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What does the AAF Edit Protocol document for audio interchange (gain, pan, fades, sample rates), what must an importer do with unsupported effects, and what do converters state they do not carry?

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The AAF Edit Protocol carries audio gain (Mono Audio Gain, clip and track), pan (Mono Audio Pan on mono essence only), fades and crossfades and MIDI, requires one edit rate and sample rate for all audio tracks in a file, and lets importers ignore unsupported effects provided they log it; it has no plug-in concept, so plug-in processing does not travel in an Edit Protocol AAF.

The AAF Edit Protocol carries audio gain (Mono Audio Gain, clip and track), pan (Mono Audio Pan on mono essence only), fades and crossfades and MIDI, requires one edit rate and sample rate for all audio tracks in a file, and lets importers ignore unsupported effects provided they log it; it has no plug-in concept, so plug-in processing does not travel in an Edit Protocol AAF. Curator qualifications: Spec read 2026-10-22; no AAF exported. AATranslator statement (no plugins/FX or MIDI conversion) not re-read. Limitations: Spec read 2026-10-22; no AAF exported. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://static.amwa.tv/as-01-aaf-edit-protocol-spec.pdf",
      "note": "AMWA AS-01 AAF Edit Protocol PDF, scope, 7.3, 11.1.1, 12.17"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.aatranslator.com.au/",
      "note": "AMWA AS-01 AAF Edit Protocol PDF, scope, 7.3, 11.1.1, 12.17"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] The AAF Edit Protocol carries audio gain (Mono Audio Gain, clip and track), pan (Mono Audio Pan on mono essence only), fades and crossfades and MIDI, requires one edit rate and sample rate for all audio tracks in a file, and lets importers ignore unsupported effects provided they log it; it has no plug-in concept, so plug-in processing does not travel in an Edit Protocol AAF. · locator: AMWA AS-01 AAF Edit Protocol PDF, scope, 7.3, 11.1.1, 12.17 source

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