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<p>
Ardour supports all common audio file formats,
including WAV, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis, AIFF, AIFC, CAF, W64 and BWF, with all typical sample formats
(8-, 16-, 24-, 32-bit integer, floating point, and more).
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<p>
The list of audio file formats that Ardour can understand is quite long.
It is based on the functionality offered by <dfn>libsndfile</dfn>, an excellent and
Most formats are supported based on the functionality offered by <dfn>libsndfile</dfn>, an excellent and
widely used software library by Australian programmer Erik de Castro Lopo.
As libsndfile's capabilities expand, so will Ardour's abilities to import
(and export) new formats. Ardour supports all common audio file formats,
including WAV, AIFF, AIFC, CAF, W64 and BWF, with all typical sample formats
(8-, 16-, 24-, 32-bit integer, floating point, and more).
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<p>
A full list of libsndfile's supported formats is available on the
<a href="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#Features">libsndfile website</a>.
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<p>
In addition, Ardour also supports MP3 lossy compression format
files. We do not recommend importing these for any serious work, but
the option is available if you are forced to use such files.
<p>
For MIDI import, Ardour will read any Standard MIDI Format (SMF) file.
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