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April 1, 2022
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How to skip a specific section of audio without deleting it and without changing the time/duration

  • April 1, 2022
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Is there any way to do the exact same thing that the "Skip Selection" tool does but I want to apply this skip multiple times throughout my audio track and I need these skips to be permanent edits saved in my file? 

 

To explain further, I need to make edits to an audio file without deleting anything and without changing the overall duration of the track. Part of the reason that I need the time to not change at all is that I am working with files such as audiobooks where if I delete anything or if I adjust the speed/duration then I'll have other issues with the timecode for the start of each chapter being off compared to the table of contents. 

 

I'm new to Adobe Audition so hopefully, this question makes sense.

 

If it helps, here's a short Youtube video that explains the "Skip Selection" tool. I need to do exactly what's done in this video but I need to do it multiple times and it has it be a permanent edit (or some sort of similar workaround that can produce the same result). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQKpphTCH5Y

 

Thanks in advance for any advice anyone can share!

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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April 1, 2022

You cannot make an edit that removes material from a track without altering the overall time of it. 'Skip Selection' doesn't perform the edit - all it does is make the playback point jump so you can hear the effect of it. The edit is performed by the Delete key operating on the selection you made. And, you can only make a single selection at a time - multiple simultaneous deletes aren't possible, I'm afraid.

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Mic.Author
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April 1, 2022

Thanks for being willing to help with this problem. 

 

So if I cut and mute a section of the audio, is there no way to speed up both the muted segment (to essentially skip over it) and also speed up the Timecodes at the same time so that all the remaining audio after the edit still has the same Timecode as it did originally?

 

For example, let's say that I mute a segment of audio that is 5 seconds long (00;01;15;00 until 00;01;20;00) and I increase its speed so that its duration decreases to 00;00;00;01. Is it somehow possible for the timecodes at the beginning and end of that muted segment to still be 00;01;15;00 and 00;01;20;00 respectively?

 

Does that make any sense?

SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2022

No, you can't do things like that!

 

If you really don't want to alter the original file at all but still have an edited version of it, then you should use Multitrack view to assemble the parts that you want from the file - this is non-destructive - then mix it down, and use that as the edited file. Whatever you do though, the timecode is going to be linear because of the way it's generated - it's counted from the first sample of your file, and displayed in whatever format you choose. But there's no way to make this count jump! If you take a chunk out of a file then the sample count continues - reference the start of the file, and ignoring any alterations you've made.

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