User Guide

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ADOBE AUDITION
User Guide
After you’ve enabled the desired track(s) and optionally specified its/their recording properties, press the Record button
in Adobe Audition’s Transport Controls or use the Ctrl+Spacebar keyboard shortcut to begin recording from the cursor.
When recording is complete, press the Stop button in Adobe Audition’s Transport Controls or hit the Spacebar to
terminate the recording process.
Track Controls
Adobe Audition puts 128 tracks of recording and mixing pleasure at your disposal. Luckily, the controls for each track
are identical – so if you learn one, you’ve learned them all. The Track Controls window appears to the left of the session
window, and can be resized to be as wide or as narrow as you wish.
Track Controls set to the Vol Tab
Along with the Vertical Portion Bar and the Mix Gauge, Adobe Audition’s Track Control window consists of three main
areas for adjusting volume, equalization, and bus properties. Pushing the Vol, EQ, or Bus buttons at the top of the Track
Controls window switches between these three areas.
Right-click on a Track Controls module to display Adobe Audition’s Track Properties dialog.
Vertical Portion Bar By default, the Vertical Portion Bar runs along the left boundary of the Track Controls window.
It’s used to scroll through all of Adobe Audition’s 128 available tracks, as well as to control the number of tracks Adobe
Audition shows you at any one time.
• Left-click and drag the little hand over the Vertical Portion Bar’s handle to scroll through Adobe Audition’s visible
track ranges from tracks 1 through 128. Drag up to see higher track numbers, drag down to see lower track numbers.
The number of tracks that will be visible at one time will remain the same, but the track ranges being viewed will be
shifted either up or down.