DigiDesign Pro Tools, Reference Manual

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Chapter 12: Importing and Exporting Session Data 215
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To audition a selected file or region before you
import it, click the Play and Stop buttons in the
Import Audio dialog.
Adjust playback volume with the vertical slider.
To navigate to a particular location in the file,
use the horizontal slider under the Play and Stop
buttons.
The audition output defaults to channels 1–2.
With Pro Tools HD, the audition output chan-
nels can be changed in I/O Setup or Hardware
Setup.
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Do any of the following:
• To place a file or region in the Import list,
select the file and click Add or Convert.
• To import all files and regions in the cur-
rent directory, click Add All or Convert All.
• To remove a file or region from the Import
list, select it and click Remove.
• To remove all files and regions, click Re-
move All.
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When you have added all audio files and re-
gions to the Import list, you can apply sample
rate conversion by doing the following:
• Enable Apply SRC.
• Specify the Source Sample Rate either by
typing a number, or by selecting a sample
rate from the pop-up menu.
• Select the sample rate conversion quality
from the Quality pop-up menu. This set-
ting overrides the Sample Rate Conversion
Quality setting in the Processing Prefer-
ences page.
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Click Done.
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If you are copying or converting files, choose
a location for the new files. Choose a folder on a
valid audio drive, such as the Audio Files folder
for the current session.
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In the Audio Import Options dialog, choose
where the imported files will go in the session:
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 into an audio track.
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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.
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Click OK.
Audio Import Options dialog