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catherinedowling
New Participant
March 25, 2020
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Save & Export greyed out in Multitrack editor

  • March 25, 2020
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Hi guys,

 

For some reason, I cannot save or export my multitrack session, all options are greyed out. I can, however, go to Multitrack> Mixdown session to new file to export it, but I obviously would like to save my sesx file. My tracks are all set to master.

 

When I was editing, my audio hardware preferences were set to my headphones, which I have since disconnected and set back to my laptops hardware for both output and input - I'm wondering has this anything to do with it? Ive set it back and connected my headphones again, but still no joy. I'm also running 13.0.4 software.

 

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

Thank you for your reply. All the options under Multitrack Mixdown are greyed (entire session, selected clips, etc) while I'm in multitrack view, not waveform. I see all the multiple tracks in front of me. Could it be that I don't have a proper sound card?


It has nothing whatsoever to do with soundcards or anything hardware at all - a mixdown is purely a software thing; it creates a file. The other thing that often catches people out is that all of your individual tracks have to be routed to the Master section before anything will happen. The only exception to this is if a track is routed to a bus. If you do this, the bus has to be routed to the Master output to make that track audible. If you've fulfilled all of those conditions, the option should be there. If it isn't, then try creating a new test mix and see if that works. If that does, then you have a faulty session file (unfortunately not unknown).

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sashxyz
New Participant
October 7, 2025

I had this problem and didn't solve it but found a workaround so I didn't loose my work.  I created a new multitrack mix in the same session, then copied my tracks from the broken mix and pasted in the new one, then could save and mixdown in that one.

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Maryse22889806hp7h
New Participant
July 15, 2022

Hi guys!

My turn to have this problem! I restarted a hole new file and still have the same section "entirer session" grayed out 😢 even if i am in Multitrack view.  
thanks for the tip, i think it would be nice to leave a trace here for the next ones🙏  

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    emmrecs
    Brainiac
    March 25, 2020

    I think there is some degree of confusion here!

     

    Exporting the multitrack mixdown will produce an audio file which is the "audio sum" of all the tracks you've previously selected to use in your session, along with their relative levels, pan position, effects etc., etc.

     

    When you select to save your .sesx file you are opting to save a file which contains, in effect, a list of instructions which tells Audition which section of which file to play at which point for how many seconds using what effects (if needed) etc.  This .sesx contains no audio files, just a list of the locations on your computer of the files needed to re-open the session exactly as it was at the point you last saved it.

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      catherinedowlingAuthor
      New Participant
      March 25, 2020

      Hi, thank you. I'm aware that an sesx file is just project file, and not an actually exported audio file. I want to save my session in order to be able to close audition and return to it if needed. Apologies if my wording was confusing - but I know the difference between an audition sesx. session file and an exported audio file. As you can see from the screenshot, I don't even have the option to save or export - which is the main question I have - why?

       

      Appreciate your feedback!

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      emmrecs
      Brainiac
      March 26, 2020

      Thanks for the latest reply.  Sorry if I assumed things which were clearly not correct!

       

      The only other thing I can suggest is that you post a screenshot of your mixer window to see if that gives any clue.

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