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 –.

Multitracks for mixing practice