User Guide

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Edit Menu – Multitrack View
Loop Duplicate
Loop Duplicate will create a specified number of consecutive Images of the selected waveform block creating, in effect,
a loop of the waveform. Decide if you want no gaps between each duplicated wave form block, or if you wish them to be
even spaced by a certain amount.
Loop Duplicate dialog
Note: For waveform blocks, a more efficient and flexible method of looping is to adjust the block’s Loop Properties. You’ll find
this command on the menu that appears when you right-click on the wave block
Repetitions In this field, enter the number of times you’d like to duplicate the waveform block.
Spacing This determines the spacing at which to place each duplicated waveform block.
• No gaps – continuous looping: This option places each subsequent duplicate directly after the preceding block, for a
continuous loop.
• Evenly Spaced: Choose this option if you would like to define a spacing to place between each block. The entry box to
the right will display the spacing in the current Display Time Format. This value defaults to the length of the selected
waveform block, which has the effect of functioning identically to the No gaps – continuous spacing option until
changed. Entering a greater value will put space between each waveform block, while a lesser value will cause them to
overlap.
Setting the Display Time Format to Bars and Beats makes it easy to place a waveform (such as a drum hit) at every other
beat in your song, for example. Because each instance (other than the original) is an Image, you can place the instance
throughout the entire song and only consume the drive space of the original occurrence.
Find your loop points in Adobe Audition’s Edit View with Find Beats, Snapping, and Zero Crossings. Using these
functions you can make a selection (highlight) that starts and ends on zero crossings, which make musical sense. After
doing so, choose Edit > Insert in Multitrack and switch back to the to the Multitrack View. You can now select the loop’s
waveform block and choose Loop Duplicate to create your loop.
To create interesting time delay effects using the Loop Duplicate function:
1 Start by placing the source waveform into the Multitrack View.