Audition Elements?

Question

I was planning not to post anymore here, but then someone in another thread mentioned the idea of a "consumer/amateur" version of Audition, so:
Sorry if this has been requested before in this forum, but after reading about the upcoming CC version I'd be happy if the following were available:
A stand-alone (not cloud-bound, not monthly-payment) low-price and simple-to-use consumer version of Audition - let's call it Audition Elements.
Edit view only, no Multitrack view, no tools associated with multitracking
All the Edit-view tools of CC plus those missing since Audition 3.0
No CD burning, but would of course be a welcome addition
Other pro-features like scripting could also be optional
Fast file opening, analysis, and display as CS6/CC
In short, a simple editor/analyzer/converter for mono, stereo and multichannel audio for all kinds of audio formats. Is anything like that planned?
This would fit my needs perfectly. Maybe some other people's as well.
Chris

Answer 1

Ted,
Yes, Audio files can be edited in other applications, including Soundbooth and Audition. You cannot dynamically link to the Audio (not to be confused with Adobe's Dynamic Link between P-Pro and AfterEffects), like you can in the CS3 Production Studio, but it's quite easy.
Unlink your Audio & Video. Alt-click on your Audio Clip does this. Chose Clip>Aduio Options>Render Replace. Then rt-click on the Audio file (will have now changed color) and choose Edit Original. For me, it fires up Audition and away I go. When I hit Save (in Audition) it replaces my Audio with the edited file (which has also appeared in my Project Panel on Render Replace).
If you wish to do multitrack Audio editing, I'd go with Audition, over Soundbooth, though that might change in CS4. Audition has far more power than SB, but you might not need its extras. Audition is still Adobe's flagship Audio editing program and is still being developed (PC based only for now), as noted by AA 3's release.
Hunt