Ignore my previous reply - I think I misunderstood what you were asking.  I'm still not entirely clear.

You wish to keep the same session file, but what is it that you're trying to save with that session?  If you just copy and paste existing clips to elsewhere in the timeline, they are still referencing the original assets by default - there are no new files to copy.  If you copy them to unique clips, then new files ARE generated and they are stored in a subfolder where your .SESX session file is located.  There's no need to save the additional files as they are written to disk when generated.

If I'm still not getting it, please elaborate a bit more as I'm pretty sure we have a solution for you in CS6.

Okay, I'm still a bit slow of mind, so bear with me

Are you dragging new audio in from some random location to be part of your new mix, and are asking how to have that piece of media automatically copied into your existing session folder?  Probably the simplest way to accomplish that would be to right-click on the clips you want to have copied within the session folder and choose Convert to Unique Copy.  A new file will be generated in your session folder and the clip will be relinked to the new file.  Nothing else about the clip or asset should change.

Our internal file format is always WAV.  Mp3 is a lossy compression format, and if we used mp3 as the format for these files, the quality would degrade when you performed a mixdown.  When you open an mp3, we convert it to a WAV internally for all processing and playback.

The envelopes in the new session are reset?  Envelopes on clips or tracks in a multitrack session do not affect the actual assets on disk.  If you absolutely need these rendered down, I'd suggest exporting to OMF which will render each clip including effects and automation to a flat file.  You could also use the Export to Premiere Pro command which will render your session down to complete stems, depending on the needs of your out of house organization.

Ahh - I think this is just a misunderstanding ;-)

We have added "Save copies of associated files" back to Audition CS6 but we moved it into our session export operation (instead of save).

Simply go to File > Export > Session.

From here, check the option for "Save copies of associated files" and click the Options button to choose the format and location for the session and files.

I think this is what you're looking for.

--Ron

I think what you could do (because we are now using this through export and not save) is this:

File > Export > Session.

Check the option for "Save copies of associated files".

Also check the box for "Open session after saving".

When the newly exported session opens after the save, work off of that session (with the sesion files in their new location) so any new files created will be for that exported session and in that sesion location.

From that point on you can just perform a regular save and everything created will be in the correct location.

Does that work?

--Ron

No, we do not automatically copy files you are referencing in a session to a local directory. Any time you add a file into a session and save that session, Audition will simply save a reference to the original location of that file. This was also the way it worked in every previous version of Audition (and Cool Edit) ever released.

My suggestion for your worflow would be to import your netfwork files to a local folder (within the session directory) and import the files from there.

If this is not an option you will need to save the files locally sometime later and re-save the session.

To clarify the way this feature was inteneded to behave, the idea is that you are choosing to export the session and copies of everything in the session to bundle it all in one place. The problem is that if you then continue opening files from other locations, we still just reference a link to the location where you are importing from (nomal session behavior for Audition). If you then want to make sure everything is still bundled all in one place, you will have to re-export everything OR just save copies of the newly imported files to that session directory.

Again, this is the same way all previous versions of Audition have always behaved.

It sounds like you are requesting a new feature to have all imported files copied to a specified location...which I do think is a good suggestion.

--Ron

Hey Hank,

Maybe I'm not explaining this correctly, but what I'm trying to say is that we already re-added that ;-)

It's under File > Export > Session now, but it essentially does the same thing if you choose to open the saved session after export.

Please let me know the exact workflow you used in Audition 3 if you find that this is not working the same way after trying it.

Thanks,

--Ron

Ron,

I think the main issue with the Export path is if the user is trying to overwrite an open session, it fails.  Where Save As can overwrite the open session just fine, it doesn't include the "Save associated audio files.." option.

I suspect if we added that option to the Save As dialog, and included some logic to only write files that don't already exist, it would solve the majority of Gavin and Hanks request.

Ahh - I knew I had to be missing something here ;-)

I do recall discussing this when the featrue was implemented and there was some reason why it had to be done as an export (with the new architecture).

We'll make sure this is added to the backlog and reviewed for future versions.

Thanks for stepping in and clarifying the expected behavior Durin.

--Ron