Import Audio dialog

The File > Import Audio command opens the Import Audio dialog box. Use this command to import any of the following kinds of audio into your project:

Wave (extension .wav)

Sony Wave64 (extension .w64)

Apple AIFF (extensions .aif and .aiff)

Apple Audio File (extension .caf)

MPEG (extensions .mpeg, .mpg, .mp2, and .mp3)

Windows Media (extensions .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv)

Next/Sun (extensions .au, .snd)

FLAC (extension .flac)

Sound Designer II (extension .sd2)

ReCycle (extensions .rcy, .rex, .rx2)

All Files

The sampling rate for a project is set based on your default sampling rate. If the sampling rate from the wave file does not match the sampling rate in your project, then it will be converted to the current project’s sampling rate.

The Import Audio dialog box has the following controls:

Look In field. Use this field to navigate to the folder that contains the audio file you want to import.

File name window. Just below the Look In field, this window displays the contents of the folder that’s listed in the Look In field. In this window, you can click the name of the file you want to import to select it. You can select more than one file by holding down the CTRL key while you click.

File Name field. This field displays the name of the audio file that you have selected to import.

Files of type field. Use this field to choose what kind of file you want to display in the File name window.

Bit Depth. This field lets you choose what bit depth you want the imported audio to be converted to. If you don’t want any conversion, choose the Original option, which is the default. This option imports audio at whatever bit depth the imported audio is currently using.

Copy Audio to Project Folder check box. If you check this option, Sonar makes a new copy of the imported audio file in the project’s folder.

Import as Mono Tracks check box. If you check this option, Sonar imports stereo audio files to two separate tracks, instead of one stereo track.

Preview Bus. This list lets you specify the desired output bus when previewing a file with the Play button.

Play button. Click this button to play audio files that are selected.

Format tag, Attributes, File Length. When you select a file to import in the Import Audio dialog box, these fields display the kind of audio file you have selected, the sample rate, bit depth, mono/stereo status, number of samples, and length in seconds of the selected file. If you select multiple files, the displayed data describes the last file that you select.

 

For more information, see:

To import an audio file