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How to undo all effects and set recording to original state?

Mar 30, 2012 7:03 PM

I'm using Adobe Audition 5.5 and I've finished my vocal recordings for a song by compressing them and fiddling with the Parametric Equalizer, etc. I've already saved it, exported the file and closed it. I've reopened the multitrack session again in hopes of removing all effects that I've put into each recording, so I can have the vocals in its original, raw state. I don't know how to do this, however, because the effects I've used are not showing up on the history in the sidebar when I reopen the session.

Also, the way that I did the edits on these vocals is I double clicked the recording file on the multitrack view, clicked Effects on the top bar, then Compression and so on.

 

So can someone help me out on how to put all the vocals to their original, unedited state?

 

Thanks in advance

 
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    Mar 30, 2012 8:18 PM   in reply to junoflo

    I fear you're going to be out of luck.  The workflow you describe shows that you're doing permanent destructive effects in Edit (Waveform) View rather than non destructive real time ones.  You can only undo as long as you have them in History.

     

    Audition provides for two ways to do effects.  One is the destructive effects that you've used; the other is doing them in real time in multitrack view by creating an effects rack.  Working this way in multitrack, the original tracks aren't changed at all and the effects are done real time each time you play the session.  The only downside of this is that working this way is processor intensive and your computer will eventually run out of resources.  However, if you get to this stage there are ways around it by "locking" the effects and so on.

     

    If you DO use destructive editing, (and some effects are just to processor intensive to run live) it's a good idea to preserve the original.  You can do this either by creating a copy of the original before you start work or by using the "Save As" command after each effect to change the name.  I tend to give a descriptive name of what I've done...for example, Vocal 1 becomes "Vocal 1 proc EQ" then "Vocal 1 proc EQ Comp" and so on--but that's just my habit.  However you do it, the goal is to keep your originals pristine.

     

    ....but working in realtime in MT view is your best bet.

     
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    Mar 31, 2012 4:34 AM   in reply to junoflo

    junoflo wrote:

     

    Also, the way that I did the edits on these vocals is I double clicked the recording file on the multitrack view, clicked Effects on the top bar, then Compression and so on. 

    That opens it in Edit View, so the effects you add are destructive (ie, no going back after you've saved the track).

     

    So Bob's absolutely correct, I'm afraid - unless you were editing a copy of the original, you're completely stuffed.

     
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