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Last updated 2/16/2012
Chapter 3: Workspace and setup
Viewing, zooming, and navigating audio
Comparing the Waveform and Multitrack editors
Adobe Audition provides different views for editing audio files and creating multitrack mixes. To edit individual files,
use the Waveform Editor. To mix multiple files and integrate them with video, use the Multitrack Editor.
The Waveform and Multitrack editors use different editing methods, and each has unique advantages. The Waveform
Editor uses a destructive method, which changes audio data, permanently altering saved files. Such permanent changes
are preferable when converting sample rate and bit depth, mastering, or batch processing. The Multitrack Editor uses
a nondestructive method, which is impermanent and instantaneous, requiring more processing power, but increasing
flexibility. This flexibility is preferable when gradually building and reevaluating a multilayered musical composition
or video soundtrack.
You can combine destructive and nondestructive editing to suit the needs of a project. If a multitrack clip requires
destructive editing, for example, simply double-click it to enter the Waveform Editor. Likewise, if an edited waveform
contains recent changes that you dislike, use the Undo command to revert to previous states—destructive edits aren’t
applied until you save a file.
For more information about the Waveform Editor, see “Editing audio files” on page 35; for more information about
the Multitrack Editor, see “Mixing multitrack sessions” on page 105.
Basic components of the editors
Though available options differ in the Waveform and Multitrack editors, both views share basic components, such as
the tool and status bars, and the Editor panel.
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