User Guide

CHAPTER 19

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Options Menu – Multitrack View

Synchronize Blocks with Edit View

When Synchronize Blocks with Edit View is checked and you switch to Adobe Audition’s Edit View from Multitrack View,

the current selection and view information will be transferred to the Edit View. For example, if you’re only looking at

seconds 4 through 27 on a wave block when you double-click on it in Multitrack View, you'll be looking at seconds 4

through 27 of that wave in the Edit View. The same goes with selection information if you highlight an area, then hit F12

or click the leftmost button on the File toolbar to switch views.

SMPTE Slave Enable

With this option turned on, Adobe Audition can synchronize its playback to SMPTE time code (MTC) generated from

another device, such as a MIDI sequencer, or with the appropriate hardware, a VCR or tape deck. This is commonly

referred to as slaving.

With SMPTE Slave enabled, Adobe Audition will update its current sync status in the lower left of the Status Bar to

Opened MIDI Input Device when waiting, Synchronizing when establishing lockup, and Playback Synchronized when

actually established.

Note: Before attempting to enable SMPTE sync, you’ll need to choose a device for MIDI In that is recognized by Windows

(such as a soundcard’s built-in MIDI interface, a MIDI interface card, or other hardware device options.) To do this, go to

Options > Device Properties to bring up the devices window. Select the MIDI In tabbed window, and then select your MIDI

input device from the SMPTE Slave Device drop-down list.

SMPTE Master Enable

Besides being able to slave to time code from another source, Adobe Audition can generate “master” time code for

another program or a piece of hardware to follow.

After checkmarking SMPTE Master Enable from the Multitrack View > Options menu, you need to select a SMPTE time

code format for the ruler. This can be done by right-clicking on the ruler and selecting Display Time Format. Then,

selecting any format preﬁxed with “SMPTE” (“SMPTE 30 FPS”, for example).

Note: The SMPTE code that Adobe Audition generates must be output through a MIDI port. To conﬁgure the MIDI port for

your system, go to Options > Device Properties to bring up the devices window. On the MIDI Out tab you’ll see a SMPTE

Output drop-down list box. Adobe Audition will output the SMPTE time code to whichever device is selected in this box.

SMPTE Start Offset

This command brings up the General tab of Adobe Audition’s Session Properties window, where you can enter a time

offset to use when synchronizing to SMPTE time code.

This is the time location that Adobe Audition will wait for before playback begins. Locations can be entered in either of

the two formats listed to the right of the SMPTE Start Time Offset text box.