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Saving "History" in Adobe Audition CS6

  • January 29, 2018
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I am hoping someone can tell me how to preserve the "history" from a previous session.  I use the "Waveform" window for editing because I only deal with working on stereo or mono files and have no need for the "multitrack".  I am perfectly happy with editing in "waveform" and applying all the various effects.  I prefer having the timeline with the spectral frequency display, the frequency analyzer, and a few effects windows like an equalizer all running at the same time.  I use four monitors!  What I HATE is having to "save" when I am finished for the session and then lose all the history of what I have done.  What I did before "saving" is now fixed and the session is essentially gone.  What I really want is to be able to shut the program down and have it stay in the state it was in when the shutdown occurred.  When I choose to start another session in a few hours or a few days, I would like to start EXACTLY where I left off complete with all the "history".  Then I can still choose to "undo" or go back to a point from a previous session.

Essentially I want to leave the machine and Audition running and walk away but, this certainly has too many dangers like a power glitch or Microsoft throwing out an update and restarting my machine.

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    Correct answer Bob Howes

    I'm afraid Waveform View doesn't work that way--it's really only for "destructive editing", usually with effects that simply can't work in real time.

    Not exactly what you want, but any time I have to do a succession of processes in Waveform, I use "Save As" after each step so I preserve the original plus each additional step.  I might have a succession of files like "VO Original" "VO Compressed" "VO Reverb" and so on.  Not perfect I know, but...

    However, what I'd suggest is that you have a play with editing in Multitrack.  Over the years, Adobe have been adding more and more features to what can be done in Multitrack (still non destructively) to the point where I actually prefer working there.  Add to this the facility to set up auto saves/backups to the work you do and it's pretty useful.

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    Bob Howes
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    January 29, 2018

    I'm afraid Waveform View doesn't work that way--it's really only for "destructive editing", usually with effects that simply can't work in real time.

    Not exactly what you want, but any time I have to do a succession of processes in Waveform, I use "Save As" after each step so I preserve the original plus each additional step.  I might have a succession of files like "VO Original" "VO Compressed" "VO Reverb" and so on.  Not perfect I know, but...

    However, what I'd suggest is that you have a play with editing in Multitrack.  Over the years, Adobe have been adding more and more features to what can be done in Multitrack (still non destructively) to the point where I actually prefer working there.  Add to this the facility to set up auto saves/backups to the work you do and it's pretty useful.

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