Importing Voice Memo to GarageBand

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Importing Voice Memo to GarageBand

I'd like to use Voice Memos from my iPhone in my podcast, but when I drop a Voice Memo m4a file into a track, all I get is a staticky whine. If I convert to AAC, it works just fine, even though the file is still identified as m4a.

Is this the best way to import Voice Memos to GarageBand?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jun 18, 2009 8:22 AM

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Answer 1

bentoman

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Jun 28, 2009 1:32 AM in response to Leigh Hanlon

I'm having the same problem. It's really annoying!

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poflynn

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Jun 28, 2009 10:21 AM in response to Leigh Hanlon

If I convert to AAC, it works just fine

So what's the problem?

even though the file is still identified as m4a.

AAC is m4a.

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Leigh Hanlon Author

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Jun 28, 2009 11:21 AM in response to poflynn

The problem is that the Voice Memo m4a file is corrupted when dropped into a GarageBand track. The workaround is to convert the Voice Memo m4a to AAC in iTunes and drop that file into GarageBand. This could be a GarageBand issue, since I believe it converts any audio file to AAC when you drop it in a track. At least that's what it does to my mp3 and WAV files.

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