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Importing digital audio

You can import digital audio clips stored as audio files or tracks in video files. Digital audio is stored on computer hard disks, audio CDs, or digital audio tape (DAT) as binary data readable by computers. To keep quality as high as possible, transfer digital audio files to your computer via digital connections. Avoid digitizing the analog outputs from your audio sources through your sound card.

For maximum editing performance, Adobe Premiere Pro conforms each imported audio channel to 32‑bit floating‑point data at the project’s sample rate. All imported audio is conformed, even audio tracks in video files.

Note: If you want to capture an audio‑only file from a digital video source, choose Audio from the Capture pop‑up menu in the Logging pane of the Capture panel. Adobe Premiere Pro does not support audio-only capture for some formats, such as HDV.
You can use CD audio (CDA) files in a project, but before you can import them into Adobe Premiere Pro, you need to convert them to a supported file format, such as WAV. You can convert CDA files using an audio application such as Adobe Soundbooth®.
Note: Make sure that you own the copyrights or have licensed the copyrights to any CD tracks you use.

Using compressed audio formats

Music stored in formats such as MP3 and WMA are compressed using a method that removes some of the original audio quality. To play back compressed audio, Adobe Premiere Pro must decompress the file and may need to resample it to match your output settings. These conversions are likely to degrade audio quality. For this reason, use an uncompressed or CD audio version of the audio clip whenever possible.

Using audio from Adobe Soundbooth

You can use Adobe Soundbooth to perform advanced audio editing. If you export the audio from Adobe Soundbooth to an audio file format compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro, you can import the audio into Adobe Premiere Pro projects.