Which Audio formats are compatible with FCE?

I just bought the cutest recorder, the Zoom H1 arrived today and it's going to be so handy for capturing audio files. As I'm playing with it, the WAV format it records imports and places just fine in FCE. But for some things I want a lower quality sample which will yield a longer recording time (like leaving it on for hour or more for lecture) and tried mp3 sample rate but the mp3 sample recording does not produce sound in FCE, but just a silence with blip, blip, blip...
Shouldn't mp3 work in FCE?
Also, I use Audacity and it opens none of the WAV or the MP3 and gives an error. I will be in audio 'he-double toothpicks' for a while until I learn how to capture, regulate, handle recorded files. Isn't there something like StreamClip for audio that will make your audio files compatible?
I don't know what I am doing here folks and need some advice please.
TIA,
Ken

R. Mitchell Fore wrote:
For use in FCE, your audio should be AIF at the same sample rate as your Sequence. There are a number of ways to convert from other formats. http://fcpbook.com/Audio1.html
Okay, I read that link and ordered Quicktime 7 Pro which charged me $29.99 and there is nothing to download. It turns out that it is just the key to unlock Quicktime pro from Quicktime 7. The problem is, I have Snow Leopard and am using Quicktime 10 so version 7 is an old version. I think I paid money for something I cannot use. Quicktime would have been the way to convert my files to AIFF. This is frustrating. Now I need to go find a way to get a refund from Apple.

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