User`s guide

Chapter 12: Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI 119
chapter 12
Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI
Importing Audio
In Pro Tools you can import previously re-
corded audio files and regions from other
sessions. In addition, you can convert and
import audio files that don’t match the ses-
sion’s supported file type, bit depth, or
sample rate.
Audio files and regions can be imported
onto a new track, or they can be imported
into the Regions List, where they can be
dragged to existing tracks.
Supported audio formats include:
•WAV
• Sound Designer II
• AIFF
• snd Resource (Macintosh only)
If region definitions are present in an audio
file, you can convert and import selected
regions without importing the entire par-
ent audio file.
Supported files, and regions, can also be au-
ditioned before importing.
Importing Audio into a
Session (Macintosh)
When importing into a Macintosh session,
choose File > Import Audio/Track to place
the audio into a new track. To import into
the Audio Regions List, choose Import Au-
dio from the Audio Regions pop-up menu.
Both commands call up the same Import
Audio dialog (see Figure 4 on page 120).
▲ For Pro Tools III systems, the Import Audio
dialog only recognizes hard drives that are con-
nected to the Disk I/O card. To import audio
from hard drives connected to the SCSI bus, or
from networked volumes, use the Convert &
Import command (see “Convert and Import Au-
dio Command” on page 121 for details).
Files imported with either of these com-
mands must be Sound Designer II or AIFF
format, and must also match the session’s
bit depth. If you import an audio file with a
sample rate that doesn’t match the current
session’s sample rate, the file will not play
back at the original pitch.