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MrPinaglore
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August 19, 2018
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inserting new audio into existing track

  • August 19, 2018
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I'm sure it's something basic I'm missing, but on another software I'm able to move the red cursor to a point where I want to insert more dialogue, hit record, speak, and the existing dialogue is pushed further down to accommodate the new stuff.

In Audition, I try the same thing, yet it erases the dialogue in front of it (the dialogue further down the track).

Help. Thanks in advance!

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      Correct answer ryclark

      Are you recording in the Multitrack or Waveform view? It is important because the way audio is recorded in each view is different and recording over previous audio will have different results. However that said Audition has never had the facility to insert record audio in any version. Normally it is much safer to make a new recording and insert that into the original afterwards when editing, which is what Audition is set up to do. As you have found trying to do it the other way by over recording has it's fatal flaws.

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      ryclark
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      August 19, 2018

      Are you recording in the Multitrack or Waveform view? It is important because the way audio is recorded in each view is different and recording over previous audio will have different results. However that said Audition has never had the facility to insert record audio in any version. Normally it is much safer to make a new recording and insert that into the original afterwards when editing, which is what Audition is set up to do. As you have found trying to do it the other way by over recording has it's fatal flaws.

        SteveG_AudioMasters_
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        SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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        August 19, 2018

        ryclark  wrote

        However that said Audition has never had the facility to insert record audio in any version.

        May be worth pointing out why this is. When Audition was first conceived (as Cool Edit) it was intended to mimic what a tape recorder would do. If you wound your tape to a specific point, and started recording - well, you'd erase what was already there; you wouldn't have a choice!

        So this is based on a practical concept, with a history to it. When it was first launched, this seemed entirely natural behaviour. Other than that, what ryclark said...

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