Importing compressed audio files

Cubase can import several common audio compression formats. The procedure is the same as when importing any non-compressed audio file, with one important thing to note:

For most compressed file formats, Cubase creates a copy of the file and converts this to Wave format (Windows) or AIFF format (Mac OS) before importing it. The original compressed file will not be used in the project.

The imported file is placed in the designated project Audio folder.

Important

The resulting Wave/AIFF file is several times larger than the original compressed file.

The following file types are supported: