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Chapter 12: Importing and Exporting Session Data 221
Maintain Relative Time Code Values This option
places tracks at the same offset from session start
as they had in the source session. For example, if
the source session starts at 01:00:00:00 and con-
tains a track that starts at 01:01:00:00, and the
current session start is 02:00:00:00, the track
will be placed at 02:01:00:00 in the current ses-
sion.
Map Start Time Code To This option places
tracks relative to their original session start time.
(With Pro Tools|HD or Pro Tools LE with DV
Toolkit 2 systems, times are expressed in
hh:mm:ss:ff, and on Pro Tools LE systems, times
are expressed in hh:mm:ss.) For example, if the
current session starts at 00:01:00:00, and the ses-
sion from which you are importing starts at
10:00:00:00, you can reset the start time code to
00:01:00:00, to avoid placing files 9 hours and
59 minutes from the start of your session.
Track Offset Options
You can specify a track offset in addition to any
offset incurred with the Time Code Mapping op-
tions. Any imported audio is offset in the cur-
rent session’s timeline by the specified amount.
You can enter values in Minutes:Seconds,
Bars|Beats, Samples, Time Code, or Feet/Frames.
Sample Rate Conversion (SRC) Options
You can set options that control how sample
rate conversion is applied to imported audio
files. If the source session and the current ses-
sion have the same sample rate, this portion of
the dialog is unavailable.
Source Sample Rate For audio files created in
any session, no matter what the session sample
rate is, you can have the sample rate conversion
process treat the files in several ways to compen-
sate for pull-up, pull-down, and NTSC or PAL
frame rates. This setting allows you to choose
the sample rate from which you want the sam-
ple rate conversion process to start.
Destination Sample Rate The destination sam-
ple rate is always set to the sample rate of your
current session.
Conversion Quality This option lets you set the
quality of the sample-rate conversion process.
See “Sample Rate Conversion Quality” on
page 213.
Source Tracks
This area of the dialog lists the tracks in the
source session that can be imported, each with a
corresponding pop-up menu.
Operation/Destination Track Pop-Up
Menus
For each source track, there is a corresponding
pop-up menu that lists options for importing
the track and, with Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools
LE with DV Toolkit 2, possible destination tracks
in the current session. The pop-up menus dis-
play the following items:
Do Not Import Neither the source track nor any
of its attributes are imported.
Import as New Track The source track and all at-
tributes selected in the Session Data to Import
menu are imported into a new track in the cur-
rent session.
Destination Track Names (Pro Tools HD and
Pro Tools LE with DV Toolkit 2 Only)
The names
of possible destination tracks in the current ses-
sion are listed at the bottom of the pop-up
menu. Imported playlists and all attributes se-
lected in the Session Data to Import will be
placed in the destination track you choose.