Window Reference Import dialog box |

Imports MIDI files and/or digital audio files into your Session document, for use in exported RMF files. Note: The Import dialog box always adds files into the current Session document. Be sure the right Session document window is in front before you give the Import command - just click in the window, or select it from the Window menu. Note: For best results, use standard filename extensions for MIDI and digital audio files you may want to import into the Beatnik Editor (see table below). On Mac OS, files with bad (missing or incorrect) type and creator codes whose filenames don't end with a recognized extension will not appear in folder listings of importable files.
The Beatnik Editor uses a conventional file opening dialog for selecting files to import:
To import MIDI and/or digital audio files into the current Session document:
Navigate to the folder containing the files you want to import. Use the Show: pop-up menu to display the file types you're looking for. Note for Mac OS Users: The Show: menu relies on Mac OS file types and creator codes, plus filename extensions, to determine which files will appear. In rare cases, valid files will be omitted because they don't have a recognized type or creator, and the filenames don't end with a recognized extension. For example, files transferred from Windows will frequently have missing or incorrect Mac OS file type and creator codes - and if the name of such a file doesn't end in one of the recognized extension (.mid, .wav, .aif, etc.) then the file won't be listed. To correct the problem, rename the file with the correct extension for its format (or use a utility to reset the Mac OS file type and creator). Select the files you want to import. You can import any of the music and sound file formats listed in the table below. Click the Open button. Imported files appear as new items in the Session document, depending on the file type: Digital audio files will appear in the Samples tab, as new Custom Samples MIDI files will appear in the Songs tab, as new Custom Songs RMF files will appear in the Songs tab, as Imported RMF Songs.
File Format | Filename Extension | Type | Description | When Imported, Creates a New...
WAVE | .wav | audio | Microsoft WAVE | Custom Sample
AIFF | .aif .aiff | audio | Audio Interchange File Format | Custom Sample
Sound Designer II | .sd2 | audio | Digidesign Sound Designer II | Custom Sample
AU | .au | audio | Sun/Next audio | Custom Sample
MP3 | .mp3 | audio | MPEG 1 Layer 3 audio | Custom Sample
MIDI | .mid .smf .midi .rmi | MIDI | Standard MIDI File | Custom Song
RMF | .rmf | audio + MIDI combo | Beatnik Rich Music Format | Imported RMF Song
Note: You won't be able to play imported RMFX files. Although importing an RMFX file does produce an Imported RMF Song in your Session document, recall that RMFX files contain no MIDI score data. As a result, there aren't any notes for the Play command or button to use, and so no sound is produced. For more information on RMFX files, see the Advanced Techniques section for Creating Banks of Triggerable Samples (RMFX).

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