I just completed editing 24 one-hour video programs (using Adobe
Premire Pro 1.5) and using Adobe Audition 1.5 for audio processing
(mostly level normalizing, etc.)

While I was working on these, I found an annoying behavior which
I don't remember ever encountering back when it was Cool Edit
(2K or Pro).

When selecting (highlighting) a section of the waveform timeline
to apply an effect to, Audition would let me set "in" and "out" points
only at certain points. For example, I could see a quiet spot between
sentences, but Audition would NOT let me set the "in point" there,
it would snap to some fraction of a second before or after the desired
point. I had to zoom in to see an expanded view before Audition
would let me select the desired point on the timeline.

And no, I don't think it had anything to do with video as it was
just an exported 48K x 16-bit WAV file. Audition wouldn't have
any way of knowing that it was the sound track from a video
program.

On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:11:03 -0700, "Richard Crowley"
wrote:

I just completed editing 24 one-hour video programs (using Adobe
Premire Pro 1.5) and using Adobe Audition 1.5 for audio processing
(mostly level normalizing, etc.)

While I was working on these, I found an annoying behavior which
I don't remember ever encountering back when it was Cool Edit
(2K or Pro).

When selecting (highlighting) a section of the waveform timeline
to apply an effect to, Audition would let me set "in" and "out" points
only at certain points. For example, I could see a quiet spot between
sentences, but Audition would NOT let me set the "in point" there,
it would snap to some fraction of a second before or after the desired
point. I had to zoom in to see an expanded view before Audition
would let me select the desired point on the timeline.

And no, I don't think it had anything to do with video as it was
just an exported 48K x 16-bit WAV file. Audition wouldn't have
any way of knowing that it was the sound track from a video
program.

Just right click the digits on the time line, and you can select the
normal set of snap options.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

"Richard Crowley" wrote:

When selecting (highlighting) a section of the waveform timeline to
apply an effect to, Audition would let me set "in" and "out"
points only at certain points. For example, I could see a quiet spot
between sentences, but Audition would NOT let me set the "in point"
there, it would snap to some fraction of a second before or after the
desired point.


I haven't used Audition so I'm just guessing here, but that sounds like
you have automatic zero-cross editing turned on. The software will find
a point closest to your "selected" point where the waveform is at
exactly zero. That eliminates clicks and pops at the edit point. Not
necessarily a bad thing in cases where to-the-millisecond timing of the
edit point is not critical. There are times when I wish Pro Tools had
that option. It would make cutting dialog a lot faster and easier.

--
"It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!"
- Lorin David Schultz
in the control room
making even bad news sound good

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