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Multitrack export too short
I’m creating a radio/tv spot. My music cut is a little shorter than 30, but I’ve added natural sound tracks that end exactly at 30 seconds. However, when I export the file, it comes out about a half second short. I need to make the file exactly 30 seconds so that I can send it out. Does anyone know why Audition would make the file a little short? Is there something I can do to force it to be exactly 30? I tried making a duration marker with the same result. I’m using Audition CC on a 2012 MacPro running Mavericks.
Thanks.
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4 Replies
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You might want to try Time Stretching. You can lengthen the runtime without altering the pitch:
https://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/time-stretching
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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Thanks. I did try that- I stretched it out to 30 seconds. Does Audition only export audio above a certain threshold? If I’m fading the sound down, it seems to cut off before the actual end of the audio clip. I’ve added fades to the end of all my audio tracks, but the actual end of each clip is exactly at 30 seconds.
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Mitch,
Try this:
Make your spot exactly 30 sec. Use the Time Selection Tool to select all track clips, making sure your selection leaves a second or 2 to spare at the end of the piece, like this:
Then Export the session using: File/Export/Multitrack Mixdown/Time Selection …
Now grab the bounced file and open it in the Audition Editor. Trim the end of the piece until your edit is exactly 30 sec. Then save out the file.
-paul.
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Thanks for that tip about including extra empty time at the end of an audio take. This also applies to using a mic to record narration, which was causing me grief with various takes chopped off prematurely — I thought I was being efficient to hit stop as soon as I finished talking, uh uh. Now the trick is to know how many seconds to wait before hitting stop, because I don’t want a long empty tale on my sound bite. I googled around and you were the only source of a fool-proof solution, thanks. Then my wife said, “why didn’t you ask me, it happens with Audacity all the time?”
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