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Chapter 7: Mixing Multitrack
Sessions
n Multitrack View, you can mix together multiple audio files to create layered
soundtracks and elaborate musical compositions. Because mixing occurs in real time,
it’s extremely flexible; during playback, you can adjust mixes and record additional
tracks without making any permanent changes. If a mix doesn’t sound good next week, or
even next year, you can simply remix the original audio files.
About mixing multitrack sessions
In Multitrack View, you can add audio, video, ReWire, and MIDI files to separate tracks of
a multitrack session and then mix those tracks together. When you’re happy with a mix,
you can export a mixdown file for use on CD, the Web, and more.
Multitrack View is a flexible editing environment because mixing occurs in real time and
is nondestructive. Because mixing occurs in real time, you can change mix settings during
playback and immediately hear the results. For example, you can adjust a track’s volume
as a session plays to properly blend the track with other tracks. Because mixing is nonde-
structive, mixing adjustments don’t permanently change original source files. For
example, you can apply four effects to a track and later remove two effects to create a
different sonic texture.
Adobe Audition saves information about mix settings and source files in session (.ses) files.
Session files are relatively small because they contain only pathnames to source files and
references to mix parameters (such as volume, pan, and effect settings). To more easily
manage session files, save them in a unique folder with the source files they reference. If
you later need to move the session to another computer, you can simply move the unique
session folder. For more information, see “Saving sessions” on page 228.
Note: Only one session can be open at a time.
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