Collecting Sound Files in a stack

[Stephen Barncard]

Broadcast WAV has been the Digidesign recommended and default format 
for Pro Tools for over 4 years. There's even a checkbox for 'force 
cross-platform Wave'.

They support sd2, but only for backward compatibility.
If the files are used in video post production, WAV is a requirement. 
sd2 was a Native format (versions 4.x) before they completely rewrote 
the application for dual platforms.

There is also the question of archiving - which format will be more 
easily played 50 years from now? Again, check the latest issue of 
Mix, where there's a good article about archiving standards (which 
recommend Broadcast WAV).

You should convince your friend to switch unless he's using a 5 year 
old version of PT!  It's no longer a 'PC' thing.



sqb

At 3:11 PM +0100 5/14/05, Mark Smith wrote:
>
>sd2 is, indeed out of date, but actually in quite common use still. 
>I suppose because it was always the 'native' format for ProTools. 
>The guy I'm working with seems to prefer them, for some reason. I've 
>settled with WAVs, myself, but he hasn't.