Processing files as batch

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Hello.Since I'm new to Audition this question might be stupid, but I couldn't find right answer, so:I have 500 separate tracks (lets call them track001, track002, track003 etc.) and 2 additional track I would like to repeat.What I want to achieve is to process files to join them by pattern:addition1, track001, addition2, addition1, track002, addition2, addition1, track003, addition2, addition1, track004, addition2, addition1, track005, addition2, addition1, track006, addition2, addition1, track007, addition2, addition1, track008, addition2, addition1, track009, addition2, addition1, track010, addition2And I would like to create 50 files by that pattern from my base 500 files.Is there a possibility to automate such process?Best regards,Marcin

marcinr27329957 · Accepted Answer

Thx for response.I suppose I'll make 500 copies od addition1 and addition2, rename them to match track00x files, join each set, and then join in 50 tracks. I think it's the best way to do this without spending too much time digging inside Audition, since it's one-time task to do.

ryclark · Answer

Unfortunately I don't think that there is. No doubt someone with the correct coding skills could probably write a script from Audition's API instructions. But there is nothing simple existing that I know of.

However to help with your situation there are a few things that you could do to help doing it manually.

1) Since 'addition1' and 'addition 2' are used a lot you could join those two together to form a composite 'addition2+1' file to start with. You can use the File Open Append function in Waveform edit view to do this. You can also use the File Append to join all the other 'track0xx' files as well. Also what might help is to save nine differently numbered versions of 'addition2+1'.

2) Alternatively you could place all your tracks for the first version as clips in a Multitrack session with, say, the 'addition' clips on one track and the 'track' clips on another. This could then be saved as a Template session for you to use to replace the track clips for the other versions. Still a lot of work manually unfortunately and each session would need to be Mixed down/Exported to a new concatenated audio file. This would, presumably, not be helped by the fact that all the 'track0xx' clips would be different lengths.

3) Another option is to open a new Audition session and open all relevant files including 'addition1', 'addition2', all the separately numbered 'addition2+1' and the numbered 'track0xx' into the Files panel. Then select all the files and click on the Insert into Multitrack icon. All clips will be added one after another into a track in Multitrack view. However how the files are named and sorted in the Files panel will affect in what order the clips are added. So some experimentation will be needed with file naming in order for them to be inserted in the correct order.

Others reading this thread may have other suggestions though..

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