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2 In the Convert and Import Audio dialog,
locate the audio files you want to import.
3 Select the file types and bit depths you
want to view from the pop-up menus for
File Type Filter and Bit Depth Filter.
4 Select a file to view its attributes in the
lower left. Click Play to audition the file.
5 Select audio files from the file list on the
left and click Add to place them in the im-
port list (on the right), or click Add All to
add all files currently displayed.
6 To remove a file from the import list, se-
lect it and click Remove.
7 Once the audio files have been added to
the import list, click Done.
Specify a destination for the new files. For
Pro Tools III systems, you must save the
files to a hard drive connected to the
Disk I/O card.
Each of the files from the import list are
converted to the session’s sample rate and
bit depth and appear in the Audio Regions
List.
Importing Audio into a
Session (Windows)
When importing into a Windows session,
choose File > Import Audio/Track to place
the audio into a new track. To import into
the Audio Regions List, choose Import and
Convert Audio from the Audio Regions List
pop-up menu. Both commands call up the
same Convert & Import Audio dialog (see
Figure 5 on page 123).
With Pro Tools for Windows, you can work
with either Windows or Macintosh session
formats. The session format determines not
only the recorded file types, but the file
types that can be imported (WAV for Win-
dows, and Sound Designer II for Mac-
intosh). Audio files that don’t match the
type supported for the current session must
be converted before importing.
☞ The quality of sample rate conversion used
by Pro Tools is determined by the Preference
for Conversion Quality. For details, see “Con-
version Quality” on page 126.
To import an audio file or region into a new
track:
1 Choose File > Import Audio/Track.
2 In the lower left of the Convert & Import
dialog, choose a file type to display. If im-
porting Macintosh files that do not have
file name extensions, select All Files.
3 Using the toolbar or Folders menu, locate
the audio files you want to import.
All files in the current folder matching the
specified file type are displayed in the file
list on the left. Click on a file to view its at-
tributes (in lower left), associated regions
Convert and Import Audio dialog (Macintosh)