Export multible audiotracks to audition

Question

Allright so my current workflow seems kinda stupid, where i export all audio/music tracks seperately and treat them in Audition. Import the final-mix back into After effects and Render out the final video.

Is there a way to export all my audio into a multitrack session in audition?

i know its very easy and intuitive in PR, with the possibility of having a dynamic link, but somehow i can't crack the code, when it comes to After Effects.

if i have wav file. that's not in a precomp i can edit in audition, but only the one track at a time, and i lose the timing.

Is it me or Adobe thats hopeless?

Roland Kahlenberg · Accepted Answer

In an Active Comp, you can do a File>Export>PPro Sequence. You can then import this into Au. In Au, when you double click on the audio file in the Files Panel, this will open up a MultiTrack containing all of your audio tracks in the Active Comp. The downside is that your visuals come along for the ride, into Au. So, once in Au, you'll want to disable visuals, for a more performant experience.

Another option is to copy the audio files in AE's timeline, and paste them into a Sequence/Timeline in PPro. And from there, select the tracks and go to the Edit Menu to choose Edit in Au>Sequence.

For optimal workflow, it's to best to use PPro as the staging to ground to view your AE renders as well as to do detailed audio timing thingies. It's understandable that you may have to work with audi directly in AE but you will still want to use PPro for viewing rendered timelines and any final tweaks involving audio or surgical edits since this is where PPro's playback prowess shines considerably and wil provide you with quick an optimal previews. HTH

Rick Gerard · Answer

You are trying to use After Effects as an NLE. It is a visual effect and compositing app. More than 90% of your comps should be one shot. The only comps that contain more than one shot are those where the transition between the shots cannot be done in an NLE like Premiere Pro. If you are doing a project that involves a lot of animation using characters or graphics like a Lyric video, you should also be breaking up the comps into sections that are no longer than a sentence, phrase, or thought.

All of your editing and initial sound mixing should be completed in an NLE like Premiere Pro. If you need more extensive mixing than you can do then you use Audition.

I know creating a dozen comps for a short video sounds like a lot more work than just putting fifty or a hundred layers in a single comp and trimming the shots, but it isn't. It is actually faster, changes are easier to make, and it's how the big boys work. Pixar never sets up one project in a timeline from start to finish and begins with frame one. Each character is a project (comps). Each action for the character is a shot (comp). Each scene is a sequence (NLE - sequence). The final movie is a sequence created from other sequences to create the production master. Only then is the final sound mix and final color grade worked on.

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