The Move tool (keyboard shortcut: V) allows you to select and move clips. We are interested in the first four icons on the left in the screen shot below. Trimming tools are located in the Toolbar at the top of the window.
If you need to sync multiple clips on multiple tracks, right-mouse-clicking is better than dragging, as all clips will align with the Playhead.Įditing and trimming are very similar to Final Cut Pro or Soundtrack Pro. The track will turn a lighter shade of dark gray.) (You select a track by clicking anywhere inside it. While mouse-clicking the clip puts it at the position of the playhead (CTI) on whichever track is selected. * Right-mouse-click the clip and choose Insert Into Multitrack > ĭragging allows you to position the clip anywhere in the Timeline. To add an audio file to a track in the Multitrack project, do one of the following: NOTE: See the gold border around the Files pane? This indicates which pane is selected Adobe calls the pane “in focus.” If you ever wonder why something isn’t doing what it’s supposed to do, be sure you have the correct pane selected. Imported media files are displayed using white text, while session (project) files are displayed in yellow. * Right-mouse-click inside the Files pane and select File > Import. To import a media file (audio or video) do one of the following: (I’ll save working with audio and video files for another article.) In this example, we will edit two tracks of audio that were recorded in Soundtrack Pro. (When editing audio to picture, I change the workspace to Edit Audio to Video. There are several variations shipped with Audition and you can easily create your own.) This provides a standard way to work with the application, and it also means that your screens will match mine. (A workspace is how you organize tabs and panes. Go to the Workspace popup menu and select Default. While there is lots of control over the appearance of your clips and the interface, here’s a fast way to get started. In this case, the sample rate is 44,100 Hz.īy default, Audition creates a multitrack project containing six tracks. The floating HUD displays the sample rate of the clip in the Format section of the HUD.
Type Command+I (QT X: Window > Show Movie Inspector -or- QT 7: Window > Get Info) Open the audio clip in either QuickTime X or QuickTime 7. QuickTime Player is a fast way to see the sample rate of an audio clip.
SIDEBAR: HOW TO DISCOVER THE AUDIO SAMPLE RATE Once you have these settings configured, click OK. In most cases, today, we will probably use Stereo, which is the default. Master refers to how you want to output your file: Mono, Stereo, or 5.1 (Surround). This provides higher quality for mixing, even though you will probably output your finished file at 16-bit depth. The project Sample Rate needs to match the sample rate of your clips (see the Sidebar below). While not required, I STRONGLY recommend you store all media on a separate drive and not in the Home directory of your boot drive. This is where Audition will store all the elements related to this project. Then, I clicked the Browse button, navigated to my 2nd Drive and created a new folder to serve as the session folder. In this case, I titled this session “My Multitrack Session.” (You can, of course, title your session any way you like.) If the sample rate of your audio clips doesn’t match the project property settings, your clips will be resampled, which generally reduces audio quality. IMPORTANT NOTE: Once you set project properties, you can’t change them. Unlike Soundtrack Pro, where you simply drop clips into the Timeline for editing, with Audition you need to specify the project properties before you start. Select File > New > Multitrack session (or type Command+N) I’ve also recorded a detailed video tutorial that illustrates Audition’s very powerful audio repair capability, which you can review here. In a separate article, I’ll cover how to send files from Final Cut Pro 7 (or earlier) to Audition for a mix. This article covers audio imported into Audition for editing – or audio that was recorded in Audition. (Destructive means that it makes permanent changes to your audio files.)Īudition is a highly-capable audio editor which has been used in broadcast for years, however, it has some quirks which make it operate differently from Soundtrack Pro. Multitrack mixes are non-destructive, while waveform edits are destructive. This week, I want to cover multitrack editing, in preparation for a mix.Īdobe Audition, like Apple Soundtrack, provides two different ways to edit audio: a multitrack mix and a waveform edit. Last week, I wrote about recording audio in Adobe Audition –.