Is it possible to do multiple recordings with the same session.

Question

I appologize in advance for this but here goes.  I want to make several background narrations for some video clips.  Using Audition 3, I start out by recording in the multitrack view on the top track.  Because of mistakes, this takes several audio clips.  After finishing, I rightclick on one of the clips, select bounce to new track all audio tracks and this creates a mixdown.  Moving to edit view, I do noise correction, then back to multitrack where I export the mixdown as .wav.
THen I select the clips in the top track and mixdown in the next track and hit delete.  However, when I hit the arming 'R" and then the record button, the cursor doesn't move more than a milimeter and then keeps going back and forth.
I was trying to do multiple narrations with just this one session, so is that possible?  Do I have to do a separate session for each separate mixdown?
If there is something I'm doing wrong, I would appreciate any directions.
Thanks in advance,
John Rich

Answer 1

Blue_Devil1 wrote:
I appologize in advance for this but here goes.  I want to make several background narrations for some video clips.  Using Audition 3, I start out by recording in the multitrack view on the top track.  Because of mistakes, this takes several audio clips.  After finishing, I rightclick on one of the clips, select bounce to new track all audio tracks and this creates a mixdown.
Let me stop you right there, for a start, because what you are doing still isn't clear, although I think that I can guess at it...
Creating a bounce-down is not the same thing as creating a mixdown. If each of these clips you've recorded constitutes a separate file, which it will if you hit the stop button rather than pause - which it sounds as though you have, otherwise you wouldn't be able to separate them so easily - then just double-clicking on the clip will open it immediately in Edit View anyway. And the bounce-down options don't mention tracks, they mention clips - all audio in session, selected range or selected clips. Yes you get one file as a result - but it's literally just the clips as they stand run together not via the mixer, any effects or automation system - which it would have to be if it were a proper mixdown. A bouhce is exactly what it says - just bouncing the clips.
THen I select the clips in the top track and mixdown in the next track and hit delete.  However, when I hit the arming 'R" and then the record button, the cursor doesn't move more than a milimeter and then keeps going back and forth.
I was trying to do multiple narrations with just this one session, so is that possible?  Do I have to do a separate session for each separate mixdown?
Hmm... when I hit the delete key, nothing happens - I have to right-click to get stuff to delete like that. But you most certainly can re-record in a session, yes. If you get the cursor moving just a fraction of a mm, then almost certainly this means that instead of moving the cursor back to the start, you've moved it slightly with the mouse pressed and created a very small range.So before you record, hit the 'Go to Beginning or Previous Marker' key (next to the play looped key) and try again - it should work properly then.
And of course you haven't deleted all the files - they are still there on your system and will remain so unless you delete them outside Audition, either the hard way, or using MediaSweeper.
Your workflow is, to say the least, a little strange. If I were recording narrations (which I do sometimes), I'd record in Edit View, and keep just the files or takes I wanted. Then I'd import these into Multitrack view, arrange them, crossfade them, whatever, and then do a mixdown of the result, which would appear back in Edit View for final trimming and saving, and I'd have a file (or files) to use in the final production. This would have the advantage of not creating all these 'take' files that you have to get rid of separately in the first place, and generally keep the workflow down to a sensible number of steps.