Importing Field Recorder Files

You can search your computer for audio files belonging to the same recording that match the events in your project and import them.

Prerequisite

  • External storage devices that contain the field recorder audio files of your project are connected to your computer.

  • Field recorder files are in Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) with iXML metadata.

  • In the Project window, you have selected the events for which you want to search matching field recorder files.

Procedure

  1. Select File > Import > Field Recorder Audio to open the Field Recorder Audio Import window.
  2. In the Field Recorder Audio Folders section, click Add Folder, locate the folder that contains the field recorder files of your project, and click Select Folder.

    The location is added to the list of scanned folders, and the metadata of the contained files is analyzed. Depending on the number of audio files in the corresponding folder, this may take a while.

  3. Optional: Add further scan folders, or deactivate existing scan folders in the list.
  4. In the Files of Selected Events section, click Update.

    The clips of the selected events in your project are added to the list on the left.

  5. In the Matching Field Recorder Files section, click Search.

    All audio files in active scan folders are added to the list on the right.

  6. Thoroughly inspect the metadata information provided in the Files of Selected Events and the Matching Field Recorder Files list and identify the attributes you want to use for finding matches between imported files and files in your project.
  7. Optional: In the Metadata Retrieval section, change the settings to interpret metadata for the Scene, Take, or Tape attribute in the same format as in the Matching Field Recorder Files list.
  8. In the Filters section, activate the checkboxes for attributes that must match between imported files and the files of events in your project. If you want to use file name prefixes when searching for matching files, define the Length of Matching Prefix String value.
  9. In the Matching Field Recorder Files section, click Search again.

    All audio files in active scan folders that match your search criteria are added to the list.

  10. Select one or several files in the Files of Selected Events list to show the matching files in the Matching Field Recorder Files list.
  11. Optional: Preview the selected events in your project and the matching files to verify that they belong to the same recording.
  12. In the list of matching files, select the files that you want to import.
  13. Click Insert on Lanes to import the matching files to your project.

    Alternatively, you can click Add to Pool if you only want to save the matching audio files to your project for later use.

Result

  • The selected files in the Matching Field Recorder Files list are imported into your project and added to the Pool. Monophonic field recorder files remain in their original location and are only referenced in the Pool. Polyphonic field recorder files are split and added as single monophonic files to the audio folder of your project.

  • The imported field recorder files are inserted as events on new lanes of the corresponding audio tracks. The new events preserve the following event properties: position, offset, fade-in and fade-out length, crossfade with adjacent events, volume, envelope, and any existing offline processing.

After Completing This Task

  • To convert lanes into new tracks, right-click a track and select Create Tracks from Lanes.

  • To move the created events to other tracks, select Edit > Move > Events to Selected Track or use the corresponding key command.