Charles, the files that you are seeing are the individually recorded audio clips. The content of an audio track in Sonar consists of one or more of these clips that are cued up to play at the correct time in the project. New clips get created each time you record, they get created as the result of many editing operations, and are even kept around after they're no longer in your project to make un-do possible. If you want to get audio out of Sonar, you use the File menu's Export Audio command. There are lots of ways to setup the export. The way that most people are familiar with is for mixing down a project to a stereo file. You can also have it export raw tracks, though. Open the dialog, press the help button, and check out your options. You have total control of the sample rate and bit depth of the files that are created, if Sonar produces stereo files for stereo tracks or mono pairs, etc. You can even export the mixed output of a single bus (great way to create drum or vocal stems for sharing with others that are doing overdubs on their own DAWs). There are several ways to set it all up, but, once you have things set the way that works for your situation, you can save a preset. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Marston Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 9:22 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Question about Sonar and Pro Tools Thanks to all for your responses. I think I will go for the wav files and see how that works. These are very big projects, a whole Salsa band with four horns, several percussion instruments, and several voices for the chorus. I have open the audio folder of each projects and it contains several files, I think about four files per instrument. That is somewhat confusing to me. The file extensions are MG3, MG3_01, MG4 and MG4_01. I discover that I am able to import each of those files into Sonar, however if I do it like that, I have no way of knowing which file contains the final take per instrument. Also when I tried to import several files at once into an empty project in Sonar, some files went right into their own track, but other were inserterted into the tracks of other instruments. I imagine that if we open the project in Pro Tools, it will clearly show which files are the final takes, and which ones are the muted or archived files. From: Omar Binno <mailto:omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 7:32 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Question about Sonar and Pro Tools It wouldnt be a hassel at all, as long as you dont do any mixing until you finalize everything. I do this all the time, and it's a great process. Omar Binno Website: www.omarbinno.com AIM: LOD1116 Skype: obinno1 ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Tyo <mailto:mtyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 7:29 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Question about Sonar and Pro Tools Hmm - sounds like a pretty pricey situation. I wonder if it would be a lot less hassle to save the tracks out as wave files, than import them into Sonar? I realize that they'd have to set up the mix parameters manually to get it as close to the original project as possible. Perhaps that would be too much to deal with, depending on the complexity of the project. Just a thought anyway. I guess I've gotten quite used to work-arounds for so many things over the years. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent <mailto:dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 18:53 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Question about Sonar and Pro Tools Hello: You will need to purchase the digi converter software to export to omf in pro tools, which costs something like $500. I can't imagine that there would be a problem with both programs on the same system. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Marston <mailto:rumbero73@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 8:17 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Question about Sonar and Pro Tools All: I have an ADK Pro Audio computer that I got through DancingDots with Sonar 8.5.2 and CakeTalking 8.5.4. I use an M-Audio ProjectMix as my audio interface. Now, I have a friend who would like to do some work with me on four projects recorded with Pro Tools. Here is my question: Would it be OK if I install Pro Tools in my system in order to open these projects and export them to Sonar? I have been working with Sonar for about 7 months and my whole system works very nice for me. I would not like to create any conflicts or unknowingly change some settings that could affect the way either Sonar or my computer works. Can Sonar and Pro Tools coexist peacefully in the same XP-pro environment? Are there any settings in Pro Tools or any plug-in that I should be careful with during installation? Finally, if it is OK to install Pro Tools, do you know what is the best way to export a project from Pro Tools to Sonar? I have seen some references to the OMF format. Can I get that from Pro Tools? My friend is sighted and she does have some experience with Pro Tools, so she will be doing the actual exporting of the projects. Thanks in advance for your advise. PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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