Cool Edit / Audition Multi Track Session file

File Format
Name	Cool Edit / Audition Multi Track Session file
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Audio and Music Cool Edit / Audition Multi Track Session file
Extension(s)	.ses
PRONOM	fmt/1498
Wikidata ID	Q27959833

Multi Track Session file for Audition and Cool Edit to save multi track sessions.

File Information

The file itself does not contain audio data but rather settings of a multi track session such as number of tracks, wave position, amplification, equalizing, effects, etc.

Cool Edit was bought by Adobe in 2003 and renamed to Audition used the .SES binary format until CS5.5, then switch to the .SESX format.

Format Identification

.SES files begin with the ascii COOLNESS for the first 8 bytes

Sample Files

• Adobe FTP with sample sessions

External links

• Wikipedia Adobe Audition
• http://www.sonorus.com/cooledit/cooledit.html
• SES to SESX converter (not free, available to buy via Adobe Exchange)
• http://filext.com/file-extension/SES
• http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/ses