problems importing audio files

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Michael Orozco
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problems importing audio files

Post by Michael Orozco » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:09 pm

Why doesnt it allow me to import audio files,and how do I fix that?

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Re: problems importing audio files

Post by billw58 » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:16 pm

What kind of audio files are you trying to import? Audacity cannot import WMA files, for example.

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Re: problems importing audio files

Post by Michael Orozco » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:48 pm

theyre wma files.How do I get around that?

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Re: problems importing audio files

Post by steve » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:00 pm

There's a free program for Windows called SUPER (by erightsoft) which can convert WMA files into WAV files. Audacity can use WAV files.
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