Yp J Bown Track Load Session Select Open Session to load a Pro Tools session Session Tracks displays the tracks in the Pro Tools session that have not yet been assigned to a group Select New Group to create a new group of files to be aligned Figure 19 Creating groups and assigning work tracks to them Press New Group twice to create two alignment groups For your own sessions you may need a different number of alignment groups The integral Help window in Titan explains the use of groups in detail Step 5 Assign a work track to each group Next a Work Track must be assigned to each alignment group being used A Work Track contains the audio to which each conformed region in the Align Tracks will be compared and synchronised In this example the same Work Track is assigned as the guide for both alignment groups To do this for the first alignment group o In the Alignment Groups list click Group 1 In the Session Tracks list click Work Track Click Add Work T
27. age is the last page of controls you must set before starting the conform process The options affect the names of the regions in the output session If you are following the example use the default region naming options Click Set Defaults to do this The region naming page will look as shown in Figure 12 No tice that the Conform button is now active You may wish to select alternative region naming settings for your own conforms The integral help window explains the available options in more detail When you have selected region naming options click Conform to start the con form process Wait for the conform to complete then review the report While the conform process takes place a progress bar 1s displayed When com pleted the Report Page will always be displayed The report will say if the conform Untitled 4 Start Conform Prefix Set Defaults gt Position Come Separator M Add Source Roll ID _ Add File Name Add File Extension Suffix Example lt Clip gt lt Roll gt Region Naming This page allows you to specify how regions created by Titan will be named As you change settings an example of the output name will be displayed Set Default reset naming control to preset values Figure 12 Region naming window 17 was a success or if an error was encountered If an error was found the detailed in formation contained in the report can be used to det
28. aligned to the alignment group Once started Fix Sync will at tempt to align these tracks to the Work Track chosen for that group 24 Select the Search Length of the Fix Sync process the time window over which it will attempt to find a match between the tracks and perform any correction Click Next 7 Choose the output session name with Save Session As and select any region auto naming options you require 8 Start the Fix Sync processing by pressing Fix Syne The output session will be created with the Align Tracks aligned to the Work Track 9 Review and save the report generated by the Fix Sync operation 10 Check the results by loading the output session into Pro Tools Tutorial This tutorial will guide you through using Fix Sync to process the example session You may also wish to follow this tutorial and substitute your own session file in place of the ex ample one The example files needed for this tutorial are included on the Titan 4 exam ples disk image mentioned in the software installation section of this manual If you have not installed the Titan 4 examples you should download them now and copy them to a suitable location on your hard disk Step I Prepare a Pro Tools session for Fix Sync e Ifyou are using the example session for this tutorial you will not have to prepare a session to try out Fix Sync We recommend you use the example session first though e The contents of the example se
29. ap Region Timecode at Midnight File Name Remove EDL List This page lists the EDLs that will be conformed Titan supports CMS 3600 EDLs Figure 6 New Flash Conform window rate pull up or pull down during the conform If you are using the example EDL you must set the source and destination frame rate to 24 fps with no pull up pull down o In the Flash Conform window click on the EDL Source Frame Rate menu and select 24 fps Now click on the EDL Destination Frame Rate control and select 24 fps Click on Source Sample Rate and select None Click on the Destination Sample Rate and select None Click Next to advance to the next page of controls Step 3 Review the loaded EDL This page of the Flash Conform window will display the contents of the loaded EDL You should review the EDL data to ensure that Flash Conform has loaded it correctly If you are using the example EDL the Review EDL page will look as shown in Figure 7 You can click and drag the column boundaries in the EDL display to show more or less of the width of each column Some of the information may be hidden to the right so you may need to widen the window or narrow the columns to see it In Figure 8 the column widths have been adjusted slightly to reveal the full identifier field In the example shown here Flash Conform has not correctly loaded the comment field that was used in the EDL to identify the audio regions You can see that no clip names
30. are the sessions for use with Fix Sync before processing can begin The session you wish to use with Fix Sync should have at least two tracks of audio If possible you should use Fix Sync be fore doing any editing on a session except for adding the work tracks e There must be one or more guide audio tracks that will be used as Work Tracks e Work Tracks generally contain long and continuous regions in which audio 1s ex actly at the correct timecode position These tracks are typically recorded from the editor s final output and are in exact sync with a picture or other audio There can be more than one region in a work track e There must be one or more other conformed audio tracks termed here as Align Tracks hese tracks contain the results of manual or auto conforming and thus contain many regions which are meant to be but are not necessarily in syne with corresponding nearly identical audio in the Work Tracks e The material on the tracks to be aligned must be no more than 2 seconds out of syne with the Work Track to which they relate e The work flow should ideally be as follows O Conform audio to session o Add work tracks and video e g using OMF or other means o Fix Sync the session Start editing the session Creating suitable handles During the auto conforming process you must ensure that start and end handles longer than the maximum expected sync error are recorded with each conformed region This
31. can be seen in Figure 9 The setting on this page will need to be set to match the way in which your particu lar set of audio files are identified and how any metadata are stored in them A de tailed description of these options can be found in the integral help window and further guidance is given in the Additional information gt Conform guidelines sec tion below 13 Untitled Start File Selection Settings Alpha Numeric Reel ID File Selection Rules Title Alpha Numeric Reel Identifier Description Select files which start with an alpha numeric reel identifier If the track number is defined it must be at the end of the file name and procedded by _ Example ABO001_1 wav Scan Options Recurse into sub directories yes Resolve file and folder alias s yes Load control files no File Identification Rule File Type Mac File Type Expression l Audio WAVE wav 2 Audio WAVE bwt File Selection This page controls how Flash Conform will select audio files how it will get timecode information determine reel identification and audio channel numbers For more information visit http www synchroarts conyTitan4 FlashConform File Selected Settings allows you to select from a list of file selection rules figure 9 File Selection Rule window showing Alphanumeric Reel ID chosen e For the example EDL the audio files use a number at the start of the filename that is the same as their Ree
32. d EDL can be removed from the list before re cutting If any new audio is indicated in the changed EDL Flash Cutter enables you to save anew CMX EDL after reviewing the changed EDL using Save EDL as This can then be imported into Flash Conform and a Pro Tools re conform session generated that contains the new audio This can then be merged with the re cut Pro Tools session gener ated by the Flash Cutter cut and move operation just undertaken In this way the changes and the new material are combined into a single Pro Tools session This operation is de scribed in detail in the online Flash Cutter and Flash Conform tutorial described above from Step 15 46 F Trouble Shooting Guide Fix Sync problems The Search Length setting has not been set high enough All regions do not appear to be synchronised correctly to the Work Track The sync errors are beyond the maximum range of Fix Sync The audio contains too much noise 1s very low level 1s too high in pitch content or contains a steady level throughout the region The audio region 1s too short to analyse with the Search Length time set The current version leaves auto mation data in place on existing tracks Automation data is not moved with the audio when sync 1s al tered by Fix Sync Flash Cutter problems Increase the Search Length value to one that is slightly greater than the maximum sync error expected Contact Synchro Arts with details The Fi
33. d save the Flash Cutter report Further guidance on the advanced use of this mode can be found in the online tutorial mentioned in Further information below 37 Tutorial This tutorial will guide you through using Flash Cutter to cut the example session Flash Cut Example T4 ptf You may also wish to follow this tutorial and substitute your own session and files in place of the example ones The example files needed for this tutorial are included on the Titan 4 examples disk image mentioned n the software installation sec tion of this manual If you have not installed the Titan 4 examples you should download them now and copy them to a suitable location on your hard disk Step I Prepare a Pro Tools session and EDL e The Flash Cut Example 1 T4 session when opened in Pro Tools looks as shown in Figure 26 It contains two continuous audio tracks named Audio and Audio 2 The audio on the two tracks is the same to reduce the file size of the examples When preparing your own sessions for us with Flash Cutter you may use any num ber of audio tracks up to the maximum total allowable in a Pro Tools session e The example EDL file is also in the Titan examples folder and is called FlashCut DEMO EDL Its contents can be inspected in a text editor and it contains four events as shown below TITLE Titan FLASH CUTTER DEMO 001 94 A C 21 10 28 12 21 10 30 02 01 00 03 13 01 00 05 03 FROM CLIP NAME
34. d see the names Off Course n where n is 1 6 appear in the Identifier fields These identifiers had already been entered in the EDL in the comment field for each edit point as can be seen if you load the EDL with a text editor as shown below TITLE Flash Conform Experiment FCM 24 001 017 A C 17 03 11 14 17 03 15 05 01 00 00 01 01 00 03 16 COMMENT Off Course 1 002 017 A2 C 17 03 15 05 17 03 17 03 01 00 03 16 01 00 05 14 COMMENT Off Course 2 003 017 A C 17 03 17 03 17 03 19 05 01 00 05 14 01 00 07 16 COMMENT Off Course 3 004 017 A2 C 17 03 19 05 17 03 21 04 01 00 07 16 01 00 09 15 COMMENT Off Course 4 005 017 A Cc 17 03 21 04 17 03 24 08 01 00 09 15 01 00 12 19 COMMENT Off Course 5 006 017 A2 C 17 03 24 08 17 03 36 08 01 00 12 19 01 00 24 19 COMMENT Off Course 6 12 Untitled EDL File FlashConformEDL EDL Track Offset No Offset _ Remove Events with duplicate timecodes Clip name identifier COMMENT Edit 001 002 003 004 005 006 EDL Reel ID Fess Pa rs TT ws Destina Identifier Enabled Tracks 017 A iv it 01 00 0 Off Course 1 MA 017 17 17 01 00 0 Off Course 2 m A2 017 A 17 a 01 00 0 Off Course 3 017 A2 a en 01 00 0 Off Course 4 017 A i ae Sa 01 00 1 Off Course 5 017 A2 i N 01 00 2 Off Course 6 R This page displays the contents of the EDL as read by Titan If the EDL is not displayed correctly it may be
35. e contains information which allow Synchro Arts technical support to replicate your audio files without needing the actual audio and test the conform Conforming Guidelines Titan uses three pieces of information to conform the audio l Timecode the timecode in the CMX3600 EDL must match the location time code written in the metadata of the location audio files Timecode itself is not usually stored within audio files However the starting time of files is often stored as metadata representing the number of samples from 00 00 00 00 If the film or video goes though a telecine step that changes the time code supplied to the video editor the telecine facility must produce a Flex file which can be used by the video editor to produce the correct location timecode when generating the EDL 2 Reel ID the reel ID is used with the time code to identify the correct location files 19 The reel ID can be placed either in the file name or within the audio file s meta data or as part of the name of the disk or directory that contains the audio files There are many ways of using the reel ID for example it could be a scene number or a film reel ID However the simplest way 1s for the production to have a shooting session number The shooting session number is incremented at the start of each ses sion The session number should match the number applied to the video transfer created by telecine The reason for using a shooting session numb
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38. ensures that the Fix Sync function can make the correction required without running out of audio Minimum region duration Conformed regions with a duration of less than 0 2 seconds will not be processed Titan will generate a special message in the Report file indicating where such instances have oc curred Using Fix Sync with multichannel audio When working with stereo or multi channel audio both all channels of the audio should be processed identically to ensure that their timing relationship 1s preserved This is achieved by adding all the tracks corresponding to the channels of the multi channel audio to the same alignment group 33 All tracks in the same alignment group will be processed identically The integral Help window in the Fix Sync window contains more detailed information on using Alignment Groups Choosing the best track for alignment Titan 4 synchronises all the tracks in a particular Alignment Group using one common timing adjustment Before aligning the tracks Titan searches through all the tracks in the Group to find the best match with the Work Track It then uses this track to guide the alignment of the whole Group Titan 3 differed slightly in that it used the first acceptable track in the Group that it discovered to guide the alignment Alignment settings The maximum sync error that can be corrected with Titan 4 is two seconds however only use this setting of the Search Length in extreme circums
39. er rather than a shooting day is that some productions may have a separate night time shoot Where the shooting session number is stored depends on the location recorder being used Typical locations include the start of the audio file name the folder which contains the audio files or the TAPE metadata field within the audio file 3 Track ID the track ID is used when the location audio does not contain all the audio channels in a single multichannel file Titan will automatically deal with mul tichannel files The best place for the track ID is at the end of the audio file name and before the file extension Example ZAX000 xxx 1 wav Channel 1 ZAX000 xxx 2 wav Channel 2 Titan will work with the Fostex DP 6 and Cantar default track naming conventions For example using the Default File Rules e The Reel ID is the first 3 digits in the file name e The track identifier is at the end of the file name Tracks can be identified by L R Ls Rs C or a number prefixed by A a or space Examples 001006L wav Reel 001 Track 1 AX345006A6 wav Reel 345 Track 6 For example using the Alphanumeric scene ID e The Reel ID is the SCENE ID stored in the metadata of the audio file This 1s conformed to the alphanumeric scene ID in the EDL clip name e The track identifier is at the end of the file name Tracks can be identified by L R Ls Rs C or a number prefixed by A a or space Example A
40. ermine the cause of the prob lem e The report can be saved by clicking Save Report Step 9 Load output session into Pro Tools and check results e The output session can be loaded into Pro Tools and reviewed e The tutorial example will should look something similar to that shown in Figure 13 if it has worked correctly Note how the relevant regions from the source audio file 017 have been conformed to the correct timecode locations in Pro Tools Time Code 01 00 00 00 01 00 05 00 01 00 10 06 01 00 15 00 01 00 20 00 Markers Off Course 1 0 Off Cot Off Course 14 00 00 01 14 00 0 14 00 09 15 14 00 03 16 14 00 03 14 00 12 19 Off Co Off Course 6 017 14 00 0 14 00 12 19 14 00 0 14 00 24 19 Figure 13 Resulting Pro Tools session from Flash Conform tutorial example showing conformed regions 18 Additional information Additional tutorial A further tutorial on using Flash Cutter and Flash Conform based on Titan 3 but concen trating on production workflow can be found on the Synchro Arts website at the following address http www synchroarts com products Flash 020CGonform o20And 20Cutter 020 Tutorial html default html Selection rules Support for a number of standard and widely used file identification schemas are included with Flash Conform The naming schema can be selected from within the Flash Conform window under File Selection Settings New rules that govern the processing of file names kn
41. ersions 4 and 5 Acknowledgements Special thanks are offered to Digidesign staff for their continued support Thanks also to Steve Cooke for providing all voices in the demonstration audio Also thanks to the many beta testers for their helpful suggestions bug reports and test data during development and beta testing Table of Contents A D INTRODUCTION TO i Naess ctw carers ens cect ca es ee A tenets SaaS Eii 1 PA SECON ORM eS 1 PE STNG anano E E E S 1 PEO ECG OTTER morrai n E A EE deveuvaberertsreseesesaee Z Cutonly mode Conform ossiani ioaea a iai EEA AE EENAA iia aaia Z Cut and move mode RECONSOLM vrssssssssssesssrssssrssvsnssvsnssvenssrsnssssnsacsvsnssvenssvsnssvsnssssnsassvsncsvenssvsnsssssssssasavsnsnssvenssnsnssess 2 TAT ACAI RO OOS aera n Ea e e O EE 2 INTEGRAL HELP SCREENS sates ntteseeiesisuaticncitvas ab tnot nanain annon aannaaien a aiaa aaaea ianiai iaaa aiia aranna 2 SOFTWARE AND TUTORIAL EXAMPLES INSTALLATION sssssssssnnnnnnnnnunnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnunnnnnnnnnnnnnns 4 DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL TITAN 4 vssssscccscssscsessssscssssssesssssnssnescsncatsnsnssunssnseneseassnsanssnsessecauseenessssscaeeaecaunnrunosuassansavnnsnneseone 4 DEMONSTRATION MOD Be sce senrcaeasiesteontvetn ce tease catoveiesttactu wantin eeaeurseritelanausosadentesneveusencimos Eaa aa Easo oaa aan ai ea aadi 4 SOFTWARE AUTHORIZATION ciiisean i N E A 4 Wa LOR O a EE EEE E OEA A E eee een eee ere 4 P e S GO aa E E stirs E E A E E ETE 5 ODINO VOOr CONS
42. ess Each Cut and move event in the EDL can operate on multiple regions fades and tracks at the same time This function is useful for certain types of change list generated during video and film edit ing Cut and move mode can generate a new CMX 3600 EDL that can subsequently be used again by Flash Conform to re conform any new material found in the comparison between one EDL and another By generating a simple EDL it can also be used to auto mate editing of sections of music programs many tracks wide 36 Quick start We strongly recommend that you follow the tutorial in the next section but 1f you want to get started quickly the following is a short introduction to using Flash Cutter You can refer to the Help information in the application window which explains the controls on each page Cut only mode l 8 Prepare a Pro Tools Session this does not use Titan in which transferred and uncut source audio 1s located at the correct timecode location in the session Obtain an EDL detailing the original edits in the source audio before the transfer Start Titan and then open a new Flash Cutter window Open the EDL by clicking Original EDL and the associated prepared Pro Tools session by clicking Source Session Choose an output session name and a place to store it by clicking Output Session and select Cut only mode Select Empty target before cutting to strip the session of automation and audio information before
43. ess will begin A progress window as shown below will appear which will indicate the percentage completed The process can be stopped at any time with the Cancel button If Fix Sync can not find an audio file a dialog box may be displayed asking you to select the folder that contains the file concerned Step 11 Check the report After the Fix Sync process is complete the Report page will appear Which will look similar to that shown in Figure 22 The report contains detailed information about the Fix Sync operation If the Fix Sync operation was successful the report will say Completed without error in the last line If an error occurred the report can be examined to determine the cause of the problem The time offsets introduced and the quality of the syne operation are displayed for each Group and Region Step 12 Checking the results After completing the Fix Sync process the output session can be opened in Pro Tools If you are following the example start Pro Tools and open the output session FX Fix Sync Example T4 The output session from the example should look as shown in Figure 23 31 7 Titan4 Fix Sync Report Titan4 Version 4 0 2 Generated at 12 40 08 Monday 22 March 2010 Source Session Users francisrumsey Documents Logophon Consultancy SynchroArts TITAN TITAN 4 tutorial examples TITAN 4 examples Fix Sync Example T4 ptf Output Session Users francisrumsey Documents Logoph
44. generating the cut output session Click Next Choose Region Auto Naming settings for the output session Click Next Review the loaded EDL and enter a Clip name identifier and Source timecode offset if necessary Click Next Assign which EDL tracks will cut which Pro Tools tracks by selecting the EDL track and Session track concerned and clicking Allocate EDL Track Press Flash Cut to start Flash Cutter s processing This will automatically generate a new Pro Tools session with the audio regions cut and named Review the Flash Cutter report Cut and move mode basic operation l 8 In the Flash Cutter window open the original EDL and the source session to be cut as above Enter an output session name as above Select Cut and Move and other options as required Click Next to advance to the second page of controls Select region auto naming options for the output session as required then click Next Review the loaded EDL and confirm that it has loaded correctly Click Next Assign which EDL tracks will cut which Pro Tools tracks by selecting the EDL Track and Session track concerned and clicking Allocate EDL Track Click Flash Cut to start the process For each EDL event Titan will cut the source session audio on the allocated tracks at the timecodes contained in the EDL and move it to the output session at the destination timecodes contained in the EDL After processing has completed review an
45. hema can be selected from within the Flash Conform window under File Selection Settings New rules that govern the processing of file names known as Selection Rules may be downloaded from the Synchro Arts website See the Additional informa tion section after the tutorial if you need further help with choosing or adding Selection Rules Quick start We strongly recommend that you follow the tutorial in the next section but 1f you want to get started quickly the following is a short introduction to using Flash Conform You can refer to the Help information in the application window which explains the controls on each page l Obtain an EDL for the conform and load all the audio relating to it onto your work station with the audio files identified logically and systematically so that they can be identified by Flash Conform 2 Start Titan and open a new Flash Conform window This is the default window op ened when launching Titan 3 Open the EDL by clicking Add or drag and drop it into the list in the Titan win dow then select the frame rates you are using and the sample rate pull up pull down option as required Advance to the next page of controls by clicking Next 4 Review the loaded EDL If the EDL contains region name information enter the name identifier exactly as it is contained in the EDL in the box Clip Name Identi fier Advance to next page If you have selected multiple EDLs a review page for each EDL
46. hese are some of its features e Automatically corrects the position of audio that is out of sync by up to 2 seconds to sample level accuracy if required e Hundreds of regions are corrected in minutes e Multi channel regions can be adjusted together to maintain phase relationship e Optional report indicates magnitude of errors detection of signal inversion 180 phase shifts and amount of shifting done Flash Cutter Cut only mode Conform Flash Cutter s Cut only mode avoids having manually to re cut and rename edits in situa tions when audio material from another editing or recording system is moved to a Pro Tools system as unbroken regions It can be used when an OMF Open Media Framework or AAF Advanced Authoring Format transfer is not a practical option and one only has access to the uncut audio material from the original session In such a situation the audio is available only as one or more continuous recordings that contain the edited regions This is transferred into continuous tracks in a Pro Tools session and correctly positioned then Flash Cutter uses a standard EDL from the first editing sys tem to re cut the tracks and rename the audio regions automatically hese are some of its features e Automatically cuts and names several hundred edits in seconds e Simple assignment of EDL channels to session tracks e Multiple audio tracks can be cut from a single EDL track e Regions tracks and sessions are automa
47. hro arts Ltd This version of Titan requires authorization again in order for you to continue using it Please press the Buy button to begin the reauthorization process Gta Cuit Figure 3 Reauthorise Titan uf iLok Rey is removed by pressing Buy on the screen shown here and inserting Lok key How to authorize your Titan 4 software with your iLok Rey If you followed the above procedure correctly and the iLok Key with the application authorization is inserted in the computer running the application the application should run in an authorized mode by simply launching Titan 4 Reauthorising Titan uf iLok is removed If you subsequently try to run the Titan application without the 1Lok inserted into your computer the following window will appear Press Buy as shown in Figure 3 and reinsert the 1Lok containing the relevant license The software will be reauthorised Lok Support For further information on iLok go to www iLok com Tutorial examples installation To install the example files referred to in the tutorials later in this manual download the Titan 4 examples disk image from the Synchro Arts downloads page www synchroarts com downloads and copy the contents to an appropriate folder on your hard disk The contents of the disk image are as shown in Figure 4 TITAN 4 examples Audio Files 017 wav Fix Sync Ex e 1 74 ptf OffCourseLong2 wav G Fix Sync Ex e 2 T4 ptf Flash C
48. ime you need to return to the previous page of controls simply click Back Step 3 Select Region Auto Naming Options e This page allows you to choose how to name regions in the output session 40 Untitled E Back _ Rename regions using EDL Prefix Suffix Separator Example lt Roll gt lt Clip gt Region Auto name options Rename Regions using EDL If enabled new regions are named using information from the EDL If not enabled standard Pro Tools naming rules are used Figure 29 Region naming window If Rename regions using EDL is checked regions in the output session can be named using the Clip name and Roll ID from the EDL as Prefix and Suffix for the region name with or without a separator that you can enter here For the example it is not required to automatically rename regions using the EDL so uncheck the Rename regions using EDL check box The remaining controls will now be greyed out as shown in Figure 29 Advance to the Review EDL page of controls by clicking Next Step 4 Review the Loaded EDL The third page of Flash Cutter allows you to check that the EDL has been loaded correctly The EDL file that you chose is loaded by Flash Cutter interpreted and the loaded information re displayed in this window This is more than a display of the text contained in the file and allows you to check that Flash Cutter has correctly inter preted your EDL Using the example the F
49. ion workflow can be found on the Synchro Arts website at the fol lowing address http www synchroarts com products Flash20CGonform 20And 20Cutter o20Tutorial html default html Further guidance on the advanced use of Cut and move mode can be found there What if there 1s no audio in the source session at a time specified in the EDL If audio is not available in the Source Pro Tools session at the Source In timecode of an EDL event an error message will be written to the Report file Dealing with changes between EDLs Flash Cutter can find changes between an original EDL and a changed one and generate an EDL that cuts the session accordingly On the first page of Flash Cutter Find Chan ges between EDL s if checked will have Titan find the differences between the original EDL used to create the source session and a new EDL from the video editor In this case e New EDL selects the new EDL from the video editor e Remove EDL events with the same source and destination timecodes removes any events in the change EDL that have the same source and destination tumecodes If this option is selected you should probably disable Empty target be fore cutting in order only to modify an existing session rather than starting from scratch e Consolidate cuts with adjacent timecode regions means that if possible cuts are combined to reduce the number of edits that are applied to the session Duplicate or problem entries in the loade
50. ith Pro Tools 7 4 and 8 session files which use an identical session file for mat Demonstration mode When you first download and install Titan 4 it will run in a fully functional demonstration mode for the number of days shown in the start up screen that appears when you open an unauthorised copy of Titan If you have not already purchased a license clicking the Buy button will take you to the Synchro Arts online store where you can purchase a license to authorise the software using iLok see below Clicking the Try button will allow the appli cation to operate in the time limited demo mode Software authorization Titan uses the 1Lok system for authorization and once installed your license will reside on a USB smart Key shown in Figure 2 If you already have a license installed on your iLok you can skip this section on authorization Once your iLok Key contains a Titan license plug the Key into a USB port on the com puter that runs your audio editing software to run your Titan in an authorized mode Ilok Keys can hold licenses for a number of protected software products You can have licenses from Synchro Arts and other software vendors on the same i1Lok Licenses for Ti tan are downloaded from an 1Lok com account What is iLok com The www iLok com website provided by PACE lets you create a personal account which is used to manage your software licenses If you don t have a user account you will ne
51. k Track can be used in multiple groups A Work Track cannot be used as an Alig Figure 18 Fix Sync window with example session opened showing session tracks o In the Fix Sync window click Open Session o Locate the session file you wish to open For the example locate the Titan 4 examples folder click Fix Sync Example 1 T4 ptf and then click Open e The name of the session you chose will now be displayed in the Fix Sync window next to the Open Session button as shown in Figure 18 All of the session s track names will now be displayed in the list headed Session Tracks e In this example Work Track is the name of the track to which the other selected audio tracks are to be synchronised Audio and Audio 2 are mono tracks that are nearly in syne with Work Track but are not tight enough to be used without some timing adjustment e Fix Sync is now used to perform this adjustment automatically e Before going any further save this Fix Sync project in an appropriate location on your disk using Save on the file menu Step 4 Create a new alignment group Before Fix Sync can do its work a new alignment group must be created An alignment group consists of all the tracks that are to be aligned using one common timing adjustment For the tutorial two alignment groups will be used since the sync of Audio and Audio 2 is to be adjusted independently they are differently out of sync with the Work Tr
52. l EDL For the example it is FROM CLIP NAME When you have it right the name should appear in the Identifier column Consult the integral help window for more information on reviewing the loaded EDL Once you have confirmed that the EDL has been loaded correctly advance to the next page of controls by clicking Next Assign EDL Tracks to Session Tracks The tracks identified in the EDL EDL Tracks must be assigned to each Session Track that requires cutting The EDL track contains the In and Out timecodes for each assigned track to be cut as well as name information for the cut regions For the example Session Track Audio 1 will be cut with EDL Track Al shown here as simply A and Audio 2 will be cut with EDL Track A2 o Inthe EDL Tracks list click Al In the Session Tracks list click Audio 1 42 Untitled Start Back f 3 Flash Cut EDL Track Allocate EDL Track Session Track EDL Track Al gt Audio 1 Al A2 Clear EDL Track EG A2 V2 V3 Select Cutter Tracks Use to assign the EDL track that will cut each session track EDL Tracks List the available tracks in the EDL Session Tracks List the session track in the left column and the EDL track that will cut the session track in the right column Figure 31 Selecting the session tracks that will be cut by particular EDL tracks o Click Allocate EDL Track In the Session Tracks list Al will appear to the right of Audio This
53. l ID The file selection rule to use here 1s Alpha Numeric Reel ID so in the File Selection Settings menu choose Alpha Numeric Reel ID e Click Next to advance to the File Source page Step 5 Add the source audio files for the conform e After specifying the Selection Rules you must choose which audio files to include in the conform process Using the tutorial example you will want to search the audio files in the example folder To do this o In the Flash Conform window click Add The Select Source Folder window will appear O Locate the folder containing the audio files you wish to include in the con form For the example locate the Titan 4 examples folder select the folder Audio Files and click Open The name of the folder you chose will be dis played in the Flash Conform window Folder column Alternatively you can drag and drop folders into the list in the Titan window e Ifyou wish to add multiple folders simply click Add and repeat the process out lined above for each folder you wish to include in the conform e If you are following the example the window will now look something like that shown in Figure 10 depending on the location of your source files 14 Untitled Folder Users francisrumsey Documents Logophon Cons Automatic Remove List Files Fixed Reel ID Normally you should not use Fixed Reel ID settings Fixed Reel ID settings should only be
54. lash Cutter window should look as shown in Figure 30 This display using the example EDL shows four EDL lines and has correctly inter preted the Reel ID Track In and Out times contained in the EDL You can click 41 Untitled Start Back Original EDL FlashCutDEMO EDL Session Frame Rate 25 00 Start Time 01 00 00 00 Source Timecode Offset Hours 9 Clip name identifier FROM CLIP NAME Edit 001 002 003 004 Reel ID Tracks Process Duration Source In Source Destinatio 94 A C 2k 2103 0LO0O3 95 A2 21 10 21 10 4 01 00 05 11 94 A 21 17 21 10 3 01 00 07 14 95 A2 21 17 21 18 0 01 00 09 14 m Ca Review EDL Check that the EDL has been loaded correctly k Source Timecode Offset Hours This allows you to offset the source timecode values by a number of hours The value can be positive or negative When you change the offset the EDL display will be updated if you press the enter key or wait for 2 seconds This function is useful if the difference between the source audio timecode and the destination timecode is greater than Figure 30 Review EDL window Step 3 and drag the column boundaries to change the width of the columns and widen the window if needed to reveal information that is to the right of the displayed area If you wish you can enter a Clip name identifier in the box concerned which should be entered to match exactly the text in the Comment field in the origina
55. n Session Tracks New Group Alignment Groups Add Work Track Clear Work Track Align Tracks Drag here to resize Help Search Length Seconds panel 0 7 Remove Track PEPEEEE TET Tete _ Sample Accurate Slow HH Priority Up Down Load Session Select Open Session to load a Fro Tools session H elp p anel Session Tracks displays the tracks in the Pro Tools session that weve not yet been assigned to a group Select New Group to create a new group of files to be aligned Drag here to resize entire window Figure 1 Titan s integral Help window shown below the window containing the main controls B Software and tutorial examples installation Download and install Titan 4 If you have not already done so you can download Titan 4 from www synchroarts com and install it The disk image dmg file that you download should open and the installer run automatically after downloading If it does not for any reason open the disk image that is mounted on the desktop and double click the Titan 4 n n package icon contained therein You will be guided through the various steps to install the software This will install a folder called litan4 in your Applications folder Notice that a copy of Titan 3 has also been installed in a sub folder This is included for backward compatibility for use with Pro Tools session files created prior to Pro Tools 7 4 Titan 4 works w
56. name o Select the output session name by clicking Save Session As Choose an appropriate location to save the resulting project type the output session name in the Save As box for the example the title will default to FC Flash Conform Example and click Save The output session name will now be displayed in the Flash Conform window e Click Next to advance to the Destination Folders page Step 7 Set the destination folders e If litan has to de interleave copy or convert any audio files it needs to know where to put them e Select Add to select a destination folder for any audio files This defaults to an Audio Files folder within the project folder created at the end of Step 6 but you can change it if you wish For the tutorial you will see that it defaults to a folder 16 called Audio Files within a FC Flash Conform EDL project folder You can add multiple folders here which will be used in sequence if the first one fills up For this reason such folders should be on separate disks so that large pro jects can be spread across multiple disks If the De interleave option is set in the previous page Titan always asks for a desti nation folder even if no files will require de multiplexing This is because Titan does not check for the presence of interleaved files until it actually conform the files Step 8 Select region naming options M Add Clip Name The region naming p
57. nrnnsnnnnsnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnennnnennnnn 14 Step 6 Choose output session format and NaMe sss ssss ssrsesrsrrsrresrnnnenrnnnnrnnnnrnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnns 15 Step sette destination old eS serari EE E EEE 16 Step8 Select region naming options s sssssssssssssssrssesrrnnsnrrnsnrnnnnunnsennnnnnnnnnennnnnennnnennnnnnnnnanennnnnnnnnnennnnnennnnennnnn 17 Step 9 Load output session into Pro Tools and check results vessssessssssesessssssessssssesessssesssassssessssseseessses 18 ADOIFRIONALINFORMATION siriene ninae O E E EES ESNS Eaa ESN 19 Ada O O 0 aa E E AAA A E A E O O 19 CLIO EE l E T AEE A A E N A A A 19 COn Coy aa ghhane GUIE lNO S rirnan E E N N N A A A ee eee 19 pa A EN E A A E E ae eee eee 20 Qulput format OO CLOMS recess canny cosceszc antec ecurntcasticEansde eon ssesendelacaeasessincineteusdenseacdes stsncnstareneetsrateesnencctuesacasescenmeaccee 21 oD Go ORR er nnn ee eee ne Cen eens ee ee ee ee ee ee ee eee Z2 72051010 ed TE YNO aa E A E ES 22 OVET OW a a EA AA E EA AE E E EN E gee A EE ANEA 22 vi VD DUC GEIONS OF FIO SV INC riria iaaa aE OAE ENEA AUE aca Gielen oe E EEs 22 SVIAC CLOTS TMUULO COM OMIN Gorris E E EE Me i E TEE 23 LET IRSC PTOL S S NENE E AN AATAS nec tee eon EN EE 23 OUERS TAR rrada ERA E A A O Richart id adeeb pecans 24 FUTORIA reper te OE N A ce OT Pe nee ee oer eee 25 Step 1 Prepare a Pro Tools session for Fix SYNC wssccaccscsezsisssescusct snstsdetiinssaiataleaseteasuicazedtiesd
58. o out of the other while keeping the start and stop timecodes the same The Fix Sync process Once started Titan compares each conformed audio region on the so called Align Tracks with the Work Track and determines if the region s audio needs to be shifted in time to improve sync In general no new audio will be created so no further audio disk space is taken Only a modified copy of the original session will be produced which tells Pro Tools where to place the existing audio content A report will be generated which contains Ti tan s settings and the action taken on each region The inputs to and outputs from the Fix Sync function are illustrated in Figure 15 For Titan to work the conformed audio content must be nearly identical to a section of audio in the Work Track apart from minor variations in level and noise The Work Track and audio regions do not have to start and end at the same time codes In cases where this similarity does not exist 1t might be necessary use VocALign an automatic audio alignment process also from Synchro Arts which is designed to cope with more major dif ferences in the audio content and determine a timing adjustment to within a quarter frame 23 Fix Sync T4 Fix Sync Example 1 Output from Titan Input to Titan _ Open Session Fix Sync Example 1 T4 ptf Session Tracks NewGroup Alignment Groups Work Track os e Delete Group
59. ols session and correctly positioned then Flash Cutter uses a standard EDL from the first editing system to re cut the tracks and rename the audio regions automatically Applications of Cut and move move mode Reconform The cut and move mode allows Flash Cutter to use a CMX 3600 EDL as a re conform or change list on Pro Tools sessions A change list looks like an EDL in which for each changed event there is a source In and Out timecode followed by a destination record In and Out timecode Here is an example of a simple change list TITLE SPOOL2 VERS F SFX 001 DATOOI1 002 VERS D D 003 VERS D D 004 VERS D D 005 VERS D D 00 00 19 15 00 00 19 16 02 00 06 00 02 00 06 01 02 04 29 23 02 04 34 24 02 00 08 00 02 00 13 01 02 04 37 18 02 04 51 22 02 00 13 01 02 00 27 05 02 04 53 05 02 04 54 17 02 00 27 05 02 00 28 17 02 04 55 18 02 04 59 20 02 00 28 17 02 00 32 19 PP PP Pp OOOO 0 Cut and move mode is similar to the cut only mode except that during processing blocks of audio are not only cut but also moved to a new timecode location User selected tracks in a Pro Tools session can be cut into sections defined by EDL events source In Out times which can be moved to new positions with starting points defined by each EDL events record or destination In time This allows blocks of audio to be reposi tioned instantly and automatically as might be required when the edit of a programme 1s changed later in a post production proc
60. omation Load EDL and Sessions Original EDL Loads the EDL that will be used to cut the session For information about how to prepare EDL s for use by Flash Cutter please visit http www synchroarts conyTitan4 FlashCutter Find Changes between EDL s If enabled Titan will find the differences between the original EDL used to create the source session and a new EDL from the video editor New EDL Selects the new EDL from the video editor Figure 28 Load EDL window after EDLs and session loaded showing names of files concerned e This tutorial concentrates on using Flash Cutter in Cut only mode The difference between the modes 1s explained at the start of this chapter and in Titan s integral Help window To select Gut Only Mode click Cut Only The Flash Cutter win dow should now look as shown in Figure 28 e The Help window explains the use of the remaining controls For your own ses sions set these as you require If you are following the example then set them as follows e It s necessary to edit the automation data in the example session The help window explains how this will affect the cutting operation Check the Edit Session Automation check box e It s also necessary to erase the contents of the output session before we perform a Flash Cut Check the Empty Target Before Cutting check box e Inthe Flash Cutter window click Next to advance to the Region Auto Name Op tions page of controls If at any t
61. on Consultancy S ynchroArts TITAN TITAN 4 tutorial examples mod FR FX Fix Sync Example T4 ptf Algorithm Fast Maximum Search Length 0 70 Group 1 Work Track Work Track Align Track Audio Group 2 Work Track Work Track Align Track Audio 2 Group 1 Timecode Offset Quality Inverted Work Track Region Audio 01 00 03 05 9216 Excellent NO OffCourseLong2 Piloti 01 00 08 00 21504 Excellent NO OffCourseLong2 Pilot2 _ e _ Save Report As Report When the fix sync has been completed this page reports the results The Save Report As button allows a full report to be saved If you have a technical query please send the report to Synchro Arts Figure 22 Report window e The regions in Audio and Audio 2 are in sync with the audio in the Work Track Zooming in it can be seen that Pilot 1 on Audio 1 for example is now in sync with the Work Track Piloti Pilot2 Explosion 01 00 00 00 01 00 02 00 1 1 EE S OffCourseLong2 Navigator Navigator2 Figure 25 ProTools session display after Fix Syne operation 32 e Playing the track Work Track with tracks Audio 1 and Audio 2 in Pro Tools will confirm that there is now excellent sync between the Align Tracks and the Work Track Additional information Preparing a Pro Tools session for use with Fix Syne Although Fix Sync can operate with standard Pro Tools session files you must prep
62. own as Selection Rules may be downloaded from the Synchro Arts website http www synchroarts com titan4 FlashConform These should be stored in the Scan Control folder which is located in the same folder as the Titan application Sometimes file identification rules can be specific to the recorder used to capture the audio in the first place and a number of widely used recorders have already been catered for These only work if the correct workflow has been used and you may find that another general rule works better In a production that uses multiple location recorders and naming conventions it 1s best to conform the audio from each recorder type separately and then merge the resulting Pro Tools sessions If you have a file identification schema that is not handled by any of the available Selection Rules please contact Synchro Arts for advice The Selection Rules have been designed so that new settings can be easily created If you need help selecting the correct rule or need a custom rule please send the following information to support synchroarts com e The EDL e Try a conform and send the report generated by Flash Conform This contains 1n formation about your source files settings and the result of the conform e FileList xml to create this file load your EDL into Titan and then select Next un til you are at the File Source page Select your source audio folders and then select List Files This fil
63. pare EDL s for use by Flash Cutter please visit http www synchroarts conyTitan4 FlashCutter Find Changes between EDL s If enabled Titan will find the differences between the original EDL used to create the i source session and a new EDL from the video editor CA LX ED L New EDL Selects the new EDL from the video editor Figure 25 Graphical representation of Flash Gutter operation 35 been made in order to proceed to the next stage of audio editing on another system Some times this was done in order to avoid a digital sampling frequency conversion from 44 1 kHz on one system to 48 kHz on another Today the audio editor may receive continuous audio files in the form of a project session containing one or more tracks that need to be cut according toa CMX EDL Often when such a transfer occurs the audio is simply available as continuous recordings and all of the edit location and name information is missing The sound editor who must edit the transferred audio in Pro Tools may wish to or have to re cut and rename the audio In some cases he may have an EDL provided by the first system s editors that pro vides the timecodes and the clip names but without Flash Cutter this information must be manually entered Such manual editing and renaming can take several hours Flash Cutter avoids having to manually re cut and rename edits in such situations The audio to be cut is transferred into continuous tracks in a Pro To
64. rack to assign this track as the guide track for this alignment group The name of the assigned work track appears in the middle right of the Fix Syne window as shown in Figure 19 You will notice that Work Track remains in the list of session tracks available This is because the same work track can be used for more than one alignment group Now select the same Work Track as the guide for the second group o In the Alignment Groups list click Group 2 In the Session Tracks list cick Work Track In the middle column of buttons click Add Work Track 28 e For your own sessions you may wish to assign different work tracks to different alignment groups to create more complex Fix Sync operations The integral help window in the Fix Sync window also explains Work Tracks and Align Tracks Step 6 Assign tracks to be aligned to each group e Each alignment group must contain one or more tracks called Ahgn Tracks All Align Tracks in the alignment group will be aligned to the same Work Track using a common timing adjustment his means essentially that all the tracks in a single group should have the same synchronisation error to begin with e For the example session only one Align track is used per group Following the ex ample assign Audio as the Align Track for Alignment Group 1 o In the Alignment Groups list click Group 1 In the Session Tracks list cick Audio 1 In the middle column of buttons click Add Track
65. ro Tools In the example the four cut and named regions are OffCourseLong2 01 to Off CourseLong2 04 When playing the new cut tracks the user should hear only dialog in this example Closer inspection of the audio regions as shown in Figure 34 shows that they have been made at the correct timecode and have been given the proper names using 44 Pro Tools naming conventions The first EDL event is repeated here for compari son In this case the clip name comes from the original audio file and has not been renamed using the EDL see Step 3 TITLE Titan FLASH CUTTER DEMO 001 94 A C 21 10 28 12 21 10 30 02 01 00 03 13 01 00 05 03 FROM CLIP NAME 002C 1 Pilotl You can see that the first region 1s located in Pro Tools so its start and stop times 01 00 03 13 and 01 00 05 03 are correctly located against the Pro Tools timecode line It clearly corresponds with the Record In and Out times in the EDL OffCourseLo OffCourseLc OffCourseLon OffCourseLong2 01 qe Figure 33 Resulting Pro Tools session of tutorial file after cutting Time Code 01 00 00 00 017 00 02 00 04 00 01 00 06 00 Markers lind OffCourseLo OffCourseLonm ote Figure 34 Detailed view showing correct timecode locations 45 Additional information Additional tutorial A further tutorial on using Flash Cutter and Flash Conform based on Titan 3 but concen trating more on product
66. ssion Fix Sync Example 1 T4Y is shown in Figure 16 The session contains three tracks of audio two of which will be the Align con form Tracks and one will be the Work Track e When preparing your own sessions there can be any number of Work Tracks and any number of Align Tracks up to the maximum total allowable in a Pro Tools ses sion mere ilahi CE ra l my ee rT mY l era ae aa al Figure 16 ProTools display of the tutorial session before Fix Syne operation showing the Work Track top and Align Tracks below 25 A OO Untitled Start Back Next Fix Syne een Open Session he A Session Tracks New Group Alignment Groups Delete Group Click here to open a new ProTools SESSION _ Add Work Track _ Clear Work Track en a Add Track Remove Track Heip tips Jor Search Length Seconds the current 0 2 window are FastAlign A Priority Up Down displayed here Load Session a Select Open Session to load a Pro Tools session Session Tracks displays the tracks in the Pro Tools session that have not yet been assigned to a group Select New Group to create a new group of files to be aligned Each group contains a Work Track against which other tracks will be aligned and multiple Align Tracks which will be aligned against the Work Track The Work Track can be used in multiple groups A Work Track cannot be used a5 an Align Track Figure
67. t Figure 24 Selection of syne accuracy 34 E Flash Cutter About Flash Cutter Overview Flash Cutter automatically cuts edits Pro Tools sessions using timecode and name infor mation from a CMX 3600 format EDL The inputs to and outputs from Flash Cutter are shown graphically in Figure 25 Flash Cutter consists of two modes of operation e Cut only mode e Cut and move mode Applications of Cut only mode Conform Cut only mode takes a CMX format EDL and uses it to cut one or more audio tracks in a Pro Tools session at edit points indicated in the EDL The Flash Cutter function only takes a few seconds to process hundreds of events in an entire EDL in this way During post production audio edits may be made while editing sound to picture generat ing a GCMxX format EDL In the past a tape audio transfer of the resulting edited audio using a format such as DAT analogue or digital multi track tape or Betacam might have Flash Cutter Input to Titan Output from Untitled Ti tan Original EDL FlashCutDEMO EDL 7 s l Find changes between EDL s F Pro Tools session Source Session Flash Cut Example 1 T4 ptf Output Session 3 Cutter Mode Cut Only Cut and Move M Empty target before cutting 3 W Edit Session Automation Load EDL and Sessions Ci Y X E D L Original EDL Loads the EDL that will be used to cut the session For information about how to pre
68. tances Long windows can result in the identification of false matches with the Work Track and take a lot longer to process so only use as long a window as absolutely needed to deal with the errors of the tracks in ques tion On the first page of Fix Sync the alignment mode can be switched from Fast Align to Sample Accurate as shown in Figure 24 In general use Fast Align unless it 1s absolutely crucial that sample accurate alignment is achieved between Work Track and Align Tracks Sample accurate alignment can be very slow and is not usually needed to achieve lip sync for conformed audio aoo T4 Fix Sync Example 1 Next Fix Sy Open Session Fix Sync Example 1 74 ptf C New Croup X Alignment Groups Work Track i Group 1 Delete Group Group 2 Session Tracks r Add Work Track SEES igi F Clear Work Track i niin Selection of Fast Sync or Sample Search Length Seconds Se a a 0 7 fe Accurate sync is Mth are Remove Track made here S ple Accurate Slow Ea Priority Up Down Load Session 0 Select Open Session to load a Pro Tools session Session Tracks displays the tracks in the Pro Tools session that have not yet been assigned to a group Select New Group to create anew proup of files to be aligned Each eroup contains a Work Track aeainst which other tracks will be aligned and multiple Align Tracks which will be aligned agains
69. tasdsenssanimentee 25 Step2 Start Titan and open a new Fix Sync WINGOW s ses sesssesrssrrennrensrennrnnurennrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnes 26 Step 3 Open the prepared Pro Tools SeSSiOn se 1s0r1ser1ner1nnnnnrsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnes 26 Sept Createanewalignment grouper A RE R an he ae tas 27 Stepo ASSIGN ad Work tra k toedch GTOUD ioneriieiiita iaiia i EE EAA 28 Step 6 Assign tracks to be aligned to each group ssss sssssssssssrsrssrrrnenrenenrnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnns 29 Step 7 select ENG TCOUIFCH search length orninn is ae acetal EAN 30 Stepe Enteroutput session Nani C scctsccrcsoshzezescsnmsparansedstesacestcedctedcuaseceadbetesscaduesessdterszarehcaare a a a 31 Step 9 Choose FEQIOMQULONGMING OPTIONS sii aecsttesreniinslin ian ae adil ii ies 31 Sep SUr PIM SVC PIO COSSING xesitsprsrscists panic E A A A ENOT 31 SCC TL GIEC CIC VOD OU an a E E ANE 31 Step LZ CRECKING NETES UTS soinn e E AAA AA RE EE O A 31 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION siir EE A A iedlactestvolvatseetsoeiesabeumeie 33 Preparing a Pro Tools session for use with FIX SYNC s sssssssssssssessssssnrnnsnnsnnsnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 33 Crealing s utable handles syren E E E E A a A 33 Minmumregion duration naie a EE E E A 33 Using Fix Syne with Mmu ltichannelaudio ates teco ccs esretestsot ancient tired Rane a E ERR 33 Choosing the best track Jor alignment eisern ia E TA 33 PAUL RIT CI
70. ter and an Intel processor How to install your Titan 4 Lacense from iLok com onto your Lok Key l Insert the 1Lok Key into an available USB port on your computer and ensure its indicator light is lit 2 Log in to your account at www iLok com 3 On iLok com if you have received notification from Synchro Arts that your elec tronic license has been deposited then your authorization is available for transfer Your 1Lok com account will display a notice saying You have licenses Select that link to start the transfer 4 The next page on iLok com will display the pending licenses available for down load along with the name of the application the manufacturer the type of authori zation Demo Not For Resale or License the date the authorization was depos ited and the date when the authorization will no longer be available for download from the server 5 Before an authorization transfer can take place synchronize your 1Lok Smart Key with 1Lok com 6 Once you have synchronized your iLok select the authorization s you wish to transfer to your iLok If you have multiple iLoks connected to your computer it is important to select the correct iLok as the destination to which you want an authorization to be transferred 7 On iLok com click Download Licenses to begin the process When the transfer finishes you will be asked to confirm completion indicating that the transfer was successful Titan 4 0 2 1995 2010 Sync
71. ter processing window The new Flash Cutter window will look as shown in Figure 27 e Open the EDL containing the cutting information by clicking Original EDL e Locate the prepared EDL file For the example locate the Titan 4 examples folder Select the EDL file you have prepared for the example click FlashCut DEMO EDL Click Open The Flash Cutter window will now display the name of the EDL e Open the prepared session file by clicking Source Session in the Flash Cutter window Locate and select the prepared session file then click Open For the ex ample choose Flash Cut Example 14 in the Titan 4 examples folder The Flash Cutter window will now display the name of the source session e Choose an output session name and appropriate location by clicking Output Ses sion In the window that appears choose an appropriate location to store the output Pro Tools session and type the name of the output session For the example use the default file filename of FC Flash Cut Example 1 Click Save The Flash Cutter window will now display the name of the output session to the nght of the Output Session button 39 Untitled Original EDL FlashCutDEMO EDL _ Find changes between EDL s Source Session Flash Cut Example 1 T4 ptf Output Session FC Flash Cut Example 1 T4 Cutter Mode Cut Only Cut and Move vi Empty target before cutting M Edit Session Aut
72. the audio is conformed to the wrong destination timecodes try adjusting the Destination Sample Rate Pull Up Down A useful article on timecode and sample rate pull up down can be found at http protools dudesnetwork com 2009 05 18 audio pull updown There is also a use ful section on the topic in Chapter 3 of the book Che Filmmaker s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workflow by Dale Angell Focal Press Output format options The De interleave Copy options allow interleaved multichannel audio files e g mul tichannel WAVE files to be deinterleaved into separate tracks for each channel This is obligatory if the output format 1s Pro Tools because it requires every channel to be on a separate track If the output format is AES 31 an option to deinterleave files of more than 2 channels is available this leaves stereo interleaved files intact If you choose All multichannel files this also de interleaves stereo files You can opt for Titan to copy or re render all the audio files in the project 1f you wish as opposed to only the ones that have to be converted using the De interleave Copy menu This can be useful if you want to generate an output project that contains all the material for the project in one place Otherwise the output EDL will simply refer back to the origi nal locations of unchanged files Compact Audio File Length minimizes the length of de interleaved or copied files to the
73. tically named from EDL and user supplied information Cut and move mode Reconform This addition to Flash Cutter allows user selected tracks in a Pro Tools session to be cut into sections defined by EDL events source In Out times which can be moved to new po sitions with starting points defined by each EDL events record or destination In time This allows blocks of audio to be repositioned instantly and automatically as might be re quired when the edit of a programme is changed later in a post production process Each Cut and move event in the EDL can operate on multiple regions fades and tracks at the same time Titan and Pro Tools Titan works quite extensively with Pro Tools session files Although the Pro Tools applica tion 1s not required for Titan to perform its processing it is helpful to have Pro Tools soft ware available in order to examine and compare the sessions before and after processing In this manual t will be assumed that the user is familiar with the operation of Pro Tools software Integral Help screens Each window in Titan has a help panel at the bottom of the screen as shown in Figure 1 This panel contains detailed information about the controls and options in the current window This manual does not contain a description of all of Titan s controls and short cuts look at the Help panel for more detailed descriptions of the controls Untitled Next Fix Syne Open Sessio
74. used when all else fails Fixed Reel ID Reel ID Track Mode Calculate tracks from file information File Source Contains a list of source folders to be searched for audio files Multiple folders can be added to the list You can drag and drop folders from the finder to this list Add allows a directory to be selected an added to the list Remove removes the currently selected directory Figure 10 File Source selection window e To save a list of the audio files Flash Conform has found in the folders concerned click List Files which generates a FileList xml file Send this file to Synchro Arts 1f you are having problems getting the conform to work e Once you have added all audio folders you are using in the conform click Next to advance to the Session Format page Step Choose output session format and name e After specifying the input audio files for the conform process you must choose an output session format and name o Using the Session Format menu for the tutorial example click Pro Tools 7 which also serves Pro Tools 8 or the session format you are using for your own conform AES 31 is the other option The Flash Conform window will then look as shown in Figure 11 e Titan needs to know the sample rate and resolution of the output project which is set on this page Any audio files that it finds in the selected source folders will be converted to the output resolution if
75. ut E 1 74 ptf FlashConformEDL FlashCutDEMO EDL Figure 4 Contents of the Titan 4 examples folder C Flash Conform About Flash Conform Overview Flash Conform provides fast auto conforming from pre loaded and appropriately named audio files and an EDL Once the user has flash conformed the session region sync can be fine tuned rapidly using Titan s Fix Sync function The inputs to and outputs from Flash Conform are shown graphically in Figure 5 The Flash Conform process During processing Flash Conform will step through each EDL event and do the following 1 Flash Conform reads the next event reel name and Source timecode from the sup plied EDL 2 It then looks through the specified folders for audio files that match the reel name It then looks within the audio files for audio at the event Source timecode 4 If audio is found at the Source timecode a region containing this audio is created in the output session on the appropriate track and at the timecode specified by the EDL event s Destination timecode 5 Flash Conform moves on to the next matching audio file in the folder until there are no more matches 6 The above steps are repeated until there are no more EDL events to process Flash Conform Input to Titan Output from Untitled Titan EDL Source Frame Rate 25 fps HH EDL Destination Frame Rate 25 fps BR F Source Sample Rate None B Destination Sample Rate None IZ
76. will be displayed 5 Now select the file selection schema you are using with the File Selection Settings menu Advance to the next page 6 Specify the folders containing the audio files for the conform by clicking Add Alter natively you can drag and drop these into the list 7 Select the output session name session format to output Pro Tools or AES 31 whether to de interleave any multichannel audio files during the process this has to be done for Pro Tools and the resolution rate of any new audio files to be created You can also arrange to copy all the audio files for the session to a new folder 1f you wish otherwise Titan will simply refer back to the original files in most cases Click Next to present the last page of controls 8 Select the destination folders for any files that have to be de multiplexed or con verted copied Multiple destination folders can be selected Each folder should be on a separate disk volume As a disk becomes full Titan will switch to the next available volume Advance to the next page 9 Now choose region auto naming options for the output session and start the conform by clicking Conform 10 When the conform is complete review and save the Report Tutorial This tutorial will guide you through using Flash Conform to conform the example session You may also wish to follow this tutorial and substitute your own session and files in place of the example ones The example files
77. x Sync process is by na ture very material dependant and future releases should increase the rate of success on difficult audio material Try reducing the Search Length A future release may adjust this dynamically Do not create automation data until after using Fix Sync The frame rate in the EDL does not match the frame rate of the Audio appears at the wrong time code in the processed session Pro Tools session Flash Conform problems Change the frame rate in Pro Tools to match the EDL frame rate Audio files no not contain the cor rect time code No audio is conformed or audio is missing Reel names are not being identi fied Check that you are using CMX3600 EDL s EDL is not displayed correctly in the EDL Review window 47 Check the report it shows what information was found in the audio files You may need to ob tain new audio files with the cor rect start times stored in their metadata Check the report it shows how Titan read the EDL You may need to use a different selection rule or have a custom one created for your naming schema If the EDL cannot be read by Ti tan you may have to use another program to convert the EDL to CMX3600 format

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