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title: Import Dialog
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<p>
Many sessions will require the use of <dfn>existing material</dfn>,
whether it consists of audio and/or MIDI data. Using existing samples,
loops and riffs from files stored on your system can be the basis for
a new session, or a way to deepen and improve one that is already
underway.
</p>
<p>
You can import audio and MIDI data into your session with the
<dfn>Add Existing Media</dfn> dialog.
</p>
<img src="/files/reference/images/209-ARDOUR_1_2_1.png" />
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<h2>The Soundfile Information Box</h2>
<p>
This box will display information about the currently selected file:
</p>
<ul>
<li>number of channels,</li>
<li>sample rate,</li>
<li>file format,</li>
<li>length,</li>
<li>embedded timestamp (applies to some professional formats such as
Broadcast WAVE), and</li>
<li>tags (attached metadata to help categorize files in a library).</li>
</ul>
<p>
If the sample rate differs from the current session rate, it is displayed
in red, which indicates that the file must be resampled before importing,
which is controlled by the <kbd class="menu">Conversion quality</kbd>
option described below.
</p>
<h2>Auditioner</h2>
<p>
Files can be auditioned before importing. The slider under the play and
stop buttons allows you to scrub around, a fader on the right side allows
you to control the playback volume.
</p>
<h2>Importing options</h2>
<p>
You can import files into new, automatically created tracks, to the region
list (from where you can manually drag them into a track), or as new
<a href="/working-with-tracks/track-types/">Tape tracks</a> with the
<kbd class="menu">Add new files as...</kbd> option.
</p>
<p>
New files will be inserted at either the file timestamp (if available,
zero by default), at the <a href="/missing">edit point</a>, at the
playhead, or at the start of the session, as specified in <kbd
class="menu">Insert at...</kbd>.
</p>
<p>
The Channel <kbd class="menu">mapping</kbd> is either "one track/region per
file", or "one track/region per channel". The latter splits multichannel
source files into mono regions.<br />
If you have selected multiple files and are importing them into a track,
you can also choose whether to sequence all files into a single track in
the order of selection, or to create as many tracks as there are files to
import.
</p>
<p>
The <kbd class="menu">Conversion quality</kbd> drop-down controls the
quality of the resampling process, if the sampling rate of the source file
differs from the session rate.
</p>
<p>
Finally, and most importantly, you can decide whether to <kbd
class="option">Copy files to session</kbd>, or to link them. Please read
<a href="/adding-pre-existing-material/copying-versus-linking/">Copying
versus Linking</a> for details.
</p>
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