mac vs. pc files?

TekMonki · Post by **TekMonki** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:11 am

I'm up to do a remix project for someone, but he gave me a disc today and the filenames are . . .

Lead Vocal.L
Lead Vocal.R
Electric gtr 1.L
Electric gtr 1.R

Etc

Like ".L" and ".R" is the extension. I'm not hiding extensions in XP, so that's the full file name.

Also, I'm not sure, but I think they were burnt (if not created) on a Mac. I tried adding .aiff and/or .wav to the end of them (I'm on a PC), but they come up as unrecognized. Any way to get around this?

azusa · Post by **azusa** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:07 am

They are SD2 files. You'll need a converter.

TekMonki · Post by **TekMonki** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:16 am

SD2? What's that?

Edit: Nevermind. Any recommedations?

3phase · Post by **3phase** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:12 pm

sd2 is the native protools format... any fullfeatured sample editor can read and convert them.

Gygaxian · Post by **Gygaxian** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:06 pm

actually SD2 is not specifically native to Pro Tools.

it was the native mac file for audio, but they are not used that much anymore. Great file for transfer from mac to mac, but they do not transfer to PC, so most mac users try to work with aiff or wav.

3phase · Post by **3phase** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:46 pm

chagos wrote:actually SD2 is not specifically native to Pro Tools.

it was the native mac file for audio, but they are not used that much anymore. Great file for transfer from mac to mac, but they do not transfer to PC, so most mac users try to work with aiff or wav.

Not true..the mac format is aiff..
sd2 is from the digidesign sounddesigner software what was digidesigns main product before they developed pro tools...sd for sound designer.
pro tools is still based on this format that handles a stereo files as 2 monofiles.

Gygaxian · Post by **Gygaxian** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:33 pm

you are correct. my bad.

Although most pro tools users do not use SD2 anymore for compatiblity reasons.
I've used pro tools for the past 3 years and I do not think I have ever used an SD2.

TekMonki · Post by **TekMonki** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:43 pm

So Wavelab should sort it then?