EdiLoad v5 from Sounds In Sync has been released with some great new features. Now supporting Apple Silicon processors, the main update for EdiLoad v5 has been the addition of the new assembly window.
This window simplifies the process of assembling location WAV files to match the sound edits in a picture edit, while presenting all channels recorded on location, ready for dialogue editing. It also contains new settings to customise which channels are exported, by name or whether they contain any audio, and provides a way to fix sub-frame sync errors when picture edit systems have aligned WAV files on a frame edge that do not start on a frame edge.
The assembly window can export a Pro Tools session file linked to mono or poly WAVs. Pro Tools users no longer need a Pro Tools ultimate license for this process, as EdiLoad no longer requires the field recorder workflow functions.
For a demonstration of assembling location WAV files with this new window, see this blog post.
The other main updates in EdiLoad v5 allow EdiLoad to export Picture Cut and Scene Change tracks as PTX files containing clip groups, re-instating the option to import PTX files with the option to load either the user or original timestamps. The re-conform function is now fully compatible with Pro Tools 2022.6+ on macOS.
Here’s a video demonstrating what’s new in version 5.
EdiLoad v5 - New Features
General
macOS build is now a universal binary app (Native Intel and ARM64)
PTX files can be imported directly into the main window to load user or original timestamps
EdiLoad edit lists, AAFs or FCP7 XMLs can now be appended. See the new 'Append' toolbar button and File > Append menu
AAF and XML video tracks are now flattened correctly for main window loads
Multiple video layer EDLs can now be loaded into the main window simultaneously to create a flattened video list
Added new 'Scene No' and 'Take No' columns, which load data directly from AAF and XML files
The Scene Change Track window now requires scene numbers in the 'Scene No' column
Added the 'Extract Scene and Take Numbers' window to extract this data from Clip Names
Added new 'Batch Update File Names' window
Export Picture Cut Track now exports a PTX file containing clip groups for one or more tracks
The Scene Change Track window now exports a PTX file contain clip groups or it can create a new marker track in Nuendo containing cycle markers
Added 'Find' field to the main window to search for data in the current edit list
Added Undo and Redo for changes made to the edit list in the main and new assembly windows
Updated the Pro Tools re-conform code for compatibility with PT2022.6+ on macOS
Numerous bug fixes and enhancements
EdiLoad v5 stores its preferences in a new file, so EdiLoad v4 can be used in tandem
EdiLoad v4.0.4 can be run with an EdiLoad v5 license
New Assembly window features
Link location WAV files to an edit list to export all WAV channels in a PTX or AAF file (does not require the Pro Tools Ultimate field recorder workflow functions)
Set the match criteria that links the edit list fields with each WAV file
Fix NLE sub-frame alignment errors
Only export WAV channels that contain audio or have a specific name
Select from one of six track layouts
Assemble WAV files with various frame rates in the one export
Customise naming of exported clips and tracks
Export PTX files for Pro Tools linked to poly or mono WAV files
Export AAF files for any DAW linked to mono WAV files
WAV File List window
PTX files can now be exported linked to mono and poly WAV files
WAV files with multiple sample rates can be loaded
Updated the 'Find Dupes' function to:
Find duplicate WAVs that are identical
Find WAVs with duplicate names
Find unique WAVs with duplicate names
Column Transfer window
Added support for the new 'Scene No' and 'Take No' columns
Added new 'modify' items to "Remove Text Items" anywhere, at beginning, or end of a field
Added 'Ignore file extension' checkboxes to 6x 'modify' tabs so that the end of a filename can be modified without altering the extension
Added 'Append Data' checkbox to append text to data that is already present in a column
For more information on EdiLoad, see the EdiLoad product page.
Note: EdiLoad v5 requires either macOS 10.12+ or Windows 8+, while EdiLoad v5 licenses require a 2nd or 3rd-generation USB iLok or sharable iLok license.