CUBASE 10: How to use AAF Export and Import - mixdown.online

[@MerlinErdogmus]

Just found out about .AAF. Didn't know that this is the final puzzle piece to work from DAW to DAW. Great tutorial! Thank you for taking the time to record, explain, edit and upload this!

[@mixdownonline]

You're very welcome!

[@stageblastrecords]

Great video! What does it do with the bpm of a song or tempochanges? Does it get sent along?

[@theparkerilla7292]

Very timely for me. I'm working with collaborators who use Macs and Logic. This will make sharing files easier.

[@mixdownonline]

For sure!

[@korkenknopfus]

Thank you for this information, Chris.

[@wolfhard2420]

Just exactly what I needed to know right now! Thx a ton, man!

[@subinthompson]

Great video chris. I'm a big fan of your videos. Quite concise and to the point! Keep up the good job

[@mixdownonline]

Glad you like them!

[@benbenfrank]

Nice explanation - Do you know what should be done to export take folder/lanes

[@realraven2000]

2:05I noticed you rendered "dry" - if you are writing / collaborating wouldn't it better to include FX? I think its different if you send your work to a mixer, but distinguishing these cases is an important part of the process. If you want to include all FX and want to send Stems with FX for a Remix / collaboration, how do you go about this? separate FX track for each track? grouping FX? It would be an interesting topic for a separate video.

[@mixdownonline]

I rendered dry because I did not use any FX on those VST Instruments. Is I would've use FX, I would've Rendered those files with FX right away.

[@pacoloco4893]

hi Chris i saw your video and when you make the second option you are using omf is mistake? in other way i have some problems with logic when i open the aaf session some tracks are no in the same position,you had this problem ?

[@SaxophoneBoyke]

Hai chris, How to for ways to bring up audio alignment selection in cubes 10...thank you

[@sweetcheaterband]

Hey Chris...when exporting AAF files from Cubase, does it export the tempo map as well? If not, how would you export a Cubase tempo map to work in Logic?

[@JadenTan]

U earned a new sub! 😄🤟🏻

[@enricmarshal]

You rock! Great video as usual.

[@MarioRossiUfficiale]

Is it somehow possible to warp and manually tune audio melodies on VariAudio and then export those new files as an AAF file? Also, can anybody suggest me a good manual tuning alternative? I couldn’t find the same flexibility on Melodyne. Should I make more researches about its use? Thank y’all in advance.

[@pjp271]

Thanks man! Super useful!

[@mixdownonline]

Glad to hear that!

[@Wincent_Vega]

So and if i freeze some VST keys synths - do i need to render midi anyway?

[@DanSmeeTube]

Helpful video as always! Is there anyone in this community who can transfer projects from Cubase LE into Logic X or know any editors/engineers who can?

[@nareshkamath7834]

Thanks for the info, but what is the advantage(if any) of AAF over .WAV files or OMF?

[@mixdownonline]

AAF is not the same as a WAV, it's a file like a CPR file opposed to a WAV that is an audio file. AAF is similar to OMF but is newer and contains more information than the OMF, like channel names and also volume automation which I forgot to mention in the video.

[@nareshkamath7834]

@@mixdownonline Does it also have panning information?

[@mixdownonline]

If the receiving software supports it, yes. I just added those details in the description of the video.

[@nareshkamath7834]

@@mixdownonline will check it out, thanks Chris

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

@@mixdownonline That'd be a SUPER useful thing to have in a follow up video. I'm researching this now as I prepare to work on my first ever mix from an artist recording in ableton, and I don't know if there's a format that comes with midi data included or other metadata. AAF including track names, volume automation and stuff is helpful. But, if it has volume automation... Is there no way to use MIDI too? Anyway, now that it's been a year and people are coming back from COVID (many like me who have been learning online from folks like you, Dom, Greg, and others... would you mind covering detailed import/export video, since a lot of people have also been learning in environments outside of Steinberg, and we'll need to work with them as well)? I hope that your vacation has gone well.

[@studiolenceinte5414]

Hi, How to do you get Stereo files from a AAF ?

[@JadenTan]

This video really helped!!! Thanks so much friend! 🫶🏻

[@mixdownonline]

Happy to hear that!

[@johnv8614]

Nice video At the other end, I'm not getting filename.L and filename.R files, I'm getting. filename and filename_01 and it's a real pain to have to go through and rename all the files to .L and .R. Gotta fix for that?

[@mariusmusicus]

The AAF imports seems to place the imported tracks below the last track in the project. I've tried it several time making sure to select the Marker Track in the top section but it refuses to insert them below the Marker Track. Anyone have the same problem?

[@rodrickmpulila1259]

Can I export omf files from cubase 10.5 elements?

[@Electricowlworks]

Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing Chris! - chaz

[@thomasgarcia871]

Hola un saludo gracias por compartir, resulta que davinci resolve me exportaron un archivo AAF Avid , pero mi cubase no lo Lee, dice que el racjivo está dañado, mi pregunta es, ese archivo es dedicado para protools o cubase debería abrirlo sin problema? Muchas gracias

[@KalebBirdsong]

Hi there! Do you know if you're able to export AAF files if you have Cubase Artist 11? The site says it has "AAF Support" for only the Pro version but i didnt know if that meant you couldn't export that type of file in Artist or not. Thanks!

[@auntymofo]

Did you solve this? I'm actually trying to import AAF - I have Cubase Artist 11 and although the official Steinberg operating manual makes clear it should be possible to do - there is no option for AAF in the import drop-down menu? Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!

[@KalebBirdsong]

@@auntymofo I didn’t, sorry. I asked because I had a client project that ended up falling through that was using Cubase. Best of luck!

[@auntymofo]

@@KalebBirdsong Thanks for response :)

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

Hey Chris, followed this but can't get PT or DP to open the AAF file properly. Any suggestion? Thanks

[@martytess]

What if Jimmy had his sample rate and bit depth set to a different setting, would this be a problem?

[@mixdownonline]

Good question...Depending on the software, it would ask him to convert the files to his session's sample rate

[@svsamrat8789]

where is omf file importing option in cubase 10.5....?

[@lazarusbeckofficial2130]

How to extract only beat from any song

[@johnsonezekiely1060]

Hi Chris my name is John Please help because when I mix I pan my guitar after export I hear it to the center

[@gigrig1]

Good work Chris

[@mixdownonline]

Thanks

[@rohitdubey9892]

Thankyou so much for this video .

[@mixdownonline]

My pleasure 😊

[@RobbietheMann1]

What about AIFF FORMAT?

[@uychiphu]

Can you do mixing service ?

[@mixdownonline]

Yes but booked for the rest of 2020 :-)

[@lionnoirmusic]

Thaaaaank you so much !

[@gretschman5436]

Hey Chris, At the moment I am working on project together with a friend of mine whose's working with Samplitude. We're facing huge issues with exchanging audio files. First I tried export my tracks using OMF as file format, but that didn't work at all...now we decided to try AAF. I've watched this video here and you said that AAF only exports the audio files, but no effects and stuff...Well does that also count if I've loaded a guitar simulation from the cubase internal "Amp Rack"? It's because I've splitted the guitar signal, as it seems like this: Track 1= Guitar pedal board > external tube Amp > mic > Fender ABY Pedal > UR22 > DAW Track 2 = Guitar > cable > Fender ABY Pedal > UR22 > Amp Rack Simulation > DAW. If I now export the both tracks does that mean that only the pure guitar signal on the Amp Rack track will be exported or will the entire, modified, signal be exported? Many Thanks already for a quick and clarifying help, Cheers, Stef

[@mixdownonline]

If your amp sim is added as an insert on your recorded track, that effect will not be transfert by AAF. in this case, Render in Place the events from that track. That will create a new track with the amp sim applied on the recording itself.

[@gretschman5436]

@@mixdownonline Salut Chris, first, many thanks for your quick reply. after trying a few brain killing times, I managed to get to my results. but now, I have another issue...In my project (cubase 10 pro) the main out is peaking, even though that there's no peak on any input chanel. I can't figure out from where the peaking signal comes from. is there any chance to locate it, or what else can i do to get rid of the scratchy sound ? Thanks again, have great one, Stef from France

[@alexandre7634]

C'est lourd 🔥

[@bouge9294]

Merci pour votre disponibilité Dear Sir

[@mixdownonline]

Ça fait plaisir :-)

[@netrom_dnb]

Hey Chris, How to you collaburate if both sides are using CB 10 Pro? Do you export stems and send them over or...? I have an issue . I can't or do not know how to export my tracks with insert and send processing, as well with filter and volume automation. Every time i try to export my tracks separately it will not send fx, automation etc to the tracks that have been sent through the processing, but it exports a fx track with only the FX as an audio... Do i need to click something somewhere so i can make stems with processing and without processing, or is there anything else i im missing. Thanks in advance! BTW loving the videos you make, learning a lot from them!

[@mixdownonline]

In that case, I would simply ZIP the entire project folder and send that over to my Cubase collaborator. You do that once at the beginning of the collaboration and then you can exchange new tracks with AAF or manually. There's also VST Connect and VST Transit that can be used but I never tried those yet.

[@netrom_dnb]

​@@mixdownonline Hmm Okay. At the moment i tend to make a backup file to dropbox an when ever i am done making music and close the project the the other side and open the same project from dropbox. if you make a backup file there, then all the Audio files are there as well, but the project will work only with this plugins that the other side has. Then again if i render in place all audio tracks then the other side can see and hear exactly what i did. :)

[@Tutorial_Channel727]

Hi Chris! Where to buy a cap like yours?

[@mixdownonline]

That cap was in a gift bag that Steinberg gave me when I met them at NAMM. Don't know if you can buy them though

[@dimitriskoyonos5065]

nice and clear

[@mixdownonline]

Glad you think so!

[@jocelynjosssheehy2970]

Super vidéo Chris. Mais la petite musique de fond est vraiment dérangeante et superflue. Elle n’aide pas à se concentrer sur ton propos. Autrement, ton travail de vulgarisation est exemplaire.

[@papajeff3510]

Problem solved