All audio tracks won't import to final cut pro...sigh :-(

Hello I'm Dani, probably a novice in comparison to regular final cut pro users
I have a big problem with putting any music onto my timeline. It always says 'files not recognised' when I try to import any type of audio file. Thus far I have only managed to place two music tracks onto a timeline, but have been unable to differentiate anything between the two files that import and the hundreds that won't!
Please help, I think there is probably a really simple solution but I cannot figure it out x thanks x

Your music tracks are probably in an incompatible format. What are the file extensions for these music files? See if you can bring them into compressor and convert to 48k16 bit aiff (probably the best format for working in fcp).

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