How to record new clips in multitrack?

Question

In Audition CS5.5 on Windows, if I create a new multitrack files, the record button is greyed out. I can create a new .wav, record in it, save it, and add it to the multitrack, but that's a very inefficient process when doing voice takes. What I would like to do.
create a new multitrack file and specify it's drive/folder location
record new audio clips and save them to the same drive/folder location as the multtrack file
Soundbooth would let me do consecutive takes, and increment the file name with a counting-upward number and save them in the same location. With Audiion, the way I'm doing it is rediculous. Create a new .wav, give it a name where I manually count the previous files's version + 1, record in it, save it to the same file/folder where the multitrack resides, and add it to the  multitrack.
I find it hard to believe that Adobe's professional audio software makes it this difficult, so I must be missing something. What's a better way to do this?
Thanks!

Answer 1

It looks like you might simply be forgetting to hit the "R" button for the track you want to record into (which arms that track for recording).
In Multitrack, you need to first specify which track you want to record audio into before the main record button in the transport will become enabled.
Just click the "R" button (in the track header next to the "M" and "S" buttons) to tell Audition that you want to record audio to that track.
Once Audition knows what track (or tracks) you want to record to, the main record button in the transport will become enabled.
--Ron