From 3a25ba627d7cf914f1ef46e5b6040b1801c70bf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis
+ 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).
+
The list of audio file formats that Ardour can understand is quite long.
- It is based on the functionality offered by libsndfile, an excellent and
+ Most formats are supported based on the functionality offered by libsndfile, 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).
A full list of libsndfile's supported formats is available on the
libsndfile website.
-
+ 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.
For MIDI import, Ardour will read any Standard MIDI Format (SMF) file.