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big0D4C
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February 21, 2021
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Trying to export over 1,000 prompts without manually renaming

  • February 21, 2021
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So I've been searching this issue extensively and it seems that the consensus is that marker numbers just aren't important. I do know how to change the default marker name, and how to set a starting number when I export.
Here's what I'm running into. First WAV file contains 500 or so prompts, I set markers for each one, no problem. The marker numbers match the prompt.

Open the second file. Starting with number 587. Marker number is 01. I have to manually rename it. Setting a new default name doesn't help, I get "587 01", rhwn "587 02". There there REALLY no way to say "start from this number please"? Having to manually rename the next 1000 markers isn't something I'd like to do.

Someone suggested copying and pasting the new file into the old one, but that doesn't work. Since I've already closed and re-opened the file + app it still wants to start over at 01, so it will double up my filenames and I still have to rename each and every one of them.

I could just ignore it, which seems like the quickest way to proceed, but then lets say I'm on prompt 985 and I'm lost, I'll have to do math to figure out which prompt I'm "really" on since it's forcing me to start over at 01 instead of 587.

Any advice here? Should I be using a different app for a task like this?

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 21, 2021

    No way to do this directly in Audition, but if you select all the markers in a file and right-click on the list, you get an option to export them all as CSV values that you can enter into a spreadsheet. It should be much easier to renumber them in that, save the result and then import the revised marker data back into the file.

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      big0D4CAuthor
      Participant
      February 21, 2021

      I did find one solution that works. Although it's really stupid that I'm having to do this.

       

      I just pressed "M" 586 times. Now it lets me have the right marker number.

        Spamhunter
        Spamhunter
        Inspiring
        February 12, 2024

        Yes, it's just mad that we have to do this (or renumber to x-hundred_01+++ & export to .csv & rename & reimport!). It would literally take a line of code to give us the option to replace the starting number "_01" by a number of our choice. @1713136

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