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mintyh
mintyh
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April 17, 2018
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Where is Auto Cue for splitting audio based on silence?

  • April 17, 2018
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I have a long list of single words separated by silence that I want to auto-split into sound files.

It appears that at some point, Audition could do this, using Auto-Cue, but that the functionality might have been removed as far back as 2012 and has never returned:

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1109366

Am I wrong? Is it there but I'm not seeing it? Or do I really need to jettison Audition in favour of the free Audacity?

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/splitting_a_recording_into_separate_tracks.html

Cheers,

Minty

    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    It's in Diagnostics, and you have to select the 'mark audio' option. Then you can batch-process the results into individual files from the marker panel.

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    Christopherrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
    Participating Frequently
    May 10, 2024

    dealing with this myself today. really does not work at all imho. i went through an hour long file and marked where i want it to split, but it will not for the life of me let me. it wants me to convert markers into ranges, which takes longer, which is the whole reason i am trying to speed this up. surely there is a way to just mark where you want it to split and it will split it up at all the markers right? i cannot for the life of me get this to work. yes i see people here saying you can do it, but have any of you actually done it?

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 10, 2024

    It works fine (with a few idiosyncracies, admittedly). Unfortunately for you, software that adapts itself to the demands of users is some way off...

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    simon_6941
    Participant
    February 11, 2025

    yes i realise this yes. that was what i was messing with for an hour. and yes, it should not be a problem at all. yet here i am.

    i am firing up one now to try again.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMl91mf3P8Q&t=316s

     

      SteveG_AudioMasters_
      Community Expert
      SteveG_AudioMasters_Community ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      April 18, 2018

      It's in Diagnostics, and you have to select the 'mark audio' option. Then you can batch-process the results into individual files from the marker panel.

      mintyh
      mintyhAuthor
      Known Participant
      April 18, 2018

      Brilliant, Steve. That is indeed exactly what I needed. Did multiple searches for all sorts of 'autocue' or 'splitting' etc; did not think to search on 'diagnostics'. Thanks very much for sorting it!

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