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4 When the Save dialog appears, click the
Options button.
5 In the Options dialog, select the sample
rate, bit resolution, and stereo format.
6 At the bottom of the Options dialog, set
the range of the audio track to be imported
by adjusting the Start and End times, then
click OK.
7 Specify the destination for the imported
audio track and click Save. Pro Tools im-
ports the CD audio track as a QuickTime
movie and writes it to your hard disk.
8 When the Track Import window appears,
click OK.
Pro Tools converts the audio track to your
session’s sample rate and bit resolution and
imports the selected audio tracks into the
Audio Regions List. From there you can
drag the regions to existing tracks.
Conversion Quality
The Conversion Quality Preference deter-
mines the quality of sample rate conver-
sion used when converting and importing
audio into a session, and when importing
CD audio tracks (Macintosh only). There
are five possible settings, ranging from Low
to Tweak Head. The higher the quality, the
longer it will take for the sample rate con-
version.
To set the sample rate conversion quality:
1 Choose Setups > Preferences, and click
Editing.
2 From the Conversion Quality pop-up
menu, select the desired quality.
For most applications, the Good or Better
setting will yield very good results. Because
the Best and Tweak Head settings take sig-
nificantly longer, use them only when
higher fidelity is absolutely essential.
3 Click Done.
Slower computers can take an extremely
long time to perform sample rate conver-
sion, especially at higher-quality settings.
The Tweak Head setting, for instance, can
take as long as several hours to process an
audio file of moderate length.
Audio CD Import Options dialog (Macintosh)
Conversion Quality preference