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Importing Audio Files from a Music CD
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Importing Audio Files from a Music CD
To import audio files from a music CD:
1. Follow the procedure in “Importing Media Files” on page 259.
2. In step 10, select Files of Type > Audio (Windows) or Show > Audio Documents
(Macintosh).
3. In step 16, navigate to the music CD and select the track or tracks you want to import.
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(Macintosh) If you encounter an error, copy the audio files to your desktop and import them from
there.
4. Finish the procedure.
Your track or tracks appear in the bin you opened in the procedure.
Adjusting Gain Before Importing Audio Files
When you import audio files, you can set the gain on a clip without opening the Audio Mix tool.
This is especially useful when you import audio from a CD or an MP3 device and you would like
to lower the decibel level for all files that you import.
To adjust the gain before import:
1. In the Project window, click the Settings tab.
2. Double-click Import.
3. Click the Audio tab, and then select Apply attentuation/gain effect on Import.
4. Type a decibel level from 12 to -96 to adjust the volume, or use the Up and Down arrows on
the keyboard to locate the decibel level you want to apply to all the imported clips.
5. (Option) If you only want gain to apply to CD imports, select “CD only” to apply the gain to
all the music files on the CD.
6. Click OK.
When your Avid editing application imports the files, it applies the gain adjustment i to each
file imported to a bin. If you later apply gain from the Clip menu to a clip that you adjusted
the gain before import, your Avid editing application ignores the pre-import gain. For
example, if you apply -6 dB before import, and then apply another -6 dB to the clip, the clip
remains at -6 db and not -12 db. For each subsequent adjustment, your Avid editing
application ignores the previous adjustment, except where the clip appears in a sequence. To
adjust a clip’s gain in a sequence, you must use the Audio Mix tool.
7. Follow the usual import procedures. For more information, see “Importing Media Files” on
page 259.