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Best way to create a AIFF file from an analog mix?

Hello,
I have a home studio where I record our rock group onto 8-track 1/2" tape. We intend to have a vinyl single pressed of some of our songs. It seems that most mastering companies will want AIFF files to start with. So my question is how to produce the best AIFF from my analog mix.

How do I import .aiff or .wav files from Cubase to PT8?

recently I have been recording music with a friend and we started our recording process in Cubase 2. Since Cubase can't export .OMF we tried exporting each track individually as a .wav and as an .aiff and used a flash drive to transfer it to my computer to mix on Pro Tools. When I tried to import the audio Pro Tools told me it can't recognize the audio.

wav vs aiff noticable difference

I noticed small difference between both..

with the same audio source recorded to both format,
after lots of a/b listening I found that wav is
slightly higher in 1.5k-2k than aiff.
Comparing with the source, aiff won.. It's identical

fyi, I record in WL4.0

Is this just in my head or i'm just a bit late? :lol: