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8.5 : The Import Button Options
The import button (Fig. 8.5.1) can be used to quickly add content
to an open edit. It is generally faster to use the quick nd browser
to locate material, but the import button offers a few options that
are not available to the quick nd browser.
When the import button is clicked, a pop-up menu is displayed.
This pop-up menu offers the following options:
Import an audio or MIDI le...: You can use this option to add
material on your hard-drive, or a data CD, to the current edit. Files
located on CDs or network drives are automatically copied into
the project folder, whereas if the le is stored on a hard-drive, you
will be prompted whether you wish to copy the le to to the project
folder, or reference it from the current location.
Keyboard shortcut: A.
Import tracks from an audio CD...: Use this option to copy tracks from an audio CD into Tracktion.
The imported tracks are saved as audio les in the project folder and added to the edit as standard au-
dio clips. The CD import process is described below and is only available on a PC. Mac users should
use the Import an audio or MIDI le... option to import tracks from a CD.
Import a mackie .prj project le: Users of the Mackie HDR, MDR, or SDR hard disk recorders can
import their projects into Tracktion for editing and mixing. Working with the .prj les is covered in more
detail in Section Five of this chapter.
When the import tracks from an audio CD option is selected, a dialogue-box like the one shown in
Figure 8.5.2 will be displayed.
If an audio CD is inserted into the specied CD drive, the available audio tracks, along with some in-
formation about them, will be displayed. Clicking anywhere on the bar to the right of the the track name
will begin previewing the CD track. The bar represents the time-line of the track, and the position that
you click on the bar will set the point at which preview playback begins.
Figure 8.5.1
Figure 8.5.2