Editing Ardour (software) (section)

=== Import and export ===
Ardour can import audio clips into sessions from many common audio file formats, including [[WAV]], [[FLAC]], [[Vorbis]], [[Audio Interchange File Format|AIFF]], [[Core Audio Format|CAF]], W64, [[Broadcast Wave Format|BWF]] and [[MP3]]; SMF files are supported for [[MIDI]] import.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://manual.ardour.org/adding-pre-existing-material/supported-file-formats/|title=Ardour Manual - Importing - Supported File Formats|date=3 November 2023 }}</ref>

Ardour can export whole sessions or parts of sessions, and import audio clips into sessions,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://manual.ardour.org/adding-pre-existing-material/import-dialog/|title=The Ardour Manual - Import Dialog|access-date=2025-01-06|archive-date=2024-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241114123547/https://manual.ardour.org/adding-pre-existing-material/import-dialog/|url-status=live}}</ref> using its built-in audio file [[database manager]], or directly from an ordinary file browser.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prokoudine.github.io/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/importing-audio-and-midi/#importing-directly-to-a-track|title=Importing audio and MIDI :: Ardour Tutorial|access-date=2025-01-06|archive-date=2025-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207114158/https://prokoudine.github.io/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/importing-audio-and-midi/#importing-directly-to-a-track|url-status=live}}</ref>