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Dreamcube017
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July 15, 2012
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Multitrack Duration: How do you change it?

  • July 15, 2012
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I've just started using Audition and I've got a video that's 2:30 in length. Now I created a Multitrack Session and when I put in the video, I noticed that the scroll bar at the top was SUPER tiny. This is also when I realized that the length of the session was over 10 minutes long. I've looked all over Audition and searched the forums and the help, but can't see how to make it smaller. Yes, I know I can zoom in and I know I can just export the selected, but I have to scrub through the audio a lot and with a scroll bar being a quarter of a millimeter, this makes working in small sections of the video extremely irritating.  is it really that hard or complicated to be able to change the duration? I see that it's 13 minutes in the bottom right of the program.

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    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    sepiaclouds wrote:

    I found a way to do it!

    When in the Multitrack view, go to File > Export > Multitrack Mixdown > Entire Session

    When it's exported, it should appear in your Track view as whatever you've titled it. Go into Waveform view on the track and click Time Selection Tool, then highlight the time you want to get rid of, then simply tap DELETE. Then Export the waveform file as whatever file type you had it as before.

    Too complicated. Try just selecting the time range you want to export on the screen and use File>Export>Multitrack Mixdown>Time Selection. Then you won't have to trim anything at all!

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    remint_uu
    remint_uu
    Participant
    April 6, 2017

    What the ***? It is so simple that is not obvious

    1. Import the mp3 file.

    2. Drag-drop it from Files to the multitrack. (Even here you can try to drop it righter)

    3. Now grab Audiowave and drag to the right. Time of multitrack increases.

    To further increase drag further to the right. Watch the scale of timeline.

    "Bug! Bug!", haha

    SuiteSpot
    SuiteSpot
    Inspiring
    January 12, 2016

    I know its not the accepted method but when I need to get this sorted out quickly I change the timeline to samples and make note of the value that seems most suitable and then I edit the sesx file (while it isn't open in Au) and in the first few lines is the current session length - just replace with the new value and save and exit.

    Obviously make a backup  first.

    I'm currently in outback north QLD with no access to anything so I can't be more specific

      ryclark
      ryclark
      Participating Frequently
      January 12, 2016

      I'm currently in outback north QLD with no access to anything so I can't be more specific

      hope it's for a New Year break away from the studio and AATranslator.

      SuiteSpot
      SuiteSpot
      Inspiring
      January 12, 2016

      it is but only when there is no internet connection lol

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      Anonymous
      January 11, 2016

      I found a way to do it!

      When in the Multitrack view, go to File > Export > Multitrack Mixdown > Entire Session

      When it's exported, it should appear in your Track view as whatever you've titled it. Go into Waveform view on the track and click Time Selection Tool, then highlight the time you want to get rid of, then simply tap DELETE. Then Export the waveform file as whatever file type you had it as before.

      SteveG_AudioMasters_
      Community Expert
      SteveG_AudioMasters_Community ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      January 11, 2016

      sepiaclouds wrote:

      I found a way to do it!

      When in the Multitrack view, go to File > Export > Multitrack Mixdown > Entire Session

      When it's exported, it should appear in your Track view as whatever you've titled it. Go into Waveform view on the track and click Time Selection Tool, then highlight the time you want to get rid of, then simply tap DELETE. Then Export the waveform file as whatever file type you had it as before.

      Too complicated. Try just selecting the time range you want to export on the screen and use File>Export>Multitrack Mixdown>Time Selection. Then you won't have to trim anything at all!

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      Miguel A Muñoz
      Participant
      October 3, 2012

      You had a piece of sound bit lost in space but for those who don't, you only have to click on de ZOOM tool on the upper right corner to set the time to the end of the last sound bite or at least 10 seconds away instead of 10minutes!

      I'm still looking for a way to reduce it to the very ending.

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      hawkcon
      Inspiring
      September 6, 2013

      Yeah, I noticed that clicking the 'Zoom Out Full (All Axes) (Ctrl+\)' button at the top-right (CS6) changes the duration to more or less fit with the content. So if a project accidentally goes too wide, try that. It is definitely strange that a zoom tool can change the duration, yet there isn't a direct way of setting it.

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        Brown Miller
        Participant
        January 12, 2021

        THIS IS THE ANSWER I HAVE BEEN LOOKIING FOR!!!  SO SIMPLE! But it STILL is NOT designated as the CORRECT answer on this thread. WHY????

        _durin_
        Community Manager
        _durin_Community Manager
        Community Manager
        July 16, 2012

        If ou click the Zoom Out Full button at the top right corner of the multitrack window, does it adjust the duration of the session to more closely match your video length?

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          Dreamcube017Author
          Participating Frequently
          July 16, 2012

          Nope, that just makes it show the entire 13 minutes of the 2 minute video.

          SuiteSpot
          SuiteSpot
          Inspiring
          July 15, 2012

          Here is one way if you are up for it

          Edit your sesx file with a text editor like Notepad

          The 5th line should show something like

            <session appVersion="5.0" audioChannelType="stereo" bitDepth="32" duration="18000000" sampleRate="44100">

          The duration is in samples (in this case 18000000) - change it to the length you need in samples and then save (or 'save as' to make a copy)

            ryclark
            ryclark
            Participating Frequently
            July 15, 2012

            That's strange because I thought that a new multitrack session normally defaults to 30 secs which some people had had problems with. There is a new session 10 Minute template in my copy but I can't remember if that comes with Audition or if I created it.

            SuiteSpot
            SuiteSpot
            Inspiring
            July 15, 2012

            The '18000000' was from one of my existing sessions - not the default

            I think you can also set it to "-1" and Audition will work out the length it needs

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