Bad Audio Question...

I just imported a song that was recorded for me for the project that I'm working on but when I import it the quality isn't very good as it sounds crackily and drops out at one point. The file is an mp3 and it plays perfectly in iTunes. Any suggestions? I should add that I renedered the file so I could cut my images to it.
Thank you!

YOu need to convert it to an AIFF. You can do this with iTunes. In your PREFERENCES>IMPORTING>ADVANCED you can change the format to AIFF 16-bit stereo. Then when you choose ADVANCED>CONVERT SELECTION...AIFF will be an option.
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RPS13 wrote:
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I HEREBY FORMALLY ASK FOR A DETAILED AND IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION/CLARIFICATION OF POSSIBLE DP->HDMI, DP-AUDIO AND DP->HDMI-AUDIO ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT T410s/T410/T510 SERIES (all combinations of graphics cards).
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Hello all,
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