8.0

File handling
Importing audio
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2. Windows only: Activate the “Secure Mode” option if you want to use a Secure
Read mode.
Use this if you encounter problems when trying to import an audio CD. Error checking
and correction will be done during the process. Note that this mode will take more
time.
3. In the Windows version, select the data transfer speed from the Speed
pop-up menu.
While you normally want to use the fastest possible speed, you may have to select a
slower speed for flawless audio extraction.
4. Activate the Copy checkbox for every audio file you want to import.
You can also select a copy section for every file, see below.
5. Click on the Copy button to create a local copy of the audio file(s) or
section(s).
The copied files are listed at the bottom of the dialog. By default, imported audio CD
tracks will be stored as Wave files (Windows) or AIFF files (Mac) in the Audio folder
of the current project. To change the folder, click Destination Folder and select a
different folder from the dialog. During copying, the Copy button is labeled “Stop”;
click it to stop the process.
6. Click OK to import the copied audio files into the project, or click Cancel to
stop the import and discard the copied files.
If you import more than one audio file into project tracks, a dialog opens in which you
have to choose whether to insert the tracks on one track or on different ones.
The new track(s) are displayed in the Project window. New audio clips are created
and added to the Pool.
The columns in the “Import from Audio CD” dialog have the following functionality:
By default, complete tracks are selected.
Column Description
Copy Activate the checkbox in this column for the track you want to
copy/import. To activate more than one checkbox, click and drag over
the checkboxes (or press [Ctrl]/[Command] or [Shift] and click).
# This is the track number.
CD Track When you import an audio CD track, the file is named according to
this column. The names are pulled automatically from CDDB, if
possible. You can rename a track by clicking in the CD Track column
and typing a new name. You can also apply a generic name to all
audio CD tracks, if no name was available in CDDB.
Length The length of the audio CD track in minutes and seconds.
Size The file size of the audio CD track in MB.
Copy Start You can copy a section of a track if you like. This indicates the start of
the section to be copied in the track. By default, this is set to the start
of the track (0.000) but you can adjust this on the copy selection
ruler, see below.
Copy End Indicates the end of the section to be copied in the track. By default,
this is set to the end of the track but you can adjust this on the copy
selection ruler, see below.