Importing Ableton Live .aif clips

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Importing Ableton Live .aif clips

Post by ProToolsAddict » Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:40 pm

I just downloaded Audacity ® 1.3.13-beta (Unicode. I am trying to edit an audio clip form Ableton Live.
I get the message "Audacity did not recognize the type of file .......DD_HornSct_94_A_LP3.aif. if it is uncompressed, try importing it using "Import Raw.""
When I imported the file using Import Raw Data I get nothing but white noise.
Is there a way to import these files?

Thanx

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Re: Importing Ableton Live .aif clips

Post by steve » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:12 pm

Can you export from Ableton Live as WAV files? If you can, then you will be able to Import the WAV files into Audacity.
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Re: Importing Ableton Live .aif clips

Post by ProToolsAddict » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:40 pm

Thanks Steve, I will try that later on today - I have to run some errands with my wife.

Thanks again.

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Re: Importing Ableton Live .aif clips

Post by kozikowski » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:45 pm

Control-Click the file > Open With > QuickTime Player.

Then press Command-I to get the INFO panel. What does that say?

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