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User Guide
Note: Older sound cards might not be able to play 32-bit files properly. To check the capabil-
ities of your sound card, choose Options > Device Properties. If your sound card doesn’t
support 32-bit files, you can convert the files to a lower bit rate (such as 16-bit) for playback.
Opening session files in Multitrack View
Session files contain no audio data themselves. Instead, they are small files that point to
other audio files on the hard drive. A session file keeps track of what files are a part of the
session, where they go in the multitrack, what envelopes and effects are applied to the
tracks, and so on. For more information on creating session files, see “Creating new
sessions” on page 162.
In Multitrack View, you can open individual session files and you can append one session
to another to quickly build elaborate compositions with shared themes. When you append
sessions, appended tracks appear below current tracks. For example, if the current session
uses tracks 1-4, Adobe Audition appends tracks 5 and greater and places them at the
beginning of the timeline. If desired, you can then move clips in appended tracks to a new
position. (See “Selecting and moving clips” on page 168.)
Note: You can append a session only if it uses the same sample rate and bit depth as the current
session. The sample rate and bit depth of the current session is displayed in the status bar.
To open a session file:
1 In Multitrack View, choose File > Open Session. Alternatively, click the Open button
in the toolbar.
2 Locate and select the file you want to open, and click Open.
To append a session file to the end of the current session:
1 In Multitrack View, choose File > Append To Session.
2 Locate and select the file you want to open, and click Open.
Inserting audio files into multitrack sessions
When you insert an audio file in Multitrack View, the file becomes an audio clip on the
selected track. For more information about audio clips, see “Working with clips” on
page 168.
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