Paul Murphy shows how to keep organized with clip and track colors in Adobe Audition 2019.
- [Instructor] A handy way to keep organized in a multi-track session is by using color for specific clips and tracks. At the moment, my clips are all the same color, and this makes it difficult to quickly understand what's going on in the session just by looking at it. So, what I'm going to do is go over to my dialogue track and at the very end of the track header, you'll see I've got this colored tab, I'm going to double click this, and now, I can change it to any of these colors here. I think I'll go with this pinkish color and click Okay, and you'll notice that not only has it changed the color of my track header, it's also changed the color of the clips on the track.
If I was to select one of these clips, and I'll drag it down to the track below it, you'll see that it's inherited the color of that track now, and if I move it back up, it goes back to the original color. So, the color of the clip is dependent on the color of the track that it's on, and if I wanted to clip to have its own color. For example, if I zoom in on this section of my dialogue track, you can see I have all of these clips that come from the same interview subject. So, if I wanted to be able to visually distinguish this, I could select all of those clips, and I'll go over to my Properties panel, if you can't see your Properties panel, just go up to window and make sure you have Properties selected.
Here's mine over here, and under the Basic Settings, so I'll just expand this, so I can see my basic settings, we have a setting for Clip Color, and at the moment, this is set to a white square with a red line through it, which actually means that no color has been assigned to these clips, and that's why it's defaulting to the track color. So, I'm going to click this square, and this opens up the same options that we saw with the track headers, and I might set this to, let's go with the yellow here, and then, I'll click Okay, and now, those clips are easily distinguishable from the other clips on that track, and now if I was to move those clips to another track, it will actually keep that color that I've just set.
Of course, if I go back into my Properties panel and select the color that I just assigned and change this back to the white square with the red line through it, it goes back to taking the color of the track that it's on. So, this behavior is good to keep in mind, especially when you have many tracks of clips, and you need to easily identify specific content, and it's also incredibly handy in a collaborative environment because if you're all using the same color scheme, it means someone can jump into your session and easily figure out where everything is.
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7/31/2019Released
12/19/2018- Audio terminology
- Importing audio and video files
- Working with Premiere Pro
- Waveform and multitrack editing
- Using the Essential Sound panel
- Cleaning and repairing audio
- Recording audio
- Applying effects
- Exporting the final mix
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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How to use exercise files4m 37s
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1. Getting to know Adobe Audition
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2. Importing Media
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Importing audio files4m 2s
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Importing video files3m 42s
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3. Audio Terminology
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Understanding frequency2m 13s
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Understanding amplitude1m 42s
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Understanding sample rate1m 37s
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Understanding bit depth1m 7s
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4. Editing Individual Clips with the Waveform Editor
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Adjusting clip amplitude2m 18s
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5. Cleaning and Repairing Audio
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Removing pops and clicks4m 54s
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Reducing reverb2m 57s
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Removing a specific sound5m 48s
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Repairing clipped audio3m 12s
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6. Combining Clips with the Multitrack Editor
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Editing with shortcuts5m 35s
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Fading clips4m 59s
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Adjusting clip levels4m 26s
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Adjusting track levels4m 4s
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7. Additional Multitrack Features
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Using the Tracks panel3m 20s
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Using clip and track colors2m 27s
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Grouping clips2m 49s
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Adding markers3m 38s
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Stretching clips4m 17s
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Re-editing music with Remix5m 11s
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8. Recording Audio
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Setting up your input device2m 41s
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9. The Essential Sound Panel
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10. Working with Effects
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Using compression effects3m 59s
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Using filters and EQ effects4m 13s
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Using reverb effects4m 5s
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Saving time with presets2m 56s
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Saving time with favorites4m 31s
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11. Advanced Mixing with the Multitrack Editor
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Mixing effects with sends4m 28s
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12. Integration and Output
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Exporting a mixdown3m 31s
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Exporting to Premiere2m 58s
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Exporting to Media Encoder2m 17s
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13. New Features
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April 2019 update3m 44s
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