FCP
Export the XML
AAFx reads .fcpxml and .fcpxmld bundles from Final Cut Pro.
Final Cut Pro Pro Tools
Your edit reaches sound
the way you intended.
AAFx turns a Final Cut Pro FCPXML file or .fcpxmld bundle into a self-contained AAF: roles become named tracks, every region keeps its source timecode, and the audio travels inside the file.
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Roles → tracksyour organisation, preserved
Source TCkept region by region
Audio insidenothing to relink
project scanned204 audio clips
session ready13 roles → 14 tracks
media check● all media reachable
Review the session before you write it
The handover, verified before export
Named tracksroles and subroles stay useful
Source timecodeconforming stays possible
Embedded essenceone self-contained delivery
See the complete handover
Watch AAFx take a Final Cut project all the way to Pro Tools.
From FCPXML import to a ready-to-mix AAF: roles, markers, adjustable handles, the silent edit-cuts guide track and offline-media relinking are all shown in the walkthrough.
A short, reliable path
From the edit suite to the mix room, without a translation layer.
One XML export, one pre-flight, one AAF that sound can open. The choices made in the edit arrive as usable information instead of a reconstruction job.
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Drop it on AAFx
See the clips, roles, track count, disk space and every issue before converting.
AAF
Write one complete file
Audio is trimmed with handles and embedded at 48 kHz / 24-bit.
PT
Open in Pro Tools
Named tracks and regions arrive at the right timecode, ready to mix.
No blind conversion
See the Pro Tools session before you build it.
AAFx makes the handover inspectable while it can still be corrected in Final Cut — rather than discovered on the dub stage.
- Every track is visible.Review the roles, overlaps and the final track count.
- Problems are actionable.Missing media comes with the file, role, location and expected volume.
- Nothing is written too soon.Conversion begins only when the report looks right.
Built for the handover
The things that are normally lost are kept deliberate.
AAFx is designed around the pieces of a Final Cut timeline that make the difference between a clean session and a half-day of repair.
Tracks that mean something
Final Cut roles and subroles become named tracks. The mixer opens the organisation you made, not an anonymous pile of regions.
Source timecode intact
Every region keeps the timecode of its rush, so a conform remains possible months after the edit has moved on.
Handles that can work
Keep adjustable audio before and after each region, so sound can rebuild fades without asking for the rushes again.
Pre-flight includes the difficult cases. Multicam and compound clips are resolved; multichannel sources are split into the mono tracks AAF workflows expect; empty channels are not carried along.
An AAF received from elsewhere?
Bring a messy AAF back to a usable session.
AAFx can read an existing AAF and write it again under the same rules: tracks ordered for the mixer, empty tracks removed and false cuts joined — without re-encoding the audio.
Read how AAF handles work27 → 24tracks on a real one-hour handover
572 → 341regions after false cuts are joined
1,066 → 721 MBdelivery size with no re-encoding
8 secmeasured cleanup time in that example
Compatibility
Made for the timeline you actually cut.
AAFx reads Final Cut’s structure rather than relying on a frozen template, so the components that matter to a sound handover stay accounted for.
Read the FCPXML-to-AAF guide| Timeline element | What AAFx does |
|---|---|
| Audio roles and subroles | ✓ Converts them to named tracks |
| Multicam and compound clips | ✓ Resolves the active audio and expands the structure |
| Stereo and multichannel sources | ✓ Splits usable channels into mono tracks |
| Clip levels and fades | ✓ Carries them through as gain and automation |
| Source timecode and markers | ✓ Keeps them at their timeline position |
| Offline media | ✓ Reports it precisely, ready to relink |
| Retimed clips and pan settings | Reported for review; they are not recreated in the AAF |
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The practical questions
Before you send the AAF.
Need a more detailed answer? The guides are written from real deliveries, including the failures that tend to show up late.
Open troubleshootingDoes the AAF contain the audio?
Yes. AAFx embeds the audio essence in the file, so the delivery is self-contained. A mixer who has never seen the original rushes can open it without relinking media.
Can I see the session before conversion?
Yes. AAFx shows the roles, tracks, clips, missing media, excluded clips and expected file size before it writes anything.
Do I need ffmpeg, Homebrew or Terminal?
No. The application includes the tools it needs to read the supported media containers. There is nothing else to install or download at first launch.
Does it work with the latest Final Cut XML?
AAFx supports FCPXML 1.8 through 1.14 and Final Cut Pro 10.4 through 12.3, including the .fcpxmld bundle format.
Ready for your next handover?
Make the transition to sound feel intentional.
Download AAFx, open your own project and see the session before you decide.
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