Resolve exports a solid AAF — but Live can’t read it, and the audio is usually wrapped in MXF that Live can’t read either. Both are handled here.
Resolve sits in the middle of a lot of pipelines, and its AAF export is good — but Ableton Live has no AAF import, and Resolve wraps its audio in MXF, which Live also can’t read. So a Resolve turnover normally stalls at “ask for stems”.
AAF Bridge reads the AAF and converts the MXF audio to WAV on the way, so the cut opens in Live as a normal session. There is one honest limit that comes from Resolve, not the tool — see the FAQ.
On the Edit or Fairlight page: File → Export → AAF (or right-click the timeline → Timelines → Export → AAF). Include the source media.
The free demo converts the first 120 seconds of any timeline, so you can test a real Resolve export first.
AAF Bridge shows the tracks, clips, markers and that the audio is MXF. Set the project tempo and time signature.
The MXF audio is converted to WAV automatically into the project’s Samples folder, and a report is written.
Clips sit sample-accurately with fades, clip gain, markers and the picture on its own video track.
No. AAF Bridge detects MXF-wrapped audio and converts it to WAV automatically during import — Live can’t read MXF, so this happens for you with nothing to install.
Because Resolve doesn’t write pan or volume automation into its AAF exports — a Resolve limitation, so the data never leaves Resolve and no tool can recover it. Everything else transfers, and the report says so per file.
Make sure you included the media when exporting the AAF (or enable Collect media on import so a self-contained project folder is built).
The free demo is the full app — it converts the first 120 seconds of any timeline, so you can open the result in Live before spending anything. $49 one-time, no subscription, runs offline. macOS.
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