3 Replies Latest reply: Oct 10, 2014 8:41 AM by Alan Craven RSS

    Adobe Audition Interchange folder has gigabytes of files

    Megawatson.com Community Member
    Megawatson.com Sep 7, 2013 1:19 AM

      In Windows, it's under Users-myname-adobe-Adobe Audition Interchange and I cannot believe I didn't find anything related to this on Google or elsewhere. That's really why I am writing this, for others' future reference, and also so this folder stays on my radar to clean manually.

       

      There are subfolders left over from two projects in there, amounting to over 66 gigabytes of data, rendered and extracted audio and silent video files from multicamera shoots of  some plays and concert.

      Is this something that I can delete with impunity having archived these projects?

       

      Or even in the middle of an Adobe Premiere project after I have edited the audio and sent it back in?

       

      Why didn't Audition clean up after? An untimely crash (that I don't remember having) or just poor temp file management? The files cover half a dozen different editing days.

       

      This folder isn't mentioned in the Audition temp paths or cache dialogs, it turned up because I am trying to reclaim disk space and a file search found two 16 gb video files created when I was mixing, etc. As I said, no  mention of the path online, this forum, or the help file.

       

      Wondering where else Adobe stashes files that I won't need later but doesn't delete them, There are a few extra imported audio files just above this one too.

       

      If anybody has tips, bring them on.

       

      Thanks,

      megawatson.

        • 1. Re: Adobe Audition Interchange folder has gigabytes of files
          ryclark Community Member
          ryclark Sep 7, 2013 4:40 AM (in response to Megawatson.com)

          I don't see any folder like that on my Audition only PC (no premiere Pro) so I suspect that it may be a Premiere thing rather than Audition.

          • 2. Re: Adobe Audition Interchange folder has gigabytes of files
            Megawatson.com Community Member
            Megawatson.com Sep 7, 2013 11:52 PM (in response to ryclark)

            It is definitely a Creative Suite interaction issue, as you have to be sending something to Audition from elsewhere, so it's likely fair to blame Premiere, but that is not where the leftover folder lives. (I've also sent Captivate files to Audition and returned them with great results and no leftover files.)

            I was hoping that any edits that may be in these folders were reflected in the Premiere project folders and not just referenced back to the Interchange folder, or at the very least copied into my archive when I Project Manager-backed it up ....

             

            So how are Audition edits saved in Premiere? The answer:

            This article goes over the differences between:

            1) "Edit Clip in Audition" (a round trip process that automatically brings it back into Premiere and updates the file there)

            or

            2) editing sequences (not updated unless you export from Audition and import back to Premiere - this can be done inside the programs:  After editing, choose Multitrack > Export to Premiere Pro, and in Premiere follow the dialog to Copy tracks from Audition and place them in the project

            http://www.macprovideo.com/hub/premiere/essential-tips-for-premiere-editors-working-with-a udition

             

            In my case I am confident that I used "Edit Clip" because I was quite thrilled about the feature, and actually after I was done editing, polished it in Multitrack with the second method!

            So I can safely delete these files, presuming a Premiere crash or ill-timed closure caused them not to be deleted automatically.

            • 3. Re: Adobe Audition Interchange folder has gigabytes of files
              Alan Craven Community Member
              Alan Craven Oct 10, 2014 8:41 AM (in response to Megawatson.com)

              I have been looking for a solution to this problem, and found a solution.

               

              The Adobe Audition Interchange folder is created when you select "Edit clip/sequence in Audition" from within Premiere, as ryclark suggested.  If you are not careful, you can fill up your C: drive with gigabytes of files quite quickly as the Op discovered

               

              When you click on this command in Premiere, you are given an opportunity to place the folder (which will contain the large extracted audio files) in a location of your choice.  The default is not the best choice for me, as it is on the C: drive, but where you choose will depend on how you set up your projects.  I keep all my media files in a folder for each project, on a separate media drive, so I choose to place these files in the Audio Files folder within the overall project folder on that drive.

               

              These files which are created  replace the original audio in the Premiere project, so they must be left where they are while ever the project is required.  Once the project is no longer required, they can be deleted along with the rest of the media.