AAF to Ableton

AAF → Ableton. Drop an .aaf and get a native Ableton Live .als project: every clip rebuilt where it sat, not bounced to stems.

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§ What transfers

What comes across

Every audio clip at its exact second, on the track it sat on, rebuilt natively in Ableton.

Audio tracks by name Clips at the exact second Fades and crossfades Clip gain Volume & pan Automation volume, pan Markers Stereo pairs rejoined MIDI & tempo not in an AAF Plugins & sends not in an AAF
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§ Honesty

Told straight, never silently dropped

Every audio track with its name; every clip at its exact position, with its fades, crossfades and clip gain; track volume and pan, with their automation; markers. A stereo clip the AAF splits into two mono halves is joined back into one stereo file when both halves are in the upload. An AAF holds no plugins and no sends: the format carries the timeline and its audio only, so the tracks arrive without effects, ready to mix, and the report says so. There’s no MIDI or tempo in an AAF either: the project opens at 120 BPM with every clip unwarped at its exact time, so it plays as it did whatever tempo you then set. Audio that wasn’t in the upload is placed offline, each clip named for the file to relink. Nothing is silently dropped: every conversion comes with a report of what changed.

§ Privacy

Your music stays yours

Local conversions stay right in your browser: your session never leaves your computer, nothing uploaded, nothing stored. Uploaded sessions move over an encrypted connection into your own private space, with access only you control, and yours to delete anytime.

§ Questions

AAF to Ableton: common questions

Can Ableton Live open an AAF file?

Not natively: Ableton Live has no AAF import. Doseedo converts it: upload the .aaf (zipped with its audio files, so every clip arrives with its sound; an AAF with embedded media carries the audio inside it) and it rebuilds the timeline as a native Ableton Live .als project you can open and keep working in.

What do I upload?

The .aaf, zipped together with the audio files it plays (an AAF export usually writes them into a folder beside it), so every clip arrives with its sound. An AAF with embedded media carries its audio inside the file and can go up alone. A bare .aaf converts too: every clip lands in place, offline and named, ready to relink.

How do I import an AAF into Ableton Live?

People ask it several ways (import an AAF into Ableton Live, open an AAF in Ableton, convert AAF to .als), and the answer is the same: upload the .aaf and it converts to a native Ableton Live .als project with every audio clip in place, with its fades.

What carries over from AAF to Ableton?

Every audio track with its name; every clip at its exact position, with its fades, crossfades and clip gain; track volume and pan, with their automation; markers. A stereo clip the AAF splits into two mono halves is joined back into one stereo file when both halves are in the upload. An AAF holds no plugins and no sends: the format carries the timeline and its audio only, so the tracks arrive without effects, ready to mix, and the report says so. There’s no MIDI or tempo in an AAF either: the project opens at 120 BPM with every clip unwarped at its exact time, so it plays as it did whatever tempo you then set. Audio that wasn’t in the upload is placed offline, each clip named for the file to relink.

Do my plugins transfer from AAF to Ableton?

An AAF holds no plugins and no sends: the format carries the timeline and its audio only, so the tracks arrive without effects, ready to mix, and the report says so. Nothing is faked: whatever doesn’t cross the AAF–Ableton boundary is named in the conversion report.

Why does the project open at 120 BPM?

An AAF has no tempo, only time. So every clip is placed unwarped at its exact second: set the tempo you want afterwards and the audio stays where it was. When the timeline starts at a timecode, the report says which.

Which apps export an AAF?

Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase and Nuendo, Media Composer, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Vegas, Digital Performer, LUNA and Audition all do. That makes this the route for a picture edit coming into Ableton: the editor’s AAF in, its dialogue, music and effects tracks out as clips you can mix.

Is my project private?

Your project is uploaded over an encrypted connection into your own private space, converted, and is yours to delete anytime.

How many conversions are free?

3 conversions a month with no account; a free account gets 120 credits a month and Pro 2,000 (a conversion is 1 credit), every plan at full fidelity. No watermark, cancel in one click. One conversion is one project translated one direction; a round-trip is two.

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