Import Options for Audio Montages

You can import different files into your audio montage, for example, audio files, audio montages, and DDP images.

The following import options are available via the Import section on the Insert tab of the Audio Montage window:

  • To import audio files, click Audio Files and select the audio files that you want to import at the edit cursor position on the selected track.

    If you import a single audio file, the Paste pop-up menu opens. Here, you can specify how the clip should be inserted, whether existing clips should be affected, etc.

    If you import multiple audio files, the Insert Audio Files dialog opens. Here, you can specify where to insert the files.

  • To import clips, click Clip Files and select the clips that you want to import at the edit cursor position on the selected track.

    If you import several clips at the same time, they are inserted in alphabetical order, according to their file names, and separated according to the set Pre-Gap.

  • To import audio montages, click Audio Montages and select the audio montages that you want to import at the edit cursor position on the selected track.

  • To import surround audio files, click Surround Audio File and select the file that you want to import at the edit cursor position on the selected track.

    The audio montage must be set to Multichannel (DVD-Audio Compatible) mode with 6 Channels. Each file is placed on a different track, and routed to the corresponding surround output. Mono surround channels are placed on mono tracks and stereo surround channels on stereo tracks.

To access the following import options, select File > Import.

  • To import audio files, click Audio File to Montage, select the audio files that you want to import, and click Import.

  • To import a DDP image, click DDP. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, select the file that you want to import, and click Import.

  • To import a CD cue file with its audio data, click CD Cue. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, select the file that you want to import, and click Import.

  • To import an AES-31 file, click AES-31. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, select the file that you want to import, and click Import.

  • To import a Basic Audio CD file, click Basic Audio CD. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, select the file that you want to import, and click Import.

  • To import an audio montage that has been saved as an XML file, click XML. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, select the file that you want to import, and click Import.

  • To open audio files that have an unknown format, click Unknown Audio. Via the Special File Format dialog, you can specify how to interpret the format of the audio file that you want to open.

  • To import CD tracks from an audio CD, click Audio CD. Via the Import Audio CD dialog, browse for the audio CD tracks to extract.

  • To import a file group, click File Group. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, select the file group that you want to import, and click Import.