Funny the OP doesn't mention how much memory he has. 

Edit: Also, did you modify the paging file size in Windows? 

640k ought to be enough for anybody...

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I've had the same problem for years.  Quite a pain.

yoursong


I'm not creating or modifying the mp3's.  I download direct from Amazon, file import to X1, and get the immediate "out of memory" error.  I've beend doing this for years, and the error never used to happen prior to X1. Now it happens on approx. 75% of the mp3's I get from Amazon.
 
Here's a quote from the above referenced thread: "The problem turned out to be that SONAR (as with Windows Explorer, Windows Media Player and many other applications) does not yet support ID3v2.4 tags, which is what Foobar2000 writes by default. ID3v2.3 tags are OK."
 
... so perhaps Sonar needs to be updated to read ID3v2.4 tags, if that is the problem.  (PS. I've never had any issue with these mp3's in Windows Media Player or other apps, it's only Sonar)

I just imported 9 AMAZON mp3's of Peter Thorn (killer guitar player) No issues?
So what's up?

It's not truly a memory issue as the OP noted, the mp3 bomb out immediately. I've experienced it with different mp3s, and had the same issue with some Amazon mp3s. I believe it is related to DRM issues, because when I take the same mp3 and "convert" it back to mp3 with VLC, the bombed-out import starts working. Every time.     

osd


It's not truly a memory issue as the OP noted, the mp3 bomb out immediately. I've experienced it with different mp3s, and had the same issue with some Amazon mp3s. I believe it is related to DRM issues, because when I take the same mp3 and "convert" it back to mp3 with VLC, the bombed-out import starts working. Every time.     

Now that sounds reasonable-I do edit (covert) for sound and dynamics all the MP3's I get from Amazon. I use Sound Forge 10 Pro to do it.
At any rate certainly not a Sonar problem if that's it-which sounds likely

Why is anyone serious about audio using MP3s as the source? MP3s are ok if you need to distribute over the web, but they are definitely NOT the end game.

daveny5


Why is anyone serious about audio using MP3s as the source? MP3s are ok if you need to distribute over the web, but they are definitely NOT the end game.

I use them "only" to learn something for a wedding gig, but mostly for making CD;s for my car stereo.
That's it!

Have not experienced this problem in X1. I did experience the mp3 issues while importing in other daw's. I just go into wavelab and convert it to wav.

I've used converted mp3's to test the "sound" or similar mix a group was after. Then as mix sessions go, they can compare and contrast etc.