File types directly supported?

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Tabbycat
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File types directly supported?

Post by Tabbycat »

A user since 2011, I thought all files imported to tracks had to be .WAV but looks like times have changed.
.FLAC and .OGG seem to work fine without conversion.
Any others?
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pwnified
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Re: File types directly supported?

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Here is a list of the readable file extensions:
wav, flac, mp3, m4a, alac, ogg, m4b, m4r, m4p, aac, aif, aifc, cdda, 3gp, sdv, caf, amr, mp4, m4v, mov

And multitrack can write these formats:
wav, flac, mp3, m4a, alac, ogg

MultiTrack stores lossless wav in each songs database, so any audio imported into a song will be copied/converted to the songs bitdepth/samplerate in wav format.
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Tabbycat
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Re: File types directly supported?

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Thanks - great to know it handles all that.

Just to be clear — regardless of format imported, tracks are stored as .wav files, so there’s no storage savings on my device?
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Re: File types directly supported?

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Yep, that's right. So it makes sense to import with the highest quality since it's converting to the highest quality anyway.
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