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johnt53984649
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March 14, 2017
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"Rulers" for Multi-track Sessions

  • March 14, 2017
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Is there any way to add "rulers" to multi-track sessions in Audition?  What I mean by this is creating a line across the timeline that behaves similarly to a ruler in Adobe Photoshop; any audio clip could easily be snapped to that ruler by simply dragging the clip up to it.  The main advantage of this would be that multiple rulers could be created in consistent intervals (possibly through a dialog box or something) so that audio clips could be repeated more easily.  Is there any way to do anything like this in Audition?

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    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    Audition's multi-track view has an infinite number of rulers - every time you move a clip you get a blue vertical line on the screen as it passes significant events (you can select these). So lining up a load of clips is easy; you set the snapping to 'snap to clips (right-click on the timeline to get this option easily), and position the first clip where you want it. When you put another clip on an different track and drag it, you'll get the blue line showing and the clips will 'snap' together - and this is sample-accurate.

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    V
    Vellinger Photography
    Participant
    December 4, 2020

    I have a question regarding the ruler in multi track. At the beginning of the ruler it says (hms),  I'm trying to figure out what that stands for.  Is it hours meters seconds?

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    emmrecs
    Legend
    December 4, 2020

    Hours:Minutes:Seconds, so you were nearly right!

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    March 14, 2017

    Audition's multi-track view has an infinite number of rulers - every time you move a clip you get a blue vertical line on the screen as it passes significant events (you can select these). So lining up a load of clips is easy; you set the snapping to 'snap to clips (right-click on the timeline to get this option easily), and position the first clip where you want it. When you put another clip on an different track and drag it, you'll get the blue line showing and the clips will 'snap' together - and this is sample-accurate.

    ryclark
    ryclark
    Participating Frequently
    March 14, 2017

    The Timeline at the top of the screen is your 'Ruler'. You can set this to many different ruler markings including time, various frame rates, bars or custom. There are also many different types of Snapping that can be used to accurately position your clips. All of these can be selected by right clicking on the Timeline at the top of the screen where a dropdown menu will appear giving you all the options. As well as the TimeLine and Snapping you can also drop Markers onto the Timeline which will give you a vertical dotted line across the full height of the Multitrack display to align clips to. These can also have custom labels typed in.

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