Can you 'zoom' the audio waveform in the timeline?

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February 5, 2012
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Unable to find a solution in the help or the FAQ, so I'll post my first question here 🙂

I would like to vertically zoom into the audio waveform in the timeline. My situation is that I have a 24-bit audio mix of a classical concert with a fairly large dynamic range, i.e. very loud bits and very quiet bits in one single audio file. I don't see enough waveform detail in the quiet parts, even when I enlarge the track vertically. I haven't found an official way of zooming in, at least in the timeline. The audio-waveform-only display in the source monitor does offer a vertical zoom.

The official help only offers this:

"To see more volume detail when viewing an audio waveform in a Timeline panel, increase the track height."

Which seems to imply that 'zooming' in further to bring out the really quiet parts is not a feature.

I found a bit of a workaround, which is to adjust the clip gain -- the audio waveform changes accordingly. However I'd prefer not to be changing the audio volume every time I need a different vertical zoom on the waveform.

Thanks,

3p

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Correct answer Ann Bens

No you cannot zoom in like in the source monitor.

Will make a good feature request though.

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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ralphjam3s

Participant

You can add the audio file to its own sequence, increase the volume of the sequence mix (inside of "audio track mixer") and add some compression (to normalize the noise levels), then drag that audio sequence into your main timeline. Waveforms will be enlarged.

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Anonymous

Duplicate the audio track, increase the gain, and then disable the track. You can still see the waveform without it affecting the mix.

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Orbanjo Gaming

Participant

The most useful answer on here imo. Thanks🙏

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3perfAuthor

Participant

Ann, good suggestion, I have since handed in a feature request for this.

the_wine_snob

Inspiring

Not as neat as the Vertical & Horizontal Zoom in Audition, you can, however, come a bit close, by using the Horizontal Zoom for the Timeline, and then going to the Audio Track's Header, where you click-drag on the separator bar, to expand that Track vertically.

That Audition Vertical & Horizontal Zoom in Audition is great.

Hunt

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Islanders66

Participating Frequently

While you can't zoom and the vertical adjustment is limited (which sucks because you can zoom in Audition)` there are still a few more options that might help increase the vertical size of the tracks window.

First, to adjust the vertical space of each track in the timeline place your selection tool over the line between the tracks over on the left side of the track where audio controls are and drag the track bottom up or down. You can also increase the workspace of the timeline by dragging it up using the same technique, or if you have another monitor put the timeline over there and make it much bigger.

Second, use the tilde key to expand the entire timeline window. It's the key to the left of #1 key at the top left. Hit it again to return. It will expand any window that is selected. I use this one to get a better look at the waveform. You can also drag the tracks to make them larger.

good luck!