Multi-Channel (more than stereo) Audio Editing

Hi, is there a way of setting Audition, to when opening multi-channel WAVs, to open them all in one display?
Currently, if you open a stereo WAV, you get both channels visible so you can edit both channels as one.
However, if you open a 5.1 WAV, you get six separate mono WAV files listed.
This is a bit of a serious challenge to me as I'm trying to edit some surround SFX!

I'm afraid that currently, Audition is two channels per track max. I have no idea whether this will change in the future - a lot of other DAWs these days can certainly cope with more than two channels per track - I think Reaper does, for instance.

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[Help !]Exporting more than 2 audio tracks impossible ?

Hi all,
I am trying to export a sequence with 6 audio tracks using *Menu->File->Export->Using Quicktime conversion...* and it seems to be impossible to export to more than 2 audio tracks !
If I use the option Export->Quicktime movie I can export my 6 audio tracks but I don't want to export to .mov file...
Can anyone confirm or has a solution ?
Thanks in advance.
Tom Douce

Nope, Red is correct on this Tom, unless I'm misunderstanding your question. Regardless of your audio hardware, to export more than 2 channels of audio you must define those extra channels by creating additional "audio outputs" for your sequence ... basically the number of audio channels in your export is equal to the number of audio outputs in your sequence settings; additionally you must map the audio tracks in your sequence to those audio outputs ... you do that by right clicking on or around the audio track lock icon / auto select icon for each channel and using the context menu to assign the track to a given output (you can also do this in the Audio Mixer toolbench window). This is the workflow regardless of whether you are exporting to a file or exporting to tape or otherwise.
For what its worth tho, in my own quick hardly conclusive tests earlier on, exporting a correctly configured multichannel sequence "Using Quicktime Conversion" always resulted in a stereo downmix being passed to the chosen export component, so I still think you're likely to end up needing to use the private export component API to get around this.
Hope I'm wrong tho, as it would surely make life a lot easier for you
Best
Andy

Need more than 8 Audio Streams - Possible solution

Referring to this topic (now archived so cannot reply): http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12870874
Wikipedia DVD entry "DVDs can contain more than one channel of audio to go together with the video content, supporting a maximum of 8 simultaneous audio tracks per video. This is most commonly used for different audio formats—DTS 5.1, AC-3 2.0 etc.—as well as for commentary and audio tracks in different languages."
I thought I better reply to the post above as it this work-around might not be obvious at first. In the post jasdipBoy asks is it possible to have more than 8 audio streams (i.e. languages) on DVD Studio Pro. Unfortunately you can't as the Wikipedia entry says, but as a possible work-around you could always have the same video twice - on two different tracks and split the audio/languages between the two.
The issues you should be aware of is the lack of being able to select each language while playing the video (as some of the languages will be on another track) and if you can actually fit the video twice on the DVD as this method will take twice the space.
But most DVD consumers select the language in the DVD menu anyway so as long as you build that selection into the menu, you should be covered.

Hi,
You could make a two disc set and split the language options,
They make a two disc case that would hold it and look profesional.
J>H<L

Can i record with more than one audio interface

I need to record 16 tracks, I have two different audio iterface, in GarageBand i can only find one of them, if i go to prefrenses-audio, I can set any of them as my audio interface, but only one at the time.
Any tips to how I can use bouth simultanious? Cubase, Logic mabye, GarageBand no can do? :-)

josteinfromoslo wrote:
can i record with more than one audio interface
yes, create an aggregate device:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/Tutorials.html#allaboutaggregatedevices
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)
josteinfromoslo wrote:
I need to record 16 tracks
GB can only record 8 tracks at a time, however that is 16 channels, so with some extra effort you can get the outcome you desire, see the second tip here:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/TricksHacks.html

Creating more than 16 Audio Tracks

I am working on a project that needs more than 16 Audio Tracks. Then I click on the track, then go to Audio Tracks, there is only 16 available, and they are all being used. I went into Preferences --> Audio --> Drivers, and boosted the Max. Number of Audio Tracks up, but there is still only 16, and my 16, I mean 16 different Channels. I know there has to be a way to do this. I have gotten more the 16 using Garage Band. Thanks in advance.

ChicleB76 wrote:
I am working on a project that needs more than 16 Audio Tracks. Then I click on the track, then go to Audio Tracks, there is only 16 available, and they are all being used. I went into Preferences --> Audio --> Drivers, and boosted the Max. Number of Audio Tracks up, but there is still only 16, and my 16, I mean 16 different Channels. I know there has to be a way to do this. I have gotten more the 16 using Garage Band. Thanks in advance.
You need to learn to use the Environment.
In the Environment there is an audio objects page, and there it is where you have to manually create the new 17+ audio tracks you need.
Now, go crack open the manual, and go to the Environment chapter... it will enlighten you.
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Am I able to use more than 1 audio file in IDVD?

Am I able to use more than 1 audio file in my IDVD project? I want to have different songs in my subtitles.

Yes. Each menu had an info/settings page that you can add a different audio track to:
When you add a track to a menu the the playing time should be set to 30 seconds or 1 minute. If you leave it at the full lenght that full length will apply towards the 15 minutes total allowed for all menus.
OT

HT1473 how can I download an more than one audio cd to itunes, scramble all and then transfer all back to a R/W cd?

how can I download an more than one audio cd to itunes, scramble all and then transfer all back to a R/W cd?

Import the CDs to iTunes one at a time, following these instructions.
Once the tracks are in your iTunes library, put them into a playlist, and get them into the order you want. Or if you by "scramble" you mean a randomly shuffled order, use the crossing arrows at the lower left to do so.
When you are ready, insert a blank CD, use the command File > Burn Playlist to Disc, and create an audio CD. I strongly suggest using CD-Rs rather than CD-RWs, since the latter often have trouble in normal CD players.

Adding More Than 16 aUdio Tracks.

How do I add more than 16 Audio Tracks when my computer says there are no more audio tracks available?

" I set the max number of audio tracks to 35 and I am still notable to add more audio tracks."
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Is it Possible to Play More than 1 Audio File Parallelly ?

Friends,
Is it possible to run more than 1 audio file at a time using Player or Processor ???
For example, i have
Audio1.MP3, which play for 2 minutes (which has only music).
Audio2.MP3, which play for 1 minute ( which has only voice).
I want to start with Audio1.MP3 and when it reach 1 minute, Audio2.MP3 should parallelly run with Audio1.MP3, so that 2 audio file should finish at same time.
I want my music and voice should be mixed... (i.e) i want to mix two audio tracks..
Is it possible thru JMF ????
Regards
Senthil

I dont know if its possible with JMF, but it is with javax.sound
You write a method to play a file, and then you create two threads where each one plays a different sound file, and tell one of them to wait 60000 millis.
R. Hollenstein

Need more than 8 Audio Streams

Is there anyway to get more than 8 audio streams for a track? I was thinking there might be a work around for a story to access another tracks audio, or something like this.
Any creative ideas?

Hi,
You could make a two disc set and split the language options,
They make a two disc case that would hold it and look profesional.
J>H<L

More than 8 Audio Tracks?

I can't seem to have more than 8 Audio Tracks. - I can create new ones, but they are 'greyed out' - I can't select or use them. How do I use more? Thanks.

Create more audio objects in the environment, or
use the setup assistant to create a default song with more audio tracks than you'll ever be likely to use, or
just say **** it and switch to Logic 8 or 9, which is actually designed to be used by people with more brains than time (sorry, old-timers, but if you didn't start out on Logic during simpler times and grow with its idiosyncrasies, Logic 7 really was a horrific mess, as this thread shows).
I hated every version of Logic prior to 8.

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You, you can add several.
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Hello,
Is it possible to open up more than one audio inst midi window at the same time?
It would save me so much time if I could view what is going on ie on the guitar & piano tracks on 2 separate tracks at the same time.
I know it is possible to double click on the grid of an audio inst midi window to view all midi in one song at the same time but because I have a lot of audio insts in my songs it gets really confusing. It would be ideal if I could pick and choose specifically which audio inst tracks are displayed within the same window when doing the double click thing or be able to view 2 tracks at once.
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Is it possible on iMovie to have more than two audio tracks? Is there a way I can add more? If so, how?
Thanks so much,
-Rachel

At the recommendation of Matthew Morgan and others in this forum, I took about twenty minutes and checked out garage band.
You can click on a movie tab, in which you can import your imovie project. Garage band gives you the option of, at least, 8 simultaneous tracks. You can record from your mic, mind you that's a bit tricky, you'll have to read the garage band manual, but like I said, it only took twenty minutes to configure everything.
Once everything's recorded, you can export to imovie. I didn't try that, but I know it absolutely can be done, and it shouldn't be hard. That will give you 9 tracks at a minimum, plus your video's sound as a 10th. Pretty cool stuff.
FYI, it's not enough to have your mic selected in sound preferences. You'll want to go to Utilities and audio/midi setup and choose your mic AND choose it again in the Properties For tab. Once that's done, go to Preferences in Garage Band, click on audio/midi and choose your mic. Now, you're good to go. (I found this out under an "imic" microphone question in garage band help.) Awesome app.
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Bugged audio playback? When I start working with more than 1 audio track.

Hi!
I have been using premiere elements 12 for editing FullHD videos.
Brand new for me just bought it like 2 weeks ago.
Now during the last couple weeks I have had this MAJOR proglem with editing the audio.
This problem is headache and turns my simple editing into almost impossibilites.
I have had this problem with all my projects. _ALL_
Usually the problem seems to appear when I want to start working with several audio tracks.
At somepoint my projects just get ruined, I simply cannot hear the audio tracks.
The audio starts to disapear randomly from all the audio tracks.
It is not only playback problem. When I exported the video, the audio was partly missing, same as the project.
I have tried to look help on forums and search all what I could find, but havent been able to solve this.
Small fix has slightly helped:
I export audio to single track and bring it back to project. This works but I still usually have more editing to do.
I simply cannot understand why the playback disapears, I fear it is a bug.
I found lot of earlier version problems on people with similar type of problems, but no help for this version of program.
To solve the matter I have changed my audio setting in PE12.
Tried Premiere Elements WDM Sound and ASIO4ALL V2, but same problem on both.
I have looked up that my audio playback device and PE12 matches, and are not muted, and volumes maxed.
I have deleted my C:\ appdata\roaming\adobe premiere elements & premiere elements 12 folder preferences.. not helping..
I press the update pretty much everyday hoping for new version.. But yes, program keeps telling me its the latest.
I usually only work with 3 audio track maxinum. And I am doing really the most basic stuff here..
I have set all my audios to foreground and it has given me best results, but it does not seem to take the problem away as at somepoint randomly my audio playback is missing again, randomly across the playback.
Please anyone? I am feeling hopeless here.
Info on my computer:
Operating system: Win7
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) x4 955 processor 3.20 GHz
memory (RAM): 4GB
system: 64bit
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Message was edited by: kglad

First of all, thank you for replying my message!
I will go and try to answer best I can.
Source media properties:
Progressive frame rate, I record this from a game.
Recording program: dxtory
codec: Lagarith Lossless codec
Format: avi
Frame width: 1920
Frame height: 1080
Data rate: 1990656kbps
total bit rate 1992192kbps
Frame rate 30/frames/seccond
Audio of video properties:
Codec: PCM
Format: 16bit, stereo
Bit rate: 1536kbps
Channels: 2(stereo)
Audio sample rate 48 kHz
In addition to that I use wav files for music and narrate
Music files sizes 20-50mb
bit rate: ~1411kbps
In total sizes of audio involved is usually something like 300mb
What are you or the program setting as the project preset in the new project dialog. See Edit Menu/Project Settings/General and its Editing Mode, Timebase, and Frame Size readings.
I opened new project and this is what i got:
Editing mode: HD 1080i
Timebase: 25,00 frames/second
Frame size: 1920 x1080
Audio is 48000 Hz
(I dont know how to change these, btw. Program don't seem to let me change editing mode.
I also looked up my most recent project and found these settings:
Editing Mode: DSLR
Timebase: 30,00 frames/second
Frame size: 1920 x1080
..and same audio settings
Do the problems persist if you start a new project? Do you find the audio problems develop when the Timeline content is fairly well developed or can the problems occur when there a minimal amount of content of those tracks? Let us look at the size and duration of this project.
Yes, I have had this problem with all my projects. Sometimes it goes away tho, just enough for me to work bit more. My work progress usually starts by clipping the video material, like 1h material to 8minutes in clips. After that I want to work with audio tracks, and here problems start! When I start working with more than 1 track, so the problem is at later stage. To fix the problem a small fix I have used, I export audio like music and effects tracks together to 1 wav and bring it back. After that, I start working with narrate track. To describe the problem with audio:
Audio Randomly starts to disapear when I playback, and can also be gone if I export the video out.
My source videos total size are usually within 80Gb max limit and audio edit material 300mb total.
In my last project my biggest source video was 47GB and leingth of 1h 4m, in addition to that I had 3 smaller videos, sizes of 1GB, 1,54GB and 300MB.
Is there any evidence that you are accidentially moving the audio track rubberband to alter the audio volume. That rubberband is the orange line that runs horizontally through the middle of the audio clip when you are looking at the wave form display style of that audio track. The rubberband represents audio volume.
No, audio volumes might have been adjusted in my tracks but they are present. The problem is usually like ~2-5seconds, a random audio track can be heard (like music or narrate) or just no sounds at all. This makes it very difficult to work with the audio. Also I gotta say that this problem starts by simply having the 2-3 audio tracks.. In my recent project the only adjustment I used to edit the audio was fade in/out.
I don't have any other audio problems with any other programs.
I am more than happy to provide more information if needed. I hope this information helps.
In addition I can say that when I close Adobe Premiere Elements 12, it crashes. No idea why.
I have also looked up my firewall settings, anything involved adobe and premiere..
In addition some effects like HD text templates make "Adobe Media Core CS6" crash. I tend to just not use em, or if I need em, I add em at end of the edits.
I hope this helps, I would really like to solve this problem.
Thank you alot for taking the time to answer! I welcome anyone to help mee too! Please giev links to similar problems too. Thank you everybody!

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