


The supported audio file formats can be divided in two main groups, natively supported formats and formats which require an external codec. (The locations of the Decoding Cache can be found in the Additional Information section of this article). The converted file is stored in Live's Decoding Cache. All other formats are converted into WAV when being imported. WAV and AIFF (AIFF-C) are the only formats which Live can load without conversion. In general, Live supports audio files with 1 or 2 channels, with a resolution of 8, 16, 24 or 32-bit and any sample frequency up to 192kHz.

This is a form of copyright protection and as such, you won't be able to import these files into Live. Live doesn't support DRM-protected files. m4a files purchased from iTunes may be DRM-protected. Other: Certain audio files, especially.Channels: Most audio file formats don’t only allow to store a mono or stereo audio stream but also multi-channel audio streams (-> surround).The resolution of an audio file is determined by two parameters, the sample frequency and the bit depth (or kb/s for compressed formats).

