User guide

282 Chapter 11 Adding Pre-Recorded Media
Adding Audio Files to Your Arrangement
You can use any of the following methods to add audio files directly to your
arrangement:
 You can Shift-click at any position on an Arrange audio track with the Pencil tool.
 You can use the Import Audio File command.
 You can simply locate (browse to or search for) the desired file names in the Browser,
Audio Bin, or Loop Browser—or the Mac OS X Finder—and drag them into the
Arrange area. Double-clicking a file name in the Browser will add the file at the
current playhead position on the selected arrange track.
To add audio files to your arrangement using the Pencil tool:
1 Select the Pencil tool in the Arrange area.
2 Shift-click an audio track at the desired Arrange area position.
3 Browse to, and select the file that you wish to insert in the Open File dialog.
4 Click the Play button to preview the selected audio file.
The Play button is renamed to Stop. Press it to halt playback.
5 Click the Open button to add the file to the selected track, at the clicked position, in
the Arrange area.
To add audio files to your arrangement using the Import Audio File command:
1 Select an audio track in the Arrange area.
2 Choose File > Import Audio File (or use the Import Audio File key command).
3 Browse to, and select the file that you wish to insert in the Open File dialog.
4 Click the Play button to preview the selected audio file.
The Play button is renamed to Stop. Press it to halt playback.
5 Click the Open button to add the file to the selected track, at the playhead position, in
the Arrange.
To add an audio file to your arrangement by dragging:
m Drag the desired file directly onto an audio track in the Arrange area from either the
Browser, Loop Browser, or the Finder.
You can drag audio files onto all track types, but playback is only possible on audio
tracks.
With Automatic Track and Channel Creation
You can drag audio files directly into a blank Arrange window (with no tracks), or to a
blank area below existing tracks. An audio track and corresponding channel strip are
automatically created, and an audio region (that is the full length of the file) is placed
on the track. In addition, the file is added to the Audio Bin, and the corresponding
region is automatically created.