The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Audition 2.0


Audition has the ability to find and calculate the beat and tempo of any track allowing you to splice up and loop sections of audio to create new songs. Looped audio can be heard in many different forms of music, including Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop, R&B and contemporary to name a few. As well as being able to start from scratch and building your own loops, Audition 2.0 comes complete with over 5000 royalty free Loopology drum beats, guitar, bass and synth parts already broken up ready for you to use and manipulate within your own project. Also, included are musical Beds and Sessions to help get you started.
| Note | It is illegal to use any loop or section of audio from someone else's record or song without permission from the owner. |
In this section we will cover:
Working with loops
Creating loops
Find beats and mark
Define the loop range
Calculate and adjust tempo
Tempo match settings
Using the included Loopology content
To begin with, let's look at how a standard audio drum file can be quickly turned into a loop within the Multitrack View. Firstly, you will need to import an audio file into the Multitrack View. Notice that playing the file will result in the file playing only once and that the end of the file cannot be extended, unless of course the file has already been converted to loop.
To turn an Audio file into a loopable piece of audio: