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