MIOConsole3d Preferences
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Recording Preferences
Figure 14.13: Recording: Filenaming, Metadata and Filetype Parameters
The top section of the “Recording” Preferences window presents you with text-entry fields for identifying
and organizing your recorded audio files. Text entered in the
“Project”
,
“Engineer”
,
“Song”
and
“Take
Name”
fields can be used as sources for auto-naming Take folders and audio files according to rules set
up in the ‘Name Template’ fields below at the bottom of the window (details to follow).
BWF (Broadcast Wave File) Metadata fields
If you record using the BWF file format, Session will include a BEXT chunk with recording meta-data in
the header of every audio file. At this point BWF is pretty much the de facto standard professional audio
recording format, and the metadata can be read by most professional audio and video workstations and
media database systems. The BWF metadata fields allow you to set the following codes in the BEXT chunk:
•
BWF Description
(256 charcters max) Sets the BWF Description field (supports the entry of line
breaks).
•
BWF Originator
(32 characters max) Sets the BWF Originator field.
•
BWF Reference
(32 characters max) Sets the BWF Originator field. If this field is left blank, a reference
‘Unique Source Identifier code’ (USID) is automatically generated for each audio file.
•
Coding History
(256 characters max) Sets the BWF Coding History field (supports the entry of line
breaks).
