Specifications

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To import audio files into a session, using the
Pro Tools application icon or alias:
1 Open or create a new session.
2 From the desktop, locate the audio files you
want to import. Make sure the files match the
session’s file type, bit depth, and sample rate.
Audio files must be in WAV, SDII, or AIFF/AIFC
format in order to be dropped into Pro Tools.
Audio files will be converted if they are not of
the correct bit depth or number of channels.
They will be converted to mono files of the de-
fault audio file format, with the session’s bit
depth and sample rate.
3 Drag the audio files onto the Pro Tools appli-
cation icon or alias.
Importing Audio Files with
Drag & Drop from a DigiBase
Browser
You can import audio by dragging it directly
from a DigiBase browser into the Edit window of
the current session.
To import audio into the Audio Regions List:
1 Select audio files in a DigiBase browser.
2 Drag the files onto the Audio Regions List of
the current session.
To import audio into an existing track:
1 Select audio files in a DigiBase browser.
2 Drag the files onto an existing track in the Edit
window of the current session.
To import audio into new tracks:
1 Select audio files in a DigiBase browser.
2 Shift-drag the files and drag them anywhere in
the Edit window of the current session.
– or –
Drag the files onto any empty space in the Edit
window of the current session.
For more information on using DigiBase
browsers, refer to the DigiBase Guide.