Not being able to save a 'session' is extremely frustrating. Please fix this Adobe!

[keitht28471228]

I am new to Audition. I really struggle to understand why I can't do a simple session save, like you can do a project save in Premier. Why hasnt this been set up yet? (people have been complaing about this for years) Or am I missing something simple to do?

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

I have no idea what you are talking about. In an open session you go to File>Save, or even Save As if you want. Nobody has been complaining about it either, because that functionality has always been there.

[keitht28471228]

OK, can you assist me please. I am recording a VO - and i want to save the session so that I can come back to it later on and make adjustments. So, i want to open the project (I understand this is called session in Audition) and continue recording the VO. What to I do?

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

For a start, you need to understand some basics here. Audition has two modes of working - as a destructive editor (Waveform view) and as a non-destructive editor (Multitrack view). You can record in either, but it's only Multitrack view that uses the concept of a 'session'. This is because in essence, Multitrack view is a glorified, selective, file player. If you import a file into it, you can manipulate the bits you want out of it to wherever you want them to be - and that constitutes the Session File information. But the original file isn't touched.

In Waveform view, you can manipulate the content of files directly, and when you've done whatever it is you want to them, you save them. Once you've done that, the changes to that file are permanent (which is why we always tell people to edit copies, not originals)

What a lot of people do is to make basic recordings in Waveform view, put range markers around the bits that they want to use, and then insert these into a Multitrack session, where they can be virtually 'edited' to be exactly how you want them to be. So no need to do anything to the actual recorded file at all - you just don't use the bits you don't want. Obviously you can use bits of the same file over and over again if you want - there's no limit on that. When you've got all your material assembled the way you want it in a Multitrack session, you can either mix it down, or export it. There is common ground between these options, but Exporting is rather more flexible. If you just want a mixed version of your result, then a basic mixdown is fine.

So if you open a session for your final assembly, there's nothing at all to stop you recording more mateial for it - and you don't have to make that recording in Waveform view either. Recording in Multitrack view is rather safer than doing it in Waveform view, as the results are written directly to disk. In Waveform view your recording is saved to a temp file, and not saved to your actual file until you hit the Save button. The direct to disk option always creates a file you can rescue if you need - faults in your computer's operating system won't destroy it, unlike the temp file option, which is not always recoverable, even though Audition will always attempt to.

[keitht28471228]

Steve, thank you for your very detailed explanation. I really appreciate your help and advice and the time you have spent providing it. I can now confidentky use the system. 

Best wishes

Keith

[Nayte21889170g5iw]

I know exactly what you're going through. These other people don't seem to understand it's a simple user error and they are diving in too hard on you. You most likely have an area highlighted. Go ahead and click multitrack and then go back to waveform. It will unhighlight whatever you had. Now save as should be available to click, the same goes for export. 

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

It would help if you'd actually read the thread before commenting, especially noticing that the OP has a satisfactory answer, and that it's not what you are saying.