Using fairlight and avtransfer – Grass Valley NewsEdit XT v.5.5 User Manual

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Chapter 5

Importing and Exporting Files

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Digital News Production

Using Fairlight and AVTransfer

When using Fairlight as your audio post-production tool, you need to convert
your OMF files (using a utility called AVTransfer) into a format that Fairlight
supports, make your audio enhancements in Fairlight, and then convert those
files back to OMF so NewsEdit can read them.

To make audio enhancements using Fairlight:

1. Open AVTransfer.

2. Click

Open omf Project

.

3. Browse and select the OMF file that you exported from NewsEdit and click

Open

.

4. In the OMF Import Options window, leave settings at their default values

and click

OK

.

5. In the Explorer window, select the name of the file in the Project Data area,

click

Export Project as Fairlight ML4

.

6. Browse to where you want to save the file, and click

Save

.

7. In the ML Export Options window, choose these settings and click

OK

:

8. Open the .ML file in Fairlight, make any audio enhancements, and save the

file as ML4.

9. From the home screen in AVTransfer, click

ML3/ML4

.

10. Browse to locate the Fairlight exported file and click

Open

.

11. In the Explorer window, select the name of the file in the Project Data area

and click

Export Project as OMF

.

12. Browse to where you want to save the file, rename the file if necessary, and

click

Save

.

Option

Selection

Bit Depth Conversion

16 bit

Export Sound Type

Wav

Sample Rate Conversion

Resample @ 48000

Other settings based on user preference

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