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Last updated on
Dec 16, 2021
Learn how to use markers to tag, organize, and quickly navigate key points in your audio in Adobe Audition.
Markers (also called cues) are reference points you place in a waveform to help you navigate, edit, or play specific sections of audio.
You can use two types of markers:
- Point markers mark a single time position (for example, 1:08.566).
- Range markers define a section with a start and end time (for example, 1:08.566 to 3:07.379). You can adjust the start and end points by dragging them.
Markers appear in the timeline at the top of the Editor panel. Each marker has a handle that you can select, drag to reposition, or right‑click to access additional options.
A. Marker point B. Marker range
Note
To preserve markers when you save a file, select Include markers and other metadata.
Add, select, and rename markers
Though you can add markers directly in the Editor panel, you use the Markers panel, from Windows > Markers, to define and select markers.
Add a marker
Play audio.
Place the Playhead where you want a marker point to be.
Select the audio data you want to define as a marker range.
Either press the M key or click the Add Marker button in the Markers panel.
Note
- To hide or show information such as Duration and Type, select Markers Display from the panel menu.
- Learn to automatically create markers where silence occurs.
Select markers
- Select a marker in the Editor or Markers panel. Or double-click to move the Playhead to that location and select the area for range markers.
- To select adjacent markers, click the first marker you want to select in the Markers panel, and then Shift‑click the last.
- To select nonadjacent markers, Ctrl‑click (Windows) or Command-click (macOS) them in the Markers panel.
- To move the Playhead to the nearest marker, select Edit > Marker > Move Playhead to Next or Previous.
Rename a marker
In the Markers panel, select the marker.
Select the marker name, and enter a new name.
Adjust, merge, convert, or delete markers
After creating markers, you can fine-tune them to best address the needs of an audio project.
Reposition markers
In the Editor panel, drag marker handles to a new location.
In the Markers panel, select the marker, and enter new Start values for point markers, or Start, End, and Duration values for range markers.
Merge individual markers
In the Markers panel, select the markers you want to merge, and select the Merge button.
The new merged marker inherits its name from the first marker. Merged point markers become range markers.
Convert a point marker to a range marker
Right‑click the marker handle and select Convert to Range. The marker handle splits into two handles.
Convert a range marker to a point marker
Right‑click a marker handle and select Convert to Point.
The two parts of the range marker handle merge into a single handle, with the start time of the range becoming the time for the point marker.
Delete markers
- Select one or more markers, and select the Delete button in the Markers panel.
- Right‑click the marker handle in the Editor panel, and select Delete Marker.
Save audio between markers to new files
In Waveform Editor, select Window > Markers.
Select one or more marker ranges.
Select the Export audio of selected range markers to separate files button in the Markers panel.
Set the following options:
- Use Marker Names In Filename: Use the marker name as the filename prefix.
- Prefix: Specify a filename prefix for the new files.
- Postfix Starting: Specify the number to begin with when adding numbers to the filename prefix. Adobe Audition automatically adds numbers after the prefix (for example, prefix02, prefix03) to distinguish saved files.
- Location: Specify the destination folder for saved files. Select Browse to specify a different folder.
- Format: Specifies the file format. The Format Settings area below indicates the data compression and storage modes; to adjust these, select Change.
- Sample Type: Indicates the sample rate and bit depth. To adjust these options, select Change.
- Include Markers and Other Metadata: Includes audio markers and information from the Metadata panel in processed files.
Creating playlists
A Playlist is an arrangement of marker ranges that you can play back in any order and loop a specified number of times. A playlist lets you try different versions of an arrangement before you commit to edits. You create playlists in the Playlist panel from Window > Playlist.
Note
To store a playlist in a file, you must save it as a WAV file.
Create a playlist
In the Playlist panel, select the Open the Markers panel so markers can be added to the playlist button.
In the Markers panel, select the marker ranges you want to add to the playlist. Then select the Insert selected range markers into playlist button, or drag the range markers to the Playlist panel.
Change the order of items in a playlist
Drag the item up or down.
Play items in a playlist
- To play all or part of the list, select the first item you want to play. Then select the Play button at the top of the panel.
- To play a specific item, select the Play button to the left of the item name.
Loop an item in a playlist
Select an item, and enter a number in the Loops column. Each item can loop a different number of times.
Delete items from a playlist
Select the items and select the Remove button.
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