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<p>
- Many sessions will require the use of <dfn>existing material</dfn>,
- whether it consists of audio and/or MIDI data. Using existing samples,
- loops and riffs from files stored on your system can be the basis for
- a new session, or a way to deepen and improve one that is already
- underway.
+ Many sessions will require the use of <dfn>existing material</dfn>,
+ whether it consists of audio and/or MIDI data. Using existing samples,
+ loops and riffs from files stored on your system can be the basis for
+ a new session, or a way to deepen and improve one that is already
+ underway.
</p>
<p>
- You can import audio and MIDI data into your session with the
+ You can import audio and MIDI data into your session with the
<dfn>Add Existing Media</dfn> dialog.
</p>
<img src="/images/209-ARDOUR_1_2_1.png" />
<h2>Importing options</h2>
<p>
You can import files into new, automatically created tracks, to the region
- list (from where you can manually drag them into a track), or as new
+ list (from where you can manually drag them into a track), or as new
<a href="/working-with-tracks/track-types/">Tape tracks</a> with the
- <kbd class="menu">Add new files as...</kbd> option.
+ <kbd class="menu">Add new files as...</kbd> option.
</p>
<p>
New files will be inserted at either the file timestamp (if available,
- zero by default), at the <a href="/editing-and-arranging/edit-point/">edit point</a>, at the
+ zero by default), at the <a href="/ardours-interface/the-editor/the-toolbar/the-edit-point-control/">edit point</a>, at the
playhead, or at the start of the session, as specified in <kbd
class="menu">Insert at...</kbd>.
</p>
<p>
The <kbd class="menu">Conversion quality</kbd> drop-down controls the
quality of the resampling process, if the sampling rate of the source file
- differs from the session rate.
+ differs from the session rate.
</p>
<p>
Finally, and most importantly, you can decide whether to <kbd