Adobe 22011292 - Audition - PC User manual

User Guide
Audition™
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Contains an implementation of the LZW algorithm licensed under U.S. Patent 4,558,302.
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Part number: 90047223 (07/2003)

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Contents
Legal Notices
Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Introduction
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Adobe Audition at a Glance
Sound Your Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Work Efficiently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Use Integrated Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 1 Key Concepts of Adobe Audition
Destructive and Non-Destructive Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Real-Time Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Multitrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Session Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Working with Premiere Pro and After Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2 Looking at the Work Area
Edit View and Multitrack View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Switching from Edit View to Multitrack View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Switching from Multitrack View to Edit View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Dockable Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Placekeepers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Drop-down Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Organizer Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Files Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Effects Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Favorites Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Wave Display/Session Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Graph Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Transport Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Level Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Show Valleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Zoom Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Time Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sel/View Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Window Menu – Edit View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3 Wave File Formats Supported by Adobe Audition
64-bit doubles (RAW) (.dbl) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8-bit signed (.sam) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
A/mu-Law Wave (.wav) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
ACM Waveform (.wav): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Amiga IFF-8SVX (.iff, .svx) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Apple AIFF (.aif,.snd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ASCII Text Data (.txt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Audition Loop (.cel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creative Sound Blaster (.voc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Dialogic ADPCM (.vox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
DiamondWare Digitized (.dwd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
DVI/IMA ADPCM (.wav) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Microsoft ADPCM (.wav) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
mp3Pro® (.mp3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Next/Sun (.au, .snd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SampleVision (.smp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Windows PCM (.wav) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Windows Media Audio(.wma) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
PCM Raw Data (.pcm) (.raw) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 4 Navigating the Edit View
About Edit View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Navigating the Wave Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Waveform View/Spectral View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Horizontal Ruler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Vertical Ruler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Recording in Edit View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Wave Display Right-Click Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter 5 File Menu – Edit View
New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Open As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Open Append . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Extract Audio from Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Extract Audio From CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Revert to Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Close All Waves and Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Close Only Non-Session Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Save Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Save All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Batch File Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Flush Virtual File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Free Up Space in Temp Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
MRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 6 Edit Menu – Edit View
Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Enable Undo/Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Repeat Last Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Set Current Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Paste to New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Mix Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Copy to New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Insert in Multitrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Insert Play List in Multitrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Select Entire Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Delete Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Delete Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Zero Crossings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Find Beats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Auto-Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Snapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Group Waveform Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Out of Band Peaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adjust Sample Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Convert Sample Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 7 View Menu – Edit View
Multitrack View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Waveform View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Spectral View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Show Organizer Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Show Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Creating Cues and Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Show Play List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Show Transport Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Show Zoom Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Show Time Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Show Sel/View Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Show Level Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Show a Placekeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Display Time Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Vertical Scale Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Wave Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chapter 8 Effects Menu – Edit View
Invert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Amplify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Binaural Auto-Panner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Channel Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Dynamics Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Envelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Hard Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Pan/Expand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Stereo Field Rotate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Delay Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Dynamic Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Echo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Echo Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Full Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Multitap Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
QuickVerb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Sweeping Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
DirectX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Dynamic EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
FFT Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Graphic Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Graphic Phase Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Notch Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Parametric Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Quick Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Scientific Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Noise Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Click/Pop Eliminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Clip Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Hiss Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

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Noise Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Convolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Doppler Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Pitch Bender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Stretch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Refresh Effects List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Chapter 9 Generate Menu – Edit View
Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
DTMF Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Generate Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Chapter 10 Analyze Menu – Edit View
Show Frequency Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Show Phase Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Histogram Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Chapter 11 Favorites Menu – Edit View
Edit Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Function Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Script Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Tool Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Help Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Chapter 12 Options Menu – Edit View
Loop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Timed Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Monitor Record Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Show Levels on Play and Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
MIDI Trigger Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

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Synchronize Cursor Across Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Windows Recording Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Scripts & Batch Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Batch Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Mouse Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
System Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Colors Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Spectral Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Controls Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Display Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Data Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Multitrack Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
SMPTE Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Device Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Wave Out Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Wave In Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
MIDI Out Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
MIDI In Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Device Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Shortcuts (Keyboard & MIDI Triggers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Chapter 13 Navigating the Multitrack View
About Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
About Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
About Session Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
Navigating the Session Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
Inserting Existing Audio Into Your Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Recording New Audio Into Your Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Track Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Session Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Track Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Block Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
About Busses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
About Real-Time Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

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Chapter 14 File Menu – Multitrack View
About Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
New Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Open Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
Append to Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
Close Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Close Session and Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Close Only Non-Session Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Open Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Save Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Save Session As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
Save Mixdown As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Save Mixdown To Video As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Save All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Default Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Free Up Space in Temp Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
MRU List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Chapter 15 View Menu – Multitrack View
Edit Waveform View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Show Pan Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Show Volume Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Show Wet/Dry Mix Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
Show FX Parameter Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
Show Tempo Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
Enable Envelope Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
Enable Block Edge Dragging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
Session Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Show Mixers Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Tracks Mixer Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Bus Mixer Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Show Track EQ Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Show Track Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Show Organizer Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Show Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Show Transport Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

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Show Zoom Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Show Time Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Show Sel/View Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Show Level Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Show Load Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Show Video Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Show a Placekeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Display Time Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Advanced Session Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Chapter 16 Edit Menu – Multitrack View
Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Edit Waveform (Wave Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Loop Properties (Wave Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Allow Multiple Takes (Wave Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Take History (Wave Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Adjust Wave Volume (Wave Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Adjust Wave Pan (Wave Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Wave Block Properties (Wave Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Transpose (MIDI Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Set Tempo (MIDI Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Zoom in/Zoom out (MIDI Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Active Track (MIDI Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Set Controller 7 (MIDI Block Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Mix Down to File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Mix Down to Empty Track N (Bounce) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Group Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Group Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Block Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Punch In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Crossfade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Loop Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Convert to Unique Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Mute Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Lock in Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

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Lock for Play Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Merge/Rejoin Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Align Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Align Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Adjust Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Full . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Remove Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Destroy Blocks (remove & close) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Select All Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Select All Blocks in Track N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Insert/Delete Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Group Waveform Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Snapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Refresh Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Check For Hidden Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Chapter 17 Insert Menu – Multitrack View
Wave from File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
MIDI from File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Video from File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Audio from Video File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Currently Open Waveform List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
File/Cue List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Chapter 18 Effects Menu – Multitrack View
Envelope Follower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
Frequency Band Splitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Vocoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Chapter 19 Options Menu – Multitrack View
Loop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Monitor Record Level(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Show Levels on Play and Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

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MIDI Trigger Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
MIDI Panic Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Synchronize Blocks with Edit View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
SMPTE Slave Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
SMPTE Master Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
SMPTE Start Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Sample Accurate Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Pause Background Mixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Windows Recording Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Device Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
Device Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
Shortcuts (Keyboard & MIDI Triggers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
Chapter 20 Multichannel Encoder
Multichannel Encoder Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Elements of the Multichannel Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Opening Encoded and Exported files back in Adobe Audition 343
Appendix A Keyboard Shortcuts
File Menu Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Edit Menu Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Scroll/Select Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
View Menu Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Analyze Menu Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Options Menu Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Transport Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Help Menu Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Appendix B Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

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Introduction
elcome to Adobe Audition, the complete multitrack digital audio recorder, editor, and mixer for Windows
98, ME, 2000, and XP. The combination of Adobe Audition and any Windows sound card puts the power of
an entire digital recording studio at your fingertips. So start making some great sounds, and thanks for using
Adobe Audition.
Getting Help
Adobe provides a variety of options you can use to learn Adobe Audition, including printed guides, online Help, and tool
tips.You can also access a host of continually updated Web resources for learning Adobe Audition, from tips and tutorials
to tech support information.
Registration
In order for Adobe to provide you with the highest quality software, offer technical support, and inform you about new
Adobe Audition software developments, please register your application. When you first start the Adobe Audition appli-
cation, you’re prompted to register online. You can choose to submit the form directly or fax a printed copy. You can also
register by filling out and returning the registration card included with your software package.
Customer support
When you register your product, you may be entitled to technical support. Terms may vary depending on your country
of residence. For more information, refer to the technical support card provided with the Adobe Audition documen-
tation.
If you . . . Try this . . .
Want information about install-
ing Adobe Audition
Follow the on-screen installation instructions.For more detailed information,see
the HowToInstall file on the CD.
Are new to digital audio editors
•
See the “Looking at the Work Area”chapter to get familiar with the work area
and tools.
•
Use the Adobe Audition tool tips feature to help identify tools,buttons, and
palette controls as you work in Adobe Audition.
Are looking for a detailed infor-
mation about a feature
Search for the feature in Help or look it up in the index.
Want a complete list of keyboard
shortcuts
See the Keyboard Shortcuts chapter.
Want answers to common trou-
bleshooting questions
Search the Adobe Support Knowledgebase and Adobe Audition Top Issues,
which you can access from Adobe’s Web site at www.adobe.com/support/prod-
ucts/audition.html.
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Adobe also provides several forms of automated technical support:
•
See the ReadMe file installed with the program for information that became available after
this guide went to press.
•
See the Adobe Audition support page for information on top support issues and trouble-
shooting information for common problems.

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Adobe Audition at a Glance
dobe Audition software is a professional audio editing and mixing environment. Designed for audio and video
professionals in studios, broadcast facilities, and post-production facilities, Adobe Audition delivers advanced
audio mixing, editing, mastering, and effects-processing capabilities. Mix up to 128 tracks, edit individual
audio files, create loops, and use more than 45 DSP (digital signal processing) effects. Adobe Audition is a complete
multitrack recording studio that offers a flexible workflow coupled with exceptional ease of use. Whether you’re
producing music, radio broadcasts, or audio for video, the precise tools in Adobe Audition give you the power to create
rich, nuanced audio of the highest possible quality. A complete solution for digital audio, Adobe Audition lets you:
Sound your best
Adobe Audition supports files with bit depths of up to 32-bit and sample rates in excess of 192 kHz, so
whether your destination is tape, CD, DVD, or DVD-Audio, Adobe Audition is up to the task. All processing is done at
32-bit resolution for the highest quality sound.
Work efficiently
Adobe Audition puts all the tools you need at your fingertips so that you can get your work done quickly
and efficiently. An accessible interface helps you to get up and running in no time, and dockable pallets enable you to
arrange your workspace to match a project’s needs.
Use integrated tools
Adobe Audition provides an all-in-one audio editing and mixing solution. Integrated multitrack
and edit views, real-time effects, looping support, analysis tools, restoration features, and video support provide the
power you need in a fully integrated audio toolset.
Sound Your Best
Adobe Audition enhances your sound with the following advanced audio features:
Highest-quality audio
Record, edit, and mix high-resolution 32-bit files using any sample rate up to 10 MHz, including
standard rates such as 44.1kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, and 192kHz. Support for 24-bit/96kHz recording ensures DVD-ready
sound.
Sample-accurate editing
Be as precise in your cuts as you like. Edits can be accurate down to the sample level and can
be automatically snapped to zero crossings; short crossfades can be added for smooth,pop-free cuts every time and quick
fades can be added using keyboard shortcuts. Check for in-phase material and mono compatibility in the Phase Analysis
window, and use the Frequency Analysis window to take snapshots of frequency (FFT) data and export that information
to the clipboard.
Powerful DSP tools and effects Work with more than 45 DSP tools and effects, mastering and analysis tools, and audio
restoration features. Adobe Audition includes standard effects such as Reverb, Delay, Dynamics Processing, and Flange,
as well as advanced processing such as Parametric Equalizer, Scientific Filters, Doppler Shifter, Hard Limiting, Noise
Reduction (including click and pop elimination), and Time/Pitch stretch. Adobe Audition also supports third-party
DirectX plug-ins.
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Adobe Audition at a Glance
Precise sample rate conversion
Convert audio sample rates with confidence: transparent sample-rate conversion
guarantees that if you need to change the sample rate of audio, it will sound its best. Ideal for taking CD material at
44.1kHz and upsampling it to 48kHz for video or 96kHz for DVD.
Automation envelopes Create smooth volume, pan, effects parameter, and wet/dry transitions for clips in a multitrack
mix using sample-accurate automation envelopes or “rubber bands.” Envelope curves can be adjusted using splines to
produce gradual, non-linear transitions.
Customizable dithering
Convert high-bit-rate material to lower resolution formats without introducing audible
artifacts. User-definable dither depth and a wide array of Noise Shaping curves assure that your audio will retain its
character and definition.
High-quality stretching
Change tempo without shifting pitch or shift pitch without changing tempo thanks to high-
quality stretch support.
Work Efficiently
Adobe Audition increases your productivity with extensive customization and performance options:
Customizable workspace
Get up and running quickly using an interface that is dockable, resizable, and can be
configured to meet your production needs. For example, create default sessions that can be called up as templates for
projects that share similar configurations.
Real-time effects
Process effects in real-time instead of waiting for each effect to render before moving on. To reduce
CPU usage, lock a track to cache the rendered effect; unlock it instantly to make adjustments.
Integration with Adobe Premiere
®
Pro and Adobe After Effects
®
Send your audio from Adobe Premiere Pro or After
Effects into Audition with the Edit Original command. WAV files are stamped with session data, so Audition can
automatically open the session that created the WAV file you are using in the other software.
Organizer window
Keep your project resources at your fingertips using the Organizer window, where you can quickly
access currently open audio, MIDI, and video files; available effects; and favorites.
Batch file processing
Use the dedicated batch-processing wizard to easily convert large numbers of files among different
sample rates, bit depths, and file formats. Also, automate repetitive tasks with scripts.
Surround sound support
Use the multichannel encoder to create a surround mix from any session in the multitrack
view, then export the mix as a 6-channel wave, six mono waves, or a multichannel WMA 9 file.
Favorites
Use Favorites to build a customized collection of commands, scripts, effects, and external software tools.
Favorites appear in the Organizer window and the Favorites menu, and can be assigned keyboard shortcuts for quick
access.
Precise analysis tools
Work with built-in analysis tools (frequency analysis, phase analysis, statistics, and spectral view)
in real-time while editing to save time and see your audio characteristics from edit to edit.

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ADOBE AUDITION
User Guide
Use Integrated Tools
Adobe Audition integrates many powerful digital audio tools:
Complete toolkit for digital audio
Handle all of your digital audio editing tasks within a single application: Audition
includes an integrated multitrack mixing view, a mono and stereo waveform editing view, effects support, and looping
capabilities.
Powerful multitrack editing
Use the multitrack view for recording, mixing, and editing sessions with up to 128 stereo
tracks. Apply volume, pan, and effects automation envelopes, use real-time effects and EQ on every track, play back AVI
and MIDI files, and more.
Audio for video
Open AVI files in the multitrack view and use all of the audio tools available in Adobe Audition on the
soundtrack. This means you can do anything from creating a totally new soundtrack, to sweetening the recording you
already have, to reducing noise on the current soundtrack.
Loop-based soundtrack creation Use flexible looping tools to quickly construct high-quality music for songs or movie
soundtracks. Loops automatically match global session tempo and key to produce dynamic musical performances.
Thousands of royalty-free production music loops Adobe Audition includes thousands of original, performance-based
loops in a wide range of musical genres that you can combine to create your own music beds, songs, soundtracks, and
more. Styles include Classical and Orchestral, Blues, Cocktail Jazz, Bossa Nova, Rockabilly, 70s Funk, Lounge, Dub
Reggae, Ska, Alternative Rock, Techno, Ambient, and World Music.
Broad file-format support
Work with files that arrive from a wide array of sources and deliver files in the audio format
you need: Audition supports more than twenty file formats and variations, including Windows PCM (wav), AIFF, MP3,
mp3PRO, and WMA 9.

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Adobe Audition at a Glance