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EdiMarker is an application that allows sound editors, sound supervisors and music producers to load markers into Pro Tools. EdiMarker does this by loading the data from a Text file (including a Nuendo, Reaper or iZotope RX marker file) a Microsoft Excel file, a WAV file, a Premiere Pro XML file, a Frame.io XML file, or a Ableton Live project file. It then exports this data as either a Pro Tools session file or a MIDI file which Pro Tools can import.
EdiMarker can convert one file at a time, or when several files need to be converted with the same file type and settings, the ‘Multiple Files’ tab can be used to batch convert a set of files. Import settings can be saved and recalled via the preset controls.
NOTE: To export marker information from Pro Tools, select the Pro Tools File > Export > Session Info As Text menu and check the ‘Include Markers’ option to create a text file containing the markers with their location, name and comments. EdiMarker cannot import a Pro Tools ‘Session Info As Text’ file directly. If you need to transfer markers from one session into another use the Pro Tools menu File > Import > Session Data and either select the marker track on the ‘Marker Rulers’ tab, or check ‘Markers / Memory Locations’.
Features
- Imports Text files including Nuendo, Reaper and iZotope RX marker files
- Fields can be delimited with a tab, comma or semicolon character
- CSV files with embedded characters can be parsed
- Imports Microsoft Excel files to avoid text encoding issues
- Imports markers from WAV files – created by location recorders or other DAWs
- Imports Premiere Pro (FCP7) XML (.xml) files
- Imports Frame.io XML (.fioxml) files
- Imports Ableton Live project (.als) files
- Loads markers with locations stored as:
- a Timecode with a frame rate from 23.976 to 60 FPS DF (hh:mm:ss:ff)
- a Footage (fff+ff)
- Minutes, seconds and milliseconds (mmm:ss.sss)
- Samples
- During import:
- Set which data fields are assigned to the marker name and comment
- Automatically add a marker to the start and end of a WAV file import
- Create log files containing locator errors when found
- Converts frame rates above 30FPS to the equivalent standard definition frame rate.
- Offset locations when they are imported as timecodes
- Exports PTX or MIDI files for Pro Tools to import. PTX files provide:
- The ability to export marker names and comments
- The option to set the marker color and marker track, including audio tracks
- The WAV file exported on mono audio tracks when markers are imported from a WAV
- A way to append markers in Pro Tools
- Compatibility with frame rates above 30 FPS
- Unicode compatibility
Here is an example showing the markers created by EdiMarker in Pro Tools that were imported from a FX location record WAV:
Markers imported into Pro Tools from a FX location record WAV
