Specifications

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Files That Can Be Added to a Session Without
Conversion
Any audio file of a supported file format (WAV
and AIFF) and bit depth (16, 24, and 32-bit float)
can be added to sessions without conversion. Au-
dio files with sample rates that do not match the
session sample rate can be added to the session
without conversion, but will playback at a different
pitch and speed from files that match the session
sample rate.
Files That Must Be Converted on Import
Audio files formats other than WAV and AIFF
must be converted on import. Pro Tools automati-
cally converts these files to the current session file
format on import. Also, if the session is not en-
abled for Interleaved files, Pro Tools splits inter-
leaved audio files into multiple mono files on im-
port.
If clip definitions are present in an audio file, you
can convert and import the audio for a clip without
importing the entire parent audio file using the
Im-
port Audio
command.
Supported Audio File Formats
Audio files of the following types can be
imported into Pro Tools sessions without
conversion:
• AIFF
• WAV or BWF (.WAV) (including support for
WAV Extensible and RF64)
Audio files of the following types can be
imported into Pro Tools sessions, but will be con-
verted to the current session file format on import:
• AAC audio (including audio with AAC, Mp4,
and M4a file extensions)
• ACID files
• MP3
• MXF audio
• QuickTime (Mac only)
• ReCycle (REX 1 and 2) files
• SD II
• SD I
• Sound Resource (AIFL—Mac only)
• WMA (Windows Media—Windows only)
You can enable the Automatically Copy Files
on Import option in the Processing Prefer-
ences page to be sure to always copy files to
the session’s Audio Files folder when import-
ing audio by drag and drop.
Pro Tools 7.x and higher does not support
audio file names that contain certain ASCII
characters (see “Opening a Session that
Contains Audio File Names with Illegal
Characters” on page 397).
Pro Tools cannot import protected AAC or
MP4 files with the .M4p file extension. These
files are protected under the rules of digital
rights management.