M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 303)

Chapter 15: Importing and Exporting Session Data 285
New Track Each audio file is imported into its
own individual track and into the Region List.
When importing audio into a track, you can also
choose the location in the track where the audio
file will begin (such as Session Start).
Region List Audio files are imported into the Re-
gion List without creating a new track. Imported
audio files appear in the Region List and can
then be dragged to audio tracks.
9 If you chose to create a new track, choose a lo-
cation for the imported file in the track:
Session Start Places the file or region at the start
of the session.
Song Start Aligns the beginning of the file or re-
gion to the Song Start point.
Selection Aligns the beginning of the file or re-
gion to the edit cursor or to the beginning of a
selection in the Timeline.
Spot Displays the Spot dialog, which lets you
spot the file or region to a precise location based
on any of the Time Scales.
10 Click OK.
Importing Audio from Audio
CDs
Pro Tools lets you import tracks from audio CDs
using the same methods that you use to import
audio files, as follows:
• Drag and drop CD audio from the CD
folder.
• Drag and drop files from DigiBase Browser.
• Use the Import Audio command.
Before importing CD audio, make sure your
hard drive has enough space for the converted
audio files.
Because the transfer is made in the digital do-
main, there is no signal loss.
The sample rate for audio CDs is 44.1 kHz.
Therefore, if your session’s sample rate is set to
48 kHz or higher, Pro Tools will convert the
sample rate for the imported audio. Before im-
porting CD audio, set the Sample Rate Conver-
sion Quality
preference accordingly. For more in-
formation, see “Sample Rate Conversion
Quality” on page 277.
Importing ACID and REX Files
ACID files and REX 1 and 2 files are converted to
the session audio file type. Depending on the
preferences settings, ACID and REX files can be
imported as sample-based regions or as tick-
based Elastic Audio regions. For REX files only,
Pro Tools uses any slice data to create Event
markers with 100% confidence. ACID files are
analyzed for Elastic Audio events just like WAV
files, and so events are detected with varying de-
grees of confidence.
REX files can also be imported as tick-based re-
gion groups.
Importing CD audio with either drag and
drop method lets you continue working in
the session foreground (such as in the Mix
or Edit window), while the Task Manager
(Window > Task Manager) works in the
background (importing and converting the
audio until the import is completed). For
more information on the Task Manager, see
“Task Window” on page 270.
For information on Elastic Audio, see
Chapter 38, “Elastic Audio.”
For information on region groups, see “Re-
gion Groups” on page 743).