3 title: Supported File Formats
7 The list of audio file formats that Ardour can understand is quite long.
8 It is based on the functionality offered by <dfn>libsndfile</dfn>, an excellent and
9 widely used software library by Australian programmer Erik de Castro Lopo.
10 As libsndfile's capabilities expand, so will Ardour's abilities to import
11 (and export) new formats. Ardour supports all common audio file formats,
12 including WAV, AIFF, AIFC, CAF, W64 and BWF, with all typical sample formats
13 (8-, 16-, 24-, 32-bit integer, floating point, and more).
16 You can find a full list of libsndfile's supported formats
17 <a href="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#Features">here</a>.
20 For MIDI import, Ardour will read any Standard MIDI Format (SMF) file.