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Last updated on
Jun 17, 2026
Learn about the removal of CD authoring features in Adobe Audition and new audio CD creation workflows.
From Adobe Audition version 26.3 onward, the built-in CD authoring features will be removed. Going forward, you’ll need to create audio CDs by exporting your finished audio from Audition and burning it using your operating system’s native disc tools.
What is being removed
The following CD authoring features will no longer be available in Adobe Audition:
- CD Layout view: The panel used to assemble, sequence, and prepare a collection of tracks for a Red Book audio CD will be removed. This includes the ability to arrange track order, set pre-gaps, and configure CD-specific metadata such as ISRC codes and UPC/EAN identifiers from within Audition.
- CD Marker type: The dedicated CD Track marker classification will be retired. Standard marker types (Cue, Range, and so on) will continue to function as they do today and will cover the remaining workflows for navigating, splitting, and exporting audio.
- CD display format: The time display option that showed playhead position in CD frames (75 frames per second) will be removed. Standard time displays such as, samples and bars and beats will continue to be available.
What is staying
- Extract Audio from CD: Ripping audio from a physical CD into Adobe Audition for editing, restoration, or archival work will continue to be supported. If you are working with legacy material, archival projects, or transferring older content into modern formats can rely on this workflow without change.
How to create an audio CD going forward
If you need to deliver audio on physical CDs, the recommended workflow is as below:
Export each track as an individual file. WAV at 16-bit / 44.1 kHz remains the standard for Red Book audio CDs.
Use your operating system's built-in disc burning tools to author and burn the audio CD.
- macOS: The Music app supports creating audio CDs from a playlist.
- Windows: Audio CDs can be burned using the disc burning tools included with the operating system.
What this means for existing projects
Project files that contain CD layouts or CD-specific markers will continue to open. CD Marker will be converted to Cue markers, and any CD layout content will appear as ordered tracks that can be exported individually. No audio data is lost in the transition.
We recommend exporting any active CD layouts to individual audio files before updating, so your finished tracks are preserved in a format ready for downstream burning tools.
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