How To Edit Audio from After Effects in Audition

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How To Edit Audio from After Effects in Adobe Audition CC 2024

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how two ‘round-trip audio workflows’ to send audio layers from After Effects to edit in Adobe Audition and then back to Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

**Audio React Tutorial:
**https://youtu.be/5UkHJWcPVCo

**Waveform Workflow:
**The Waveform in Adobe Audition is considered ‘Destructive Editing’ as the original audio file is permanently changed after applying and saving edits. Always make a copy or backup of the original audio file when editing in the Waveform Editor.

• **Pros:
  **This is the fastest and easy of the two options as once you click ‘Save’ in Audition, the audio layer in After Effects automatically updates with the edits and effects added in Audition.
• **Cons:
  **The edits are ‘baked-in’ to the original audio file, so you must be sure to work on a copy of the original in After Effects.

**Multitrack Workflow:
**The Multitrack in Adobe Audition is considered ‘Non-Destructive Editing’ as you do not ‘apply’ the effects and the original audio file is not changed or altered.

• **Pros:
  **The original audio file is not permanently changed and you can go back into Audition at any time to modify the Multitrack Session and edit the Effect Rack.
• **Cons:
  **This method requires some extra steps as the audio layer in After Effects does not auto-update when Saving a Multitrack Session. You must export the Multitrack Session as an audio file and then import and replace the file in After Effects manually.

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**Chapters:
**00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:31 Waveform Editor = Destructive
00:55 Multitrack Editor = Non-Destructive
01:23 Workflow #1: AE To Audition (Waveform)
01:46 Effects Rack: Add Preset
02:05 Apply Effects Rack
02:14 File…Save in Audition
02:24 Return To After Effects
02:39 Proof: Destructive Editing
03:01 Workflow #2: AE To Audition (Multitrack)
03:16 Create New Multitrack Session
03:43 Effects Rack: Add Preset
04:12 Export Multitrack Session
04:34 Import MP3 File Into After Effects
04:52 Replace Audio Layer

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2024 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Edit Audio Layers from After Effects using Audition Waveform:

1. Create New Composition
2. Add Audio Layer (copy of original audio file)
3. Select Audio Layer
4. Go to ‘Edit Menu’
5. Click on ‘Edit in Adobe Audition’
6. Open Adobe Audition
7. Go to ‘Effect Rack’
8. Click on drop-down menu and select ‘On The Telephone’ Preset (or preferred Preset)
9. Click ‘Apply’
10. Go to ‘File’
11. Click on ‘Save’
12. Return to After Effects
13. Tap ‘Spacebar’ to Preview Audio with the Audition Edits.

How To Edit Audio Layers from After Effects using Audition Multitrack:

1. Create New Composition
2. Add Audio Layer
3. Select Audio Layer
4. Go to ‘Edit Menu’
5. Click on ‘Edit in Adobe Audition’
6. Open Adobe Audition
7. Right-click on audio file in the Projects Panel of Audition
8. Select ‘Insert Into Multitrack’
9. Select ‘New Multitrack Session’
10. Go to ‘Effect Rack’
11. Click on drop-down menu and select ‘On The Telephone’ Preset (or preferred Preset)
12. Go to ‘File’ Menu
13. Click on ‘Export’
14. Select ‘Multitrack Mixdown’
15. Select ‘Entire Session’
16. Enter File Name
17. Choose Destination to save files
18. Format: mp3
19. Click on ‘Save’
20. Return to After Effects
21. Drag in MP3 Audio File exported from Audition in the Project Panel of After Effects
22. Select the Audio Layer in the Layers Panel
23. Press Option or Alt Key and select the ‘Edited’ MP3 audio file in the Project Panel
24. Drag the new MP3 file (with Option/Alt Key Pressed) on top of the existing audio file to replace
25. Tap ‘Spacebar’ to Preview Audio with the Audition Edits.