

The white/grey line is the Panning on the clip. This now means that the volume will follow the line, getting quieter as the line goes down. Then slightly further down the line, we’ll add another Keyframe, then click and drag this one down. Click wherever you want on the line to add in a Keyframe. Using this you can adjust the volume easily, making it fade in and out. This yellow line is the clips volume gain. What about adjusting the volume of music so it sits under the host talking? Or adjusting an interview piece so one person is on the right and the other on the left when you listen with headphones? Well, you can do that in Multitrack too! For example, this will be the introduction to our podcast, so we have the host briefly introducing the episode, followed by the opening jingle, then a sound effect of a telephone, then the host continuing the episode. In this area, you can drag your audio files around to make them play out exactly when you want them to.

For this example, we’re going to be layering Music, Speech and a Sound Effect. This is how you will layer music underneath talking, for example. In the Multitrack area you can see there are quite a few tracks, and you can think of these as layers. You’ll need to open a new Multitrack Session by going to File > New > Multitrack Session (Cmd + N) or just clicking the Multitrack button at the top. This is where you will do the bulk of your editing. You can then add these to whatever track you like in the Multitrack Session by dragging and dropping them where you want them. To add in audio files, you can either drag and drop them into the little library box, drag them directly onto the timeline, or click the Upload Media button (It just looks like a little file!). Then select the chunk of audio you’ve cut out, and press Delete on your keyboard to get rid of it. You can use this to make a cut before and after the part of audio you want to remove. The second way is to select the Razor Tool (R) in the top toolbar.

This method is generally more useful for removing things at the beginning or end of your recording. The only problem with this method is that you might hear a jump in the audio where you cut a bit out. The first way is simply highlighting the section of audio you want to remove, and then pressing Delete on your keyboard. Trimming Filesĭuring your recording, you may have coughed or said “ummm” too many times, so you will defeintly need to remove them. Then to record onto this audio file, you’ll need to hit record at the bottom and record what you want, then click Record again or Stop to stop recording. You’ll need to go to File > New > Audio File (Shift + Cmd + N), which will create a new audio file. You can record audio files in Audition directly.
