- Audition User Guide
- Introduction
- Workspace and setup
- Digital audio fundamentals
- Importing, recording, and playing
- Multichannel audio workflow
- Create, open, or import files in Adobe Audition
- Importing with the Files panel
- Extracting audio from CDs
- Supported import formats
- Navigate time and playing audio in Adobe Audition
- Recording audio
- Monitoring recording and playback levels
- Remove silences from your audio recordings
- Editing audio files
- Edit, repair, and improve audio using Essential Sound panel
- Session Markers and Clip Marker for Multitrack
- Generating text-to-speech
- Matching loudness across multiple audio files
- Displaying audio in the Waveform Editor
- Selecting audio
- How to copy, cut, paste, and delete audio in Audition
- Visually fading and changing amplitude
- Working with markers
- Inverting, reversing, and silencing audio
- How to automate common tasks in Audition
- Analyze phase, frequency, and amplitude with Audition
- Frequency Band Splitter
- Undo, redo, and history
- Converting sample types
- Creating podcasts using Audition
- Applying effects
- Enabling CEP extensions
- Effects controls
- Applying effects in the Waveform Editor
- Applying effects in the Multitrack Editor
- Adding third party plugins
- Notch Filter effect
- Fade and Gain Envelope effects (Waveform Editor only)
- Manual Pitch Correction effect (Waveform Editor only)
- Graphic Phase Shifter effect
- Doppler Shifter effect (Waveform Editor only)
- Effects reference
- Apply amplitude and compression effects to audio
- Delay and echo effects
- Diagnostics effects (Waveform Editor only) for Audition
- Filter and equalizer effects
- Modulation effects
- Reduce noise and restore audio
- Reverb effects
- How to use special effects with Audition
- Stereo imagery effects
- Time and pitch manipulation effects
- Generate tones and noise
- Mixing multitrack sessions
- Video and surround sound
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Saving and exporting
Read on to learn about the known issues and limitations of Adobe Audition.
Starting with version 24.0, Adobe video and audio products no longer support Rosetta emulation (Intel versions running on Apple M1/M2). Please be aware that the Creative Cloud desktop still shows the Rosetta option on M1/M2 machines, but this will still launch the native Apple Silicon version. Intel versions can only be run on Mac Intel machines.
The Open using Rosetta option is no longer available in the Get Info window.
General known issues
Unable to import .ape file on Windows running on Arm devices
Issue: The .ape audio file imports successfully in Adobe Audition on Windows systems with Intel or AMD processors, but fails to import in Adobe Audition on Windows devices with Arm-based processors.
Resolution: Currently, importing .ape files is supported only on Windows systems running on Intel or AMD processors.
Unable to decode Dolby audio on the new or fresh installs of Windows 11 version 24H2 devices
Issue: On devices running Windows 11 version 24H2 that are new or freshly installed, Dolby Digital audio (AC-3 / E-AC-3) is not decoded by default because the operating system no longer includes the built-in Dolby audio decoder. As a result, Adobe Audition is unable to decode or import Dolby audio streams and audio tracks embedded in video files.
Workaround: Adobe Audition does not rely on the Windows system codec to read WAV or PCM files. Therefore, converting Dolby audio to WAV/PCM before importing eliminates the dependency on the missing Dolby decoder.
Adobe video applications and macOS Sequoia compatibility issues
Issue: macOS 15 Sequoia asks permission every time before launching any video apps, including Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder, Audition, and Character Animator.
Resolution: We'll let you know when a fix is available. Until then, you can try this workaround.
Known issue in Adobe Audition 23.6 (August 2023)
Audition crashes when performing DeClicker on a 192 KHz file
Issue: When performing DeClicker on a 192 kHz file, Audition crashes.
Workaround: Change the file's sample rate to a lower value and perform DeClicker.
Adobe Audition crashes during video import/edit/playback
Issue: Adobe Audition crashes on devices with pre-installed Nahimic drivers.
Workaround: Do one of the following:
- Uninstall the Nahimic driver from the system.
- If you don't want to uninstall Nahimic from your system, locate the Nahimic blocklist:
C:\ProgramData\AVolute\AVolute.Nahimic\Modules\Scheduled\Configurator\BlackApps.dat, add Adobe Audition.exe to the list, and save.
Known limitation in Adobe Audition 23.2 (February 2023)
MXF files in non-English name fails to import on windows
Limitation: File import failure on Windows when MXF files are imported with non-English characters (double-byte and accented characters) file path.
Workaround: Rename the file path with English-only characters.
List of known issues in Adobe Audition 22.5 (June 2022)
On macOS, there is an issue with opening audio/video or sequence in Audition from Premiere
Issue: If you try to open an audio/video clip or sequence in Audition (Edit > Edit in Adobe Audition > Sequence), a warning dialog appears asking you to install the latest version of Audition (even if you are using the latest version).
Workaround: In the warning dialog, select OK, and it works correctly. Opening the .prproj(Premiere Pro project) in Audition through native import (File > Import) also works correctly.
