[LAU] Common DAW session save / import

[Paul Davis]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 9:56 AM, David Baron <d_baron at 012.net.il> wrote:

> On Sunday 14 September 2014 09:25:01 Paul Davis wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Russell Hanaghan <
> >
> > hanaghan.osaudio at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hmm, $60us by the looks? Not too much money by any means if it works
> > > reliably.
> > >
> > > Just curious if any devs are into writing something simple? I can
> provide
> > > testing assistance only. Just sounds like a cool and relative thing to
> > > have
> > > in the open source world.
> >
> > when it comes to translating from one DAW format to another, there is no
> > such thing as "simple".
> >
> > the people behind AATranslator are a veritable font of knowledge about
> this
> > stuff, and it cannot be stressed enough how much work they have done and
> > how much they have had to discover.
> >
> > no other attempt at such a tool has ever succeeded - there was one other
> > tool which Solid State purchased but its existence now seems hard to
> spot.
>
> Yep. I had tried to start an openDAW discussion/project a few years back,
> with
> a common XML-based intermediary referencing pcm files/segments. The
> existence
> of a proprietary-binary "AAF" library was called to my attention with some
> intent of releasing a XML/text based version. A few DAW programs support
> AAF.
> Have not heard much since.
> __________________________
>

AAF is actually a relatively open specification BUT

   * it has every hallmark of design-by-committee
   * it is vastly more centered on broadcast and video than on typical DAW
scenarios
   * the spec includes an explicit dependence on Microsoft "structured
storage format",
         which is essentially a filesystem-in-a-file, and this part is
somewhat opaque
         although there are attempts at an open source implementation

I wouldn't put a minute of my time into AAF support. It is a dinosaur, in
every sense of that word.
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