Import multiple audio files to separate tracks?

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memyselfandus
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Import multiple audio files to separate tracks?

Post by memyselfandus » Thu May 28, 2009 2:41 pm

How do you Import multiple audio files to separate tracks? (auto create tracks)

DoA
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Re: Import multiple audio files to separate tracks?

Post by DoA » Thu May 28, 2009 3:18 pm

Highlight more than one audio track & hold Ctrl when dragging them into live.

If you try & import 8 tracks for example, it will auto-create 8 audio tracks & place 1 clip (song) on each track.


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memyselfandus
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Re: Import multiple audio files to separate tracks?

Post by memyselfandus » Thu May 28, 2009 6:43 pm

Thanks!

chase
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Re: Import multiple audio files to separate tracks?

Post by chase » Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:56 pm

This doesn't work on a Mac - use command-drag instead.

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Re: Import multiple audio files to separate tracks?

Post by looprication » Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:21 pm

It actually doesn't work on a PC either (9.1.1 Suite).

I had to use Ctrl-drag.

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Re: Import multiple audio files to separate tracks?

Post by Gabriel Bianchi » Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:19 am

You actually don't have to have more than one track selected. Jus use cntrl and it works fine.

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