How to export without the _01 suffix.

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December 13, 2018
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Hi, I'm using Audition CC 11, in the "Audio File" mode. I want to do something that I think should be really simple, which is to save a copy of the current WAV file I am working on as an MP3. The best way I've found to do that is File > Export > File, but that defaults to appending a "_01" suffix to the file name of the MP3 file. For example, if the file I am working on is "Song.WAV" and I export, I get "Song_01.mp3".

I really it's easy to rename manually but I do this often and would rather save a step. I'm also wondering if maybe I'm missing something about what the export feature is designed for (i.e., what is the use case where you'd want the _01) and if there's a better way to do what I want?

Thanks!

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SteveG_AudioMasters_

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marcs12042908 wrote
I really it's easy to rename manually but I do this often and would rather save a step. I'm also wondering if maybe I'm missing something about what the export feature is designed for (i.e., what is the use case where you'd want the _01) and if there's a better way to do what I want?

Yes there is - use Save As. Your MP3 will then save with exactly what it says in the file line:

Just use the Browse and Change options to select exactly what you want.

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marcs12042908Author

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I know about Save As, but that's not really what I want either. The idea is to save the file as a copy without changing the "active" format the file is getting saved in to a lossy format, so that when I close the file it's still going to be saved as WAV file by default. It seems to me that that's what Export > File is for, but I don't get why it adds the prefix.

SteveG_AudioMasters_

Community Expert

marcs12042908 wrote
I know about Save As, but that's not really what I want either. The idea is to save the file as a copy without changing the "active" format the file is getting saved in to a lossy format, so that when I close the file it's still going to be saved as WAV file by default. It seems to me that that's what Export > File is for, but I don't get why it adds the prefix.

Er, no... the whole point of Save As is that it doesn't touch your original wav file. It saves another copy in the format you choose. After you've saved your original, you don't get the 'Save' option any more - because that copy's safe. Any other save you do in a different format - which is why Save As is there - will have a different extension, even if it has the same file name, so the original is retained. If you try to use Save As to save another copy with the same extension and the same name, you'll trigger the 'already exists' warning.

If you have a wav file open and you save it, it will automatically save as a wav file unless you go out of your way to change this, and you'd have to do it each time. If you go to Save As and change the file type to the one you want - like MP3 - then you'll find that the MP3 settings that are remembered are the last ones you used.

As for the export function - I think that exporting single files was only added for the sake of completeness. Generally the other categories in the Export list are the ones it's really there for, as there isn't any other easy way of carrying them out.

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