Can no longer play or import Sound Studio files into iTunes

I recently updated my iTunes and now I cannot import music files that I created in my Sound Studio program (AIFFs, WAVs, MPEGs, whatever). And none of the Sound Studio files I imported into iTunes previously will play. What's up??? Is there a way to "un-update" iTunes and go back to the previous version?

Nevermind, I just did some more searching on the boards and found this topic from someone who had the exact same problem.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1517728
I stopped TruDirect and everything started working again.
Sorry for the unnecessary post.

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I have given this a lot of thought and attention over the last few days. As well, I appreciate very much your input and offers of help.
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