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+ Ardour supports all common audio file formats, + including WAV, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis, AIFF, AIFC, CAF, W64 and BWF, with all typical sample formats + (8-, 16-, 24-, 32-bit integer, floating point, and more). +

The list of audio file formats that Ardour can understand is quite long. - It is based on the functionality offered by libsndfile, an excellent and + Most formats are supported based on the functionality offered by libsndfile, an excellent and widely used software library by Australian programmer Erik de Castro Lopo. - As libsndfile's capabilities expand, so will Ardour's abilities to import - (and export) new formats. Ardour supports all common audio file formats, - including WAV, AIFF, AIFC, CAF, W64 and BWF, with all typical sample formats - (8-, 16-, 24-, 32-bit integer, floating point, and more).

A full list of libsndfile's supported formats is available on the libsndfile website. -

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+ In addition, Ardour also supports MP3 lossy compression format + files. We do not recommend importing these for any serious work, but + the option is available if you are forced to use such files.

For MIDI import, Ardour will read any Standard MIDI Format (SMF) file.