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Chapter 3: Importing,
Recording, and Playing Audio
ou can bring audio into Adobe Audition by importing it from an audio or video file
or by recording it from an external source, such as a microphone or a computer’s
CD player. When you play back the audio, Adobe Audition provides an assortment
of features for monitoring the sound.
Opening audio files and multitrack sessions
Both Edit View and Multitrack View provide a variety of methods for opening files. In Edit
View, you can open audio files; in Multitrack View, you can open session files.
Opening audio files in Edit View
In Edit View, you can open audio from a variety of audio file formats, including MP3,
WAV, and AIFF. For more information on supported file formats, see “Choosing an audio
file format” on page 231.
If desired, you can change the sample type of the audio when you import it or append the
audio to the end of the current waveform. Whichever method you choose for opening
files, Adobe Audition provides options that let you preview the contents of files before you
open them.
To open an audio file:
1 In Edit View, choose File > Open. Alternatively, click the Open button in the toolbar
or the Import button in the Files tab of the Organizer window.
2 Locate and select the file you want to open. To select multiple, adjacent files, click the
first file and Shift-click the last. To select multiple, nonadjacent files, Ctrl-click them.
Note: If you don’t see the name of the file you want, choose All Supported Media from the Files
Of Type menu. If you still don’t see the file, it might be stored in a format that Adobe Audition
can’t read.
3 Click Open.
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