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iii Cont ents L earning about Adobe Audition Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Wo rk ing with Adobe Audition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CONT ENTS iv C hapter 3 Impor ting , Recording , and Playing Audio Opening audio files and multitrack sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Inser ting audio files into multitrack sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Importing audio from CD .
v C hapter 6 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and D elay Eff ec ts About using stereo, pitch, and delay effec ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Changing stereo imager y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Using chorus, flanger , and phaser effec ts .
CONT ENTS vi C hapter 9 Wo rking with Video About working with video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Wo rk ing with Adobe Premiere Pr o and After Effects . . . . . . . . . .207 Importing audio and video fr om video files .
vii C hapter 13 Burning Audio CDs Using CD Project View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Assembling tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Editing the source audio for tracks .
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1 Lear ning about A dobe A udition elcome t o A dobe ® A udition TM 1.5, the ultimate software t ool for audio editing, mixing, and mast ering . Ad obe provides a variet y of options y ou can use to learn Adobe A udition, including o nline He lp and tool tips.
2 Learning about Adobe A udition Are looking for detailed information about a featur e • In Help, use the Index or Search tabs. • In windows and dialog box es, click the Help button or press F1. Wa nt a list of keyboard shortcuts S ee “Keyboard Shortcuts” on page 263.
3 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Wo rking with Adobe A udition Y ou can work with A dobe A udition in many diff erent ways. I n this section, y ou ’ll find dir ec- tions to specific information to help y ou accomplish so me common Ad obe A udition tasks.
4 Learning about Adobe A udition If you w ant to crea te video soundtr acks • Easily creat e and remix soundtracks used in Adobe ® Pr emiere ® Pr o and A fter Effects ® projects. (See “W or king with A dobe P remiere P ro and After Effects ” on page 207.
5 W hat ’ s N ew in A dobe A udition 1.5 his ov er view introduces y ou to the k ey new features of A dobe A udition 1.5, including streamlined w orkflow with other A dobe pr oducts, powerful new effects, integrated CD burning, and more.
6 Wh at ’s New in Adobe Audition 1.5 Sound your best W ith high fidelit y , 32-bit int ernal processing, A dobe A udition supports up to 32-bit files and sample rates up to 10 MHz. P owerful effects, restoration, and pit ch correction t ools let you cr eate the exact sound y ou're aft er .
7 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Wo rk efficiently Ad obe A udition puts all the tools y ou need at your fingertips so you can g et your work do ne quickly and efficiently . An intuiti ve interfac e gets you up and running in no time, and integrated editing, mixing, and CD burning str eamline your audio w orkflow .
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9 Chapte r 1: Looking at the Wo r k Are a elcome t o A dobe A udition. A dobe A udition gives y ou an efficient work ar ea and user interface t o edit and mix audio files. About the work ar ea Ad obe A udition is divided into thr ee main work areas: Edit V iew , M ultitrack View , and CD Pr oject V iew .
10 CHAPTER 1 Lo oking at the W ork Area All three views hav e a similar user interfac e, including the follo w ing co mponents: Menus The menus in the men u bar contain c ommands for performing tasks. (See “C hoosing commands ” on page 12.) To olbars The toolbars hold butt ons for apply ing co mmonly used functions.
11 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Y ou can combine destructiv e and nondestructive edit ing t o suit the needs of a project. If a m ultitrack clip requir es destructive editing, for example, simply double-clic k it to acc ess Edit V iew .
CHAPTER 1 12 Lo oking at the W ork Area Choosing commands Co mmands let you perform a wide variet y of tasks. Y ou can choose commands fr om the menus at the to p of your scr een or click buttons in a toolbar . Y ou can also use cont ext- sensitiv e (rig ht-click) menus and k eyboard shortcuts to q uickly ex ecute commands.
13 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To customize a shortcut: 1 Ch oose Options > K eyboard Shortcuts A nd MIDI T rigger . 2 Select the function you want t o assign the shortcut to . Not e : Yo u can filter the list of functions by choosing an option from the Category menu and clicking the M ultit rack V iew or Edit Vi ew button.
CHAPTER 1 14 Lo oking at the W ork Area To show or hide a toolbar: Ch oose V iew > T oolbars, and choose a toolbar name fr om the submenu. A c heck mark indicates that the t oolbar is showing. To specify how man y rows of buttons ar e displayed: Ch oose V iew > T oolbars, and c hoose a number of ro ws from the submen u.
15 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To undock a window: Drag the window’ s handle t o the middle of the work ar ea until you see an outline of the window . The window is no w a standard floating window . Y ou can move the windo w by dragging its title bar .
CHAPTER 1 16 Lo oking at the W ork Area To hide a window: Do one of the following: • Ch oose the window name from the W indo w menu. • Click the butt on that corresponds to the windo w name in the V iew toolbar . (See “U sing to olbars” on page 13.
17 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To delete a placek eeper window: Right-click the window’ s handle, and choose Close. Na vigating in the displa y window The display windo w shows y ou the current wav eform (in Edit V iew) or session (in M ulti- tr ack V iew).
CHAPTER 1 18 Lo oking at the W ork Area To zoom in or out b y using the zoom controls: Do an y of the following: • Click the Zoom In H orizontally button to z oom in on the center of the v isible wav eform window or session.
19 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Yo u can also use the wheel on your mo use to zoom in and out. T o do so, place the pointer over the horizontal sc roll bar , timeline, vertical scroll bar (Multitrack V iew only), or vertical r uler , and roll the mouse wheel.
CHAPTER 1 20 Lo oking at the W ork Area Yo u can also use the wheel on your mo use to sc roll in the displa y window . T o do so, place the pointer over the display window , and r oll the mouse wheel.
21 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Using the sta tus bar The status bar runs along the very bottom of Adobe A udition ’ s main window . It can display information such as sample f ormat, file siz e, and free disk space. S tatus bar A. D ata U nder C ursor B.
CHAPTER 1 22 Lo oking at the W ork Area F ile Size) Re presents ho w large the activ e audio file is, measured in kilobytes. If you see 308 K in the Status Bar , then the current wa veform or session is 308 kilob y tes (KB) in siz e. F ile Size (time) Shows y ou the length (measured in time) o f the current wav eform or session.
23 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To undo a change: Ch oose Edit > U ndo [name of change]. Or , clic k the U ndo button in the toolbar . The U ndo c ommand con veniently indicat es which change y ou ’ re undoing. F or example, it may appear as U ndo Delete or U ndo N ormalize.
CHAPTER 1 24 Lo oking at the W ork Area Organizing files and effects The Organizer window appears in Edit V iew , M ultitrack V iew , and CD P roject V iew . This handy , tab bed w indo w lets you easily o pen and close files, see a list o f all open wav eforms and MIDI files, choose effects with ease, and more.
25 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To displa y the Files tab: 1 If the Organizer window isn ’ t showing, choose W ind ow > Organizer t o display it.
CHAPTER 1 26 Lo oking at the W ork Area To change the listing and sort order of files in the Files tab: Ma ke sure that the advanc ed options are sho wing , and do an y of the following: • To show or hide files, select a Sho w File T ypes option. An X indicat es that files of the specified ty pe are sho wing .
27 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To displa y the Effects tab: 1 If the Organizer window isn ’ t showing, choose W ind ow > Organizer t o display it.
CHAPTER 1 28 Lo oking at the W ork Area To displa y the F avorites tab: 1 If the Organizer window isn ’ t showing, choose W ind ow > Organizer t o display it. 2 Click the Fa vorites tab in the Organiz er window . Fo r more information on creating and editing fav orites, see “U sing fa vorites (Edit V iew only)” on page 253.
29 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To apply a preset: Double-click the pr eset name. The settings defined by the pr eset are reflect ed in the dialog box. To add a preset: 1 Ad just the effect settings as desir ed. 2 Click Add in the P resets ar ea of the effect dialog box.
CHAPTER 1 30 Lo oking at the W ork Area Gr aph w ith straight lines between cont rol points compared to graph with spline curves When you use spline curves, the line won ’ t travel dir ectly through the control points. I nstead, the points control the shape of the curve.
31 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Pre viewing effects in Edit View Ma ny dialog box es pro v ide a P review button for preview ing effects in real time. This means that you can mo nitor the proc essed signal before applying the effect to the wav eform.
CHAPTER 1 32 Lo oking at the W ork Area 3 Do one of the following: • Ch oose Effects > Enable Pr eroll And P ostr oll Preview . • In an effects dialog bo x, select Enable Pr eroll A nd P ostr oll Pr ev iew . This option appears below the P resets.
33 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To set up directories for VST effects: 1 In Edit View , choose Eff ects > Add/R emov e VST Dir ector y . The A dd/R emov e VST Direct or y lists the direct ories that A dobe A udition w ill scan for VST plug-ins when y ou choose Effects > R efresh Effects List.
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35 Chapte r 2: Setting up A dobe A udition ou can customize the wa y Adobe A udition w orks by setting up devices and internal preferenc es. About setting up Adobe A udition Setup tasks fall into seve ral categories. P erhaps the most important is setting up the devices y ou want to use with A dobe A udition.
36 CHAPTER 2 S etting up Adobe A udition Setting up devices Y ou can use a w ide range of dev ices with Adobe A udition. Sound card inpu ts let you bring audio signals into Adobe A udition thr ough sources such as micr ophones, tape decks, and digital effects units.
37 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide 5 Ad just the or der of dev ices for use in M ultit rack V iew by selecting a device and clicking Mov e Up or Mov e Down.
CHAPTER 2 38 S etting up Adobe A udition Limit Playback T o Downsamples audio data for pla yback. U se this option t o compensate for limitations imposed by y our hardwar e. For e xample, if your sound car d doesn ’ t handle 32-bit audio correctly , you can ha ve A dobe A udition limit the pla yback of 32-bit files to either 16-bit or 8-bit.
39 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide The capabilities of the selected recor ding dev ice ar e shown in the Supported Fo rmats table. A Y es or No indicat es different co mbinations of sample rate and bit resol ution. 3 Set an y of the following properties.
CHAPTER 2 40 S etting up Adobe A udition Y ou cannot recor d audio directly from a MIDI inpu t dev ice int o A dobe A udition. In order to wo rk w ith MIDI data in Adobe A udition, y ou must sav e the MIDI data to a file using a MIDI sequencing application, and then import the MIDI file into a session as a clip .
41 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To set options for inc oming SMPTE timecode: 1 If your MIDI interfac e supports sample-accurate synchronization, choose Options > Sample A ccurate Sync.
CHAPTER 2 42 S etting up Adobe A udition To set up external con trollers: 1 Ch oose Options > Dev ice P roperties, and click the Ext. Contr oller tab . 2 Select the external c ontroller y ou want to use, and specify a v olume increment for the dev ice.
43 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide • I nsert All Outputs T o Individual T racks. R eW ire devices ma y offer multiple channel outputs. This option rout es each available R eW ire output t o its own track, starting with the first unoccupied track and follo w ing co ntiguously to additional unoccupied tracks.
CHAPTER 2 44 S etting up Adobe A udition General options The General tab in the Settings dialog bo x prov ides options for adjusting mouse behavior in A dobe A udition, as well as parameters for aut o-play , live updat e, auto-scroll, and mor e.
45 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Ctrl Key Allo ws Dockable Window s T o Dock Disables the Ctrl k ey from preventing a window to d ock when moving the window around the w ork area. Mouse Wheel Determines the amount to zoom in when r otating the mouse wheel found on Intellipoint-c ompatible pointing devices.
CHAPTER 2 46 S etting up Adobe A udition E dit View Play/Rec ord Buffer Determines the buffer siz e (in seconds) to be used when sending data to and fr om your sound car d when playing back or rec ording in Edit V iew . Different sound car d dev ices ma y require differ ent memor y buffer settings.
47 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide T emporar y F olders Specifies the folders in which y ou want A dobe A udition to st ore te mporar y files. A dobe A udition creates temporary files for use when perfor ming edits on y our audio . All temporar y files begin w ith CEP and ha ve the .
CHAPTER 2 48 S etting up Adobe A udition D elete Clipboard Files On Exit Deletes A dobe A udition clipboar d files when you exit. In general, lea ve this o ption enabled: U sually , aft er you finish with an A dobe A udition session, these clipboard files ar e no longer needed and just tak e up valuable hard disk spac e.
49 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Spectral T ab Lists the display elements for Ad obe A udition ’ s spectral display . Select an item fr om the list and click the Change Color button to adjust the element ’ s color .
CHAPTER 2 50 S etting up Adobe A udition Displa y options The Display tab in the Settings dialog bo x pr ovides options for adjusting A dobe A udition ’ s Spectral View and W aveform V iew modes. W indowing F unc tion Determines the method A dobe A udition uses to segment the spectral data before it displays it.
51 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Show Center Lines Displays cent er lines in the wav eform display . The center lines re present zer o amplitude of the wav eform ’ s right and left channels. Show Boundar y Lines Displays boundar y lines in the wa veform displa y .
CHAPTER 2 52 S etting up Adobe A udition Dither T ransform Results (increases dynamic range) Enables dithering when processing effects such as FFT Filter or Amplify . Most pr ocessing done b y A dobe A udition uses arith- metic greater than 16-bit, with the results c on verted back to 16-bit when c omplete.
53 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Au to-Conv ert S ettings F or Paste Wh en pasting different sample formats, Adobe A udition uses these settings when auto-c onv erting the clipboard to the current sample f ormat. V alid settings range from 30 to 1000.
CHAPTER 2 54 S etting up Adobe A udition Allow F or Partially Processed Data After Canceling Eff ec t Determines what happens after y ou clic k the Cancel button while in the middle of applying an effect to a wav eform. W hen selected, Adobe A udition lea ves the effect applied to all data p rocessed up until the point y ou clic ked Canc el.
55 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Open Order Determines the or der in which A dobe A udition opens a sound car d’ s pla yback (in) and rec ord (out) ports for use in the multitrack environment. This or der is relevant only for older sound cards that d on ’t support full-duplex capability .
CHAPTER 2 56 S etting up Adobe A udition Not e : On sound cards that support sample accurate dev ices (that is, synchronized device star ting, and all dev ices keyed off of the same clock) you don ’t need to select this option.
57 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Au to Zero-Cross Edits Au to matically adjusts the beginning and end points of all Cu t, Co py , and P ast e-ty pe edits to the nearest plac e where the wav eform crosses the c enter line (zero amplitude point).
CHAPTER 2 58 S etting up Adobe A udition M anage T emporar y F older Reserve Space dialog box A. Open wa veforms B. U ndo items for the selected waveform C. L ocation of pr imar y and se condary temporar y folders Us e the Status Bar to monitor the amount of free disk space.
59 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To manage temporary folder reserve spac e: 1 Ch oose File > Manage T emporar y Folder R eserve Space. 2 Do an y of the following: • To c lose a t emporar y file you ’r e no longer using, select the file in the W aveform list, and click Close File.
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61 Chapte r 3: I mpor t ing, Re co r ding, and Pla y ing A udio ou can bring audio into Ad obe A udition b y impor ting it fr om an audio or video file or by r ecording it fr om an external sour ce, such as a micro phone or a computer’ s CD play er .
62 CHAPTER 3 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio To pre view the contents of a selected file: Do an y of the following: • Click Pla y to listen to the file onc e. • Select Loop to r epeat the file until you c lick Stop . • Click A uto Pla y to pla y files automatically when y ou select them.
63 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide No te : Older sound cards might not be able to play 32-bit files pr operly . T o check the capabil- ities of your sound card, choose Options > De v ice Pr opert ies. I f your sound card doesn ’ t support 32-bit files, you can con vert the files to a lower bit rate (such as 16-bit) for pla yback.
CHAPTER 3 64 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio To insert an audio file into a multitrack session: 1 In M ultitrack View , position the current-time indicat or at the desired insertion point. 2 Select the desired track. 3 Do one of the following: • Ch oose Insert > A udio , select the audio file, and click Open.
65 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Ad obe A udition pro vides two methods for ripping tracks from CDs: using the Open co mmand and using the Extract A udio F rom CD c ommand. U sing the Open command is the quick est method and is preferred for ripping entire tracks.
CHAPTER 3 66 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio 5 Fo r Interface Option, c hoose Generic W in32 or ASPI/SPTI. In most cases, ASPI/SPTI is the best choice. Select Generic W in32 only if the ASP I/SPTI option doesn ’ t produce satisfactory results.
67 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide • D5 sends the D5 SCSI Op Code to the CD-R OM driv e. • NEC works with older NEC CD-R OM drives. CD Speed Lists all extraction speeds that the selected CD-R OM drive supports and lets y ou specify the speed y ou want to use.
CHAPTER 3 68 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio To pre view the CD Audio input lev el: 1 Open your fa vorite thir d-part y CD pla yer application (such as W indows M edia Pla yer). 2 Start playing the loudest part of the CD . Then, switch to Adobe A udition, and choose Options > M onitor R ecord L evel.
69 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Cu rr e nt-time indicator To set the curren t-time indicator: Do one of the following in the display windo w : • Click exactly wher e you want to set the curr ent time. • P osition the pointer o ver the triangle above or belo w the current-time indicator .
CHAPTER 3 70 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio F eatur es that help you monitor time A. Play back cursor B. T imeline C. T ime w indow To displa y the Time window: Do one of the following: • Ch oose W indo w > Time. A check mark indicat es that the window is visible.
71 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide • SMPTE 24 fps (Film) displa ys time in a format where each second equals 24 frames, suitable for film. • Samples displays time n umerically , using as a refer ence the actual number of samples that hav e passed since the beginning of the edited file.
CHAPTER 3 72 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio Recor ding audio Y ou can record audio fr om a micro phone or any signal y ou can plug into the Line I n port of a sound card. No te : Yo u may need to adjust the input signal to obtain the optimum recor ding and signal-to- noise levels.
73 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To set start and stop times for recording: 1 Enable timed rec ord mode. 2 Click the R ecord butt on . 3 Specify the maximum r ecording time: • Select N o Time Limit t o recor d until you clic k the Stop button (or until disk spac e r uns out).
CHAPTER 3 74 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio To rec ord a new clip in a track: 1 In the track contr ols area for the track, click the In 1 butt on, select the desired input of your sound car d, and then click OK. 2 Click the R ecord-enable butt on for the track.
75 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide No te : Yo u can't punch into a loop-enabled clip. For inf ormat ion about disabling loops, see “S ett ing impermanent loop propert ies in M ultitrack View” on page 202. To select from multiple takes in a clip: 1 Select the clip .
CHAPTER 3 76 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio To pla y from the current-time indicator to the end of the curr ent view: Set the current-time indicator wher e you want pla yback to start, and click the Pla y button in the T ranspor t Contr ols window .
77 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To pla y a selected range of audio with preroll and postroll: 1 In Edit View , right-click the Play butt on or the Play T o End button in the Tr ansport Controls win.
CHAPTER 3 78 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio To pre view a file at the session tempo (Multitrack View only): In M ultitrack V iew , select F ollow Session on the Files tab , and then click the Pla y button or enable auto-pla y , and select a file.
79 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To pause pla ying or recording audio: Click the P ause button in the T ranspor t Contr ols window . Click the P ause butt on again to resume playbac k or recor ding.
CHAPTER 3 80 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio Using the L ev el Meters The Level M eters r epresent the inc oming signal in dBFS (decibels belo w full scale), wher e a level of 0 dB is the maximum amplitude possible before clipping oc curs. Y ellow peak indicators r emain for 1.
81 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To clear a clip indicat or: Click the clip indicat or , or right-click the Level M eters and c hoose Clear Clip Indicator . No t e: The clip indicators alwa ys lig ht up if clipping occurs, but if A djust F or DC is enabled, the indicators light up if audio has a DC offset.
CHAPTER 3 82 Importing, Rec ording , and Playing A udio Select Static P eaks as a great way to f ind out how loud a song will ge t before you recor d it. J ust start monitoring le vels and then play the song. After the song ends, the peak indicators show the volume of the loudest part.
83 Chapte r 4: Editing A udio do be A udition pr ovides a powerful and easy-t o-use interfac e for preforming a variety of editing tasks, such as c opying, pasting, and deleting; adding and re moving silence; generating noise and t ones; changing the sample type; and adding information to audio files.
84 CHAPTER 4 Editing Audio Ma ny editing tasks require that y ou select a precise range of a waveform. When selecting a range, y ou ’ll pr obably want to zoom in t o view the waveform in mor e detail.
85 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide • 16-bit produc es a CD-quality waveform. T his setting is suitable for most br oadcast and m usic rec ordings. • 32-bit creat es a wav eform that suppor ts the most pr ecise audio processing, and 32-bit is the rec ommended resolution for editing files in A dobe A udition.
CHAPTER 4 86 Editing Audio • Wa ve form V iew (the default) displa ys a wa veform as a series of positiv e and negative peaks. The x -axis (horizontal ruler) repr esents time, and the y -axis (vertical ruler) measures spik es, or increased amplitude, in a wav eform.
87 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Selec ting audio data To edit a wav eform, you must first select the audio data that y ou want t o modify . Ad obe A udition pro vides se v eral methods for making and adjusting selections. U sing cues ranges can sa ve you time when making selections.
CHAPTER 4 88 Editing Audio To select a range in only one channel: Do one of the following: • Drag near the top of the left (upper) channel. The cursor displays an L icon to indicat e the left channel. • Drag near the bottom of the right (lower) channel.
89 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To make a mar quee selection: 1 In Spectral V iew , click the M arq uee Selection button in the toolbar . If this button isn ’t visible, c hoose View > T oolbars > Spectral Selection. 2 Drag in the wav eform display t o select the desired audio data.
CHAPTER 4 90 Editing Audio • Ad just Right Side T o Left adjusts the rig ht range boundar y leftward t o the next zer o crossing point. • Ad just Right Side to Right adjusts the right r ange boundary r ightward to the ne xt zero crossing point.
91 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide F or finding beats w ith material that has fast transient attacks, such as drums, specify a quick Rise Time and a high Decibel Rise so as not to cut off the beginning of the attack. F or material w ith softer attacks, such as bass, the Rise T ime can be slightly slower relative to Decibel R ise.
CHAPTER 4 92 Editing Audio Specifying which channel of a st ereo wa vef orm to edit By default, A dobe A udition applies selections and edits to both channels of a ster eo wav eform. Ho wever , y ou can easily select and edit just the left or right channel of a ster eo wav eform.
93 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To cop y audio data: 1 In the wav eform display , select the audio data y ou want to c opy . Or , to c opy the entir e wav eform, deselect all audio data. 2 Ch oose Edit > Copy or Edit > C opy T o New . Alternativ ely , click the C opy button in the toolbar .
CHAPTER 4 94 Editing Audio Mixing audio data when pasting The Mix P aste c ommand lets you mix audio data fr om the clipboar d or a file with the current wa veform.
95 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Modulate Mo dulates the audio with the current wa veform for an inter esting effect. The re sult is similar to ov erlapping, ex ce pt that the values of the two wa veforms ar e multiplied by each other , sample b y sample, instead of added.
CHAPTER 4 96 Editing Audio Wo rking with cues C ues are locations in a wa veform that y ou define. U sing cues makes it easy to na vigate w ithin a wav eform in order t o make a selection, perform edits, or play back audio . Ab out cues In Ad obe A udition, a cue can be either a point or a r ange.
97 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To define a cue: 1 Do one of the following: • Place the cursor e xactly where you want the cue point t o be in the wav eform display . • Select the audio data y ou want to define as a cue range in the wa veform display .
CHAPTER 4 98 Editing Audio • Beat C ues is just like Basic C ues, but you use it t o mark musical beats. Beat cues are a ve ry po werful feature because an audio fi le sav ed w ith them allo ws the beat mapping loop method to be v er y accurate. F or more information on creating and using loops, see “ About loops ” on page 197.
99 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide A djusting cues Y ou can easily adjust the position of cues, as w ell as the duration of range cues. To reposition a cue: Do one of the following: • Fo r point cues, drag the cue handle to a new location in the wa v eform display .
CHAPTER 4 100 Editing Audio To con vert a range cue to a point cue: Right-click a cue handle, and choose Mak e P oint. The tw o par ts of the r ange cue handle merge into a single handle, with the star t time of the range becoming the time for the point cue.
101 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide S etting cues automa tically The A uto-Cue featur e lets you locat e phrases or beats and automatically add them t o the cue list. Y ou can also use this feature to r emov e silence from the beginning and end of a file.
CHAPTER 4 102 Editing Audio • Find Levels scans the wa ve form (or a selected r ange) to hav e A dobe A udition automat- ically determine a good starting point for signal levels.
103 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To pla y items in a play list: Do one of the following: • To play the e ntire play list, select the first it em in the list, and click Pla y in the Play List window . • To play part of the list, select the first item y ou want to pla y , and clic k Play in the Pla y List window .
CHAPTER 4 104 Editing Audio To mute existing audio da ta: 1 Select the desired range of audio data. 2 Ch oose Effects > Silence. U nlik e deleting or cutting a selection, which splices the surrounding mat erial together , applying the Silence effect lea ves the duration of the selection intact, and simply zer os the amplitude within it.
105 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide F or ver y quiet, low-noise-floor audio , enter a lower amplitude v alue (such as –60 dB). F or noisier audio, you might enter a higher value (such as –30 dB). Enter a long er duration to keep groups of words together , for example.
CHAPTER 4 106 Editing Audio In verting and rev ersing audio The In vert effect simply in verts the wa veform ’ s samples, making all positi ve offsets negativ e and all negative offsets positi ve. In v er ting is useful for lining up amplitude curves when creating loops or pasting.
107 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To genera te DTMF signals: 1 Place the cursor wher e you want t o insert the sig nals. Or , if you want to r eplace part of the existing wa veform, select the desired range of audio data. 2 Ch oose Generate > DTMF Signals.
CHAPTER 4 108 Editing Audio Generating noise The N oise command lets y ou generate random noise in a variet y of colors. (T r aditionally , c olor is used t o describe the spect ral compositio n of noise.
109 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Style Specifies a style for the noise: • Spatial Stereo generat es noise by using three unique no ise sources and spatially encoding them t o seem as if one comes fr om the left, one from the ce nter , and one fr om the right.
CHAPTER 4 110 Editing Audio 3 Do one of the following: • To creat e a constant to ne, select L ock T o These Settings Only . Then, set options as desired, and click OK. • To creat e a tone that changes dynamically o ver time, deselect Lock T o These Settings Only .
111 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide The most common sample rates for digital audio editing ar e as follows: • 11,025 Hz P oor AM Radio Quality/Speech (low-end m ultimedia) • 22,050 Hz N ear FM Rad.
CHAPTER 4 112 Editing Audio Hi gh er values retain mor e high frequencies (the y prevent aliasing o f higher frequencies to lowe r ones), but the c on version tak es long er . Lo wer values r equires less pr ocessing time but result in c er tain high frequencies being “r olled off, ” leading t o muffled-sounding audio .
113 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To remove all or most of the lead vocals from man y stereo music recor dings, you can convert a stereo wa veform to mono w ith a Left Mix of 100% and a R ight Mix of –100%.
CHAPTER 4 114 Editing Audio To change the bit depth of a file: 1 Ch oose Edit > Con vert Sample T ype. Alternativ ely , clic k the Con vert Sample T ype button in the toolbar . 2 Select a bit depth from the R esolution list, or enter a cust om bit depth in the text bo x.
115 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Different curves result in diff erent ty pes of background noise. The type of cur ve t o use depends on the sourc e audio , final sample rat e, and bit depth.
CHAPTER 4 116 Editing Audio To apply a sample ra te conv ersion preset: Ch oose a preset fr om the list. The sample ty pe settings change to the settings defined in the preset. To delete a sample ra te conv ersion preset: Ch oose the preset fr om the list, and click Delete.
117 Chapte r 5: Enhancing and R est or ing A udio do be A udition pr ovides man y tools you can use t o repair audio and impr ov e sound quality . P o werful noise r eduction features let you bring old r ecordings int o the digital age.
118 CHAPTER 5 Enhancing and Restoring Audio The mastering proc ess consists of several stages, which are usually performed in the following order: 1. Analysis To determine the o verall frequency and d ynamic range of the existing file. (See “A nalyzing frequency , phase, and d ynamic range ” on page 118.
119 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Analyzing fr equency range In Edit View , y ou can use the Fr equency Analy sis windo w to analyze fr equency range either statically for a selected area or d ynamically during playback.
CHAPTER 5 120 Enhancing and Restoring Audio Hold buttons Ta ke up to four frequency snapshots as a wa v e form is playing. The fr equency outline (which is re ndered in the same color as the b utton click ed) is froz en on the gr aph and ov erlaid on other fr equency outlines.
121 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Analyzing phase In Edit View , y ou can use the Phase Analysis window to analyze phase either statically for a selected range or dynamically during playbac k. Y ou should analyze phase only for st ereo wav eforms, as phase diff erences do n ’t e xist in mono wav eforms.
CHAPTER 5 122 Enhancing and Restoring Audio To analyze phase: 1 In Edit View , select or pla y a range of the wav eform. 2 Ch oose Analyz e > Show Phase Analysis, and set options as desir ed: Normalize Enlarges the phase analysis lines so that they reac h the edge of the gr aph.
123 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To zoom in on a gr aph: In the vertical or horizontal ruler , right-click and drag the magnifying g lass icon. To na vigate a magnified graph: In the vertical or horizontal ruler , left-click and drag the hand ic on .
CHAPTER 5 124 Enhancing and Restoring Audio Wa ve form Statistic s dialog bo x, Histogram tab To view a wa vef orm histogram: 1 In Edit View , select an audio range. 2 Ch oose A nalyze > Statistics, and click the Hist ogram tab. 3 Select Left or Right to displa y either the left or rig ht channel in the for eground.
125 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Removing noise In Edit V iew , you can use effects in the N oise R eduction menu t o reduce background no ise and broadband no ise without reducing audio quality .
CHAPTER 5 126 Enhancing and Restoring Audio Click/P op detection g raph A. Level of detected clicks and pops B. Level of rejected clicks and pops To vi sually identify clicks, zoom in and use Spectral V iew w ith a resolution of 256 bands and a w indow width of 40%.
127 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To restor e clipped audio: 1 In Edit View , select an audio range. 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer w indo w , expand N oise R eduction, and d ouble-click Clip R estoration. 3 Set the desired options. Fo r more information, sear ch for “Clip Rest oration options” in Help .
CHAPTER 5 128 Enhancing and Restoring Audio Fo r more information, sear ch for “Hiss Reduction options ” in Help. Using the N oise Reduction effect (Edit View only) The N oise Reduction effect dramatically r educes background and br oadband noise with a minimal reduction in signal quality .
129 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To reduc e noise: 1 In Edit View , select a range that co ntains only noise and is at least half a second lo ng. To se lect noise in a specific frequency range, use the Mar quee Selection tool. (See “Selecting audio frequencies in Spectral V iew” on page 88.
CHAPTER 5 130 Enhancing and Restoring Audio Dy namic EQ is especially effect ive as a r eal-time effect in Multitrack View , where you can use clip envelopes to adjust the Gain, Frequency , and Q parameters. To use the Dynamic EQ effect: 1 Select an audio range (Edit V iew) or track (M ultitrack View).
131 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To use the FFT F ilter effect: 1 In Edit View , select an audio range. 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer w indo w , expand Filters, and double-clic k FFT Filter . 3 Set the desired o ptions. Fo r more information, sear ch for “FFT Filter effect options” in Help .
CHAPTER 5 132 Enhancing and Restoring Audio To use the Notch F ilter effect: 1 Select an audio range (Edit View) or track (M ultitr ack V iew). 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer window , expand Filt ers, and double-click N otch Filt er . 3 Set the desired options.
133 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide U sing the Quick F ilter eff ec t (Edit View only) The Quick Filter is an 8-band graphic equalizer that y ou can easily cust omize to suit man y filtering needs. U nlike a standar d graphic eq ualizer , settings for the indi vidual frequency bands interact with nearby frequencies.
CHAPTER 5 134 Enhancing and Restoring Audio Scient ific Filters graph for Butterworth filter (Remove Subsonic Rumble pr eset) A. G roup Delay (milliseconds) B. Fr equency Response (dB) To use the Scientific F ilters effect: 1 In Edit View , select an audio range.
135 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To use the Amplify/F ade effect: 1 In Edit View , select an audio range. 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer window , expand Amplitude, and double-c lick A mplify/Fade. 3 Set the desired options. Fo r more information, sear ch for “ Amplify/F ade options” in Help .
CHAPTER 5 136 Enhancing and Restoring Audio U sing the Dynamics Pr ocessing effect The Dynamics Pr ocessing effect varies the output level of a waveform based on its input level. Y ou can use this effect to limit or co mpress dynamic range, producing a c onsistent level of perceiv ed loudness.
137 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide U sing the Har d Limiting effect The Har d Limiting effect drastically attenuates audio that rises abo ve a defined thr eshold, leaving audio below the thr eshold unaffected.
CHAPTER 5 138 Enhancing and Restoring Audio To use the Normalize eff ec t: 1 In Edit View , select an audio range. 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer window , expand Amplitude, and double-c lick No r malize. 3 Set the desired options. Fo r more information, sear ch for “Normalize options ” in H elp .
139 Chapte r 6: A pply ing Ster eo , Pitc h, and Dela y Effects f y ou want to add richness and d epth to sound, you can use the e ffects in A dobe A udition to c hange stereo imagery or simulate acoustic spac es. Y ou can add subtle or psychedelic audio e ffects, and you can ev en correct the pitc h of an out-of-tune singer .
140 CHAPTER 6 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects To use the Binaural A uto-Panner effect: 1 In Edit View , select a ster eo range. 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer window , expand Amplitude, and double-c lick B inaural A uto-P anner . 3 Set the desired o ptions.
141 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Expanding wo rks by subtracting or adding differing amounts of rig ht and left channel signals, so sounds oc curring on the r ight or left are cut or boosted. Y ou can alter both of these elements dynamically ov er time by using the r espectiv e gr aph.
CHAPTER 6 142 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects To use the C enter Channel Extractor effect: 1 Select a stereo range. 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer window , expand Filt ers, and double-click Cent er C hannel Extractor . 3 Set the desired o ptions.
143 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide U sing chorus , f langer , and phaser effec ts These effects can thick en sound or make it ou trageous. They range from the Chorus effect’ s ability to make a single instrument or vocalist sound lik e a group playing or singing in unison, to the wilder sounds of the Flanger effect and the phaser effects.
CHAPTER 6 144 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects U sing the F langer effect Flanging was originally achieved by sending an audio signal to tw o reel-to-r eel tape re co rd ers and then ph ysically slowing down the reels of one machine.
145 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide U sing the Gr aphic Phase Shifter effect The Graphic Phase Shifter lets y ou adjust the phase of a waveform b y adding control points to a graph. To use the Graphic Phase Shifter effect: 1 Select an audio range (Edit V iew) or track (M ultitrack V iew).
CHAPTER 6 146 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects U sing the Pit ch Corr ec tion effect (Edit View only) The Pitch C orrection effect provides two wa ys to mak e pitch adjustments for v ocals or solo instrumentation.
147 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide A dding dela y s and echoes Dela y refers to separating c opies of an original sig nal by some n umber of milliseconds. Echoes are sounds that ar e delay ed far enough in time so that you hear each as a distinct co py of the orig inal sound.
CHAPTER 6 148 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects Dy namic Delay is especially cool when used as a real-time effect in M ultit rack V iew . If yo u add the dynamic delay (or Dynamic EQ, which has a similar princ iple) to M ulti- tr ack V iew , you get a new envelope that determines the delay .
149 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide U sing the E cho Chamber effect The Echo Chamber effect can sim ulate the ambiance of almost any r oom. Settings let you specify a vir tual room ’ s size and surfac e characteristics, along with the placement of vir tual microp hones.
CHAPTER 6 150 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects To use the Multitap Dela y effect: 1 Select an audio range (Edit V iew) or track (M ultitrack V iew). 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer window , expand Dela y Effects, and double-click M ultitap Dela y .
151 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Not e : B ecause the F ull Reverb effect can take longer to process than the o ther effects, it ma y not be the best choice for using in real time in M ultitrack View . If you use the F ull Reverb ef fect on a track, consider locking the track after wards so that it doesn ’t slow down your editing process.
CHAPTER 6 152 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects To use the QuickV erb eff ect: 1 Select an audio range (Edit V iew) or track (M ultitrack V iew). 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer window , expand Dela y Effects, and double-click QuickV er b.
153 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To use the Rev erb effect: 1 Select an audio range (Edit V iew) or track (M ultitrack V iew). 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer windo w , expand Delay Effects, and double-c lick Rev erb. 3 Set the desired o ptions.
CHAPTER 6 154 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects Using the C on volution effect The Con vol ution effect multiplies every sample in one wav e (the impulse ) by the samples co ntained in another wav eform. (A n “impulse ” is the data by which every other sample in a wav eform is multiplied.
155 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To use the C onv olution effect: 1 Select an audio range (Edit V iew) or track (M ultitrack V iew). 2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer w indo w , expand Special, and double-click C onv olution. 3 Set the desired o ptions.
CHAPTER 6 156 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects The Music dialog bo x To use the Music effect: 1 In Edit View , select the part of the wav eform you want t o use as a quarter note. Not e: This selection must be under ten seconds long. If you don ’t select a range, Adobe A udition uses the data on the clipboard instead.
157 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide U sing the En v elope Follo wer eff ec t (Multitrack View only) The En velope F ollower effect varies the output level of one wave form based on the input level of another .
CHAPTER 6 158 Applying Stereo , Pitch, and Delay Eff ects Fo r example, using the default setting of three bands with cr ossover val ues of 800 and 3200 creates thr ee copies o f the selected wav efor.
159 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To use the V oc oder effect: 1 In M ultitrack View , position the wa ve clips so that the sections y ou want to pr ocess to gether are aligned. 2 Select the H ybrid tool or the T ime Selection tool . 3 In the track display , select the range y ou want to proc ess.
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161 Chapte r 7: M ixing M ultit rack Sessions n M ultitrack V iew , you can mix t ogether multiple audio files to cr eate lay ered soundtracks and elaborate musical co mpositions.
162 CHAPTER 7 M ixing Multitrack Sessions Wo rking with sessions The M ultitrack V iew work area inc ludes several unique elements that help y ou mix sessions. On the left, the track contr ols let you adjust track-specific settings, such as vol ume and pan.
163 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To con vert the sample rate of an exist ing session, use the Save Session A s command and save con verted copies of all referenced files. (See “Sa ving sessions” on page 228.) To crea te a new session: 1 Ch oose File > N ew Session.
CHAPTER 7 164 M ixing Multitrack Sessions To insert or delete time in a session: 1 Place the current-time indicat or at the desired inse r tion point, or select the range you want to delete.
165 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To select a range in the track displa y: 1 In the toolbar , select either the H ybrid tool or the Time Selection tool . 2 In the track display , d o one of the following: • To select only a range, click an empty area of the tr ack displa y , and drag left or right.
CHAPTER 7 166 M ixing Multitrack Sessions To change back ground mixing settings: Right-click the Mix Gauge, and choose an y of the following: • Disable Background Mixing. • Lo we r Mix P rior ity W hen In Other Applications. • A Mix Ahead setting to determine ho w far ahead of the current time Adobe A udition begins mixing.
167 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Not e : Ad obe A udition sends and receives timecode through the MIDI Out and MIDI I n ports of your system. T o configure these ports, see “Setting up for SMPTE synchronization ” on page 40. To use a session as a SMPTE master: 1 Ch oose Options > SMPTE Mast er Enable.
CHAPTER 7 168 M ixing Multitrack Sessions Wo rking with clips Wh en you insert an audio , MIDI, or v ideo file in M ultitrack V iew , the file becomes a clip on the selected track. Y ou can easily move c lips to differ ent tracks or timeline positions.
169 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To mov e selected clips: 1 Select the M ove/C opy Clip tool in the toolbar . 2 Drag the clips. If you prefer , select the Hybrid tool, and then right-click and drag the clips. Grouping clips Y ou can g roup c lips to more efficiently organiz e, edit, and mix a sessio n.
CHAPTER 7 170 M ixing Multitrack Sessions Aligning clips Y ou can align the left or r ight edges of multiple clips, giving them the same start or end point. To align clips: 1 H old d own Ctrl, and select the clips. 2 Ch oose Edit > Align Left or Edit > Align Right.
171 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide U sing the Adjust Boundaries command to reveal more of a prev iously edited clip Though the procedures in this section mention toolbar buttons for clip editing commands, yo u can also access these commands from the Edit menu or the clip context menu.
CHAPTER 7 172 M ixing Multitrack Sessions To return to the full, original version of a clip: Select the clip , and choose Edit > F ull. Alternativ ely , right-click the clip , and choose F ull. The F ull command doesn ’ t apply to loops; instead, adjust clip boundaries by dragg ing them.
173 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To rejoin split clips: 1 In the toolbar , clic k the Mo ve/Co py Clip tool or the Hybrid tool . 2 P osition the clips beside each othe r on the same track. 3 Right-click one of the clips, and choose M erge/R ejoin Split.
CHAPTER 7 174 M ixing Multitrack Sessions To copy a clip to a different track or to irregular positions in the current t rack, see “C opying audio and MIDI clips” on page 173. To repea t a clip: 1 Select the clip , and choose Edit > Clip Duplicate.
175 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide A udio Clip Properties w indow A. P an slider B. P an text box C. Vo lume text box D. Vo lume slider E. P athname for source file To change the properties of an audio clip: 1 Right-click the clip , and choose A udio Clip Properties.
CHAPTER 7 176 M ixing Multitrack Sessions Crossfading audio clips Y ou can crossfade audio clips to transition smoothly from the e nd of one clip to the beginning of another . Cr ossfades consist of a fade out and a fade in over a transition re gi on.
177 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide T ime stret ching audio clips T ime str etching lets y ou change the length of an audio clip w ithout changing its pit ch. This tec hnique is particularly helpful for fitting audio clips to video scenes or lay ering clips for sound design.
CHAPTER 7 178 M ixing Multitrack Sessions 3 Ch oose one of the following time stret ching options from the po p-up menu, set related op tions, and then click OK: T ime-Scale Stretch Stretches the clip without affecting pitc h. This method is most co mmonly used for melodic instruments, lik e piano , bass, and guitar .
179 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Rev ealing hidden clips If tracks contain ov erlapping clips, you can r eveal hidden clips thr oughout a session. To re veal hidden clips: Ch oose Edit > Check for Hidden Clips.
CHAPTER 7 180 M ixing Multitrack Sessions U sing the T rack P roperties window In the T r ack P roperties window , y ou can adjust several settings for the selected track, including v olume, pan, output dev ice, and bit depth.
181 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Soloing and muting tr acks Y ou can solo tr acks to hear the m separately from the r est of a mix. Con versely , y ou can mu te tracks to silence them in a mix. To solo a track: In the track controls, clic k the Solo button .
CHAPTER 7 182 M ixing Multitrack Sessions The list of dev ices is deter mined by the dev ices you designate in the Dev ice Order dialog bo x. (See “Designating which de vices you want to use” on page 36.) Setting track channel and bit depth To set the channel and bit depth for a track, use the T rack Pr oper ties dialog bo x.
183 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide In the EQ tab o f the track controls, the track equalization te xt box es sho w the current low- , mid-, and high-frequency equalization. Y ou can drag across these t ext bo xes t o change equalization settings. T o switch between tw o banks of equalization settings, you can use the Eq/A or Eq/B button.
CHAPTER 7 184 M ixing Multitrack Sessions Wo rking with ReWire tr acks To wo rk w ith R eW ire tracks, you m ust first set up ReW ir e connections, assigning R eW ire outputs to one or more tracks in a sessio n. (See “Setting up R eW ire c onnections” on page 42.
185 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Wo rking with MIDI tracks A udition can import MIDI files as clips on MIDI tracks. MIDI tracks contain a subset of the contr ols available for audio tracks: a name text bo x and contr ols for solo , m ute, and vol ume.
CHAPTER 7 186 M ixing Multitrack Sessions To apply a real-time eff ec t to a track: Fr om the Effects tab of the Organizer window , drag the effect to the track. If the Organizer window is closed, rig ht-click the FX button in the track controls, choose Rack Setup, and add the effect in the Effects Rack dialog bo x.
187 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Wh en you c lick Serial or P arallel in the FX mixer , mix settings aut omatically change to achieve the r esults abov e. F or serial groups, effect inputs are set t o 0% of the dr y sourc e (specified in the Src t ext bo x) and 100% of the pr ev ious effect (specified in the Prv text bo x).
CHAPTER 7 188 M ixing Multitrack Sessions • To change the ratio of dry to wet audio that an effect recei ves, enter per centages in the Sr c and P r v text bo x es.
189 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Not e: We t/dry mix envelopes have the same initial position as vo lume envelopes, so yo u may need to hide one to reveal the other .
CHAPTER 7 190 M ixing Multitrack Sessions Not e: W ith MIDI clips, volume envelopes control MIDI velocity , which usually represents the force with which a note is str uck. H owever , some synthesizers are progr ammed so that veloc ity changes pitch or harmonic content.
191 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide U sing the T rack Mix er The T rack Mix er provides another method for viewing the tr acks in a session. Though it lacks the wa veforms, clips, and en velopes visible in the track display , the T rack Mix er lets y ou view and edit more tracks sim ultaneously .
CHAPTER 7 192 M ixing Multitrack Sessions To use the T r ack Mixer: 1 In M ultitrack View , choose W indo w > Mix er . 2 Click the T rack Mix er tab , and set the following options: Co ntrol display buttons Le ts you cust omize the appearance of the T racks Mix er .
193 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Lock Lo c ks or unlocks a track. If the Lock button is disabled, the track has no effects. H, M, L Show the amplitude of high, mid, and lo w equalization frequencies applied t o the tr ack. T o change one of these values, drag across the text bo x.
CHAPTER 7 194 M ixing Multitrack Sessions The Bus Mixer A. Bus controls B. Scroll bar To crea te and configure a new bus: 1 In M ultitrack View , choose W indo w > Mix er . 2 Click the Bus M ixer tab , and then click N ew in the right-most Bus channel.
195 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To mix and rec onfigure buses: 1 In M ultitrack View , choose W indo w > Mix er . 2 Click the Bus M ixer tab , and then set the follo wing options: Out Opens the Bus P roperties dialog box, wher e you can specify a differ ent output dev ice or combination of effects.
CHAPTER 7 196 M ixing Multitrack Sessions M ixing down ReW ire tracks and specific audio clips Y ou can mix down ReW ir e tracks and specific audio clips to a new file that opens in Edit Vi ew , an empty track in the current session, or a track in a CD pr oject.
197 Chapte r 8: U sing Loops oops let you use o ne sound file in a variet y of compositions, eac h w ith a differ ent te mpo and key . About loops Loo p-based song creation has rec ently cropped up in nearly all m usical circles.
198 CHAPTER 8 U sing Loops Defining loops To come up with a good loop , you first need t o select and sav e a wav eform that, when play ed over and o ver , r epeats precisely on a beat.
199 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide 6 Click the Pla y Looped button to r epeatedly pla y your selection. 7 Ad just the start and end of the selection until just the material y ou want is selected. 8 Ch oose V iew > Display T ime Format > Edit T empo to specify detailed tempo infor - mation for the loop .
CHAPTER 8 200 U sing Loops Bea ts P er Minute Displays the n umber of beats that occur in a one-minut e interval. Y ou can calculate this value b y clicking Extract. Bea ts P er Bar A ssigns the number of beats that make up one measur e/bar . F or instance, enter 4 for 4/4 time, 6 for 6/8 time, and the lik e.
201 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide T empo Specifies the number of beats per minute in the loop . A dobe A udition calculates this value auto matically based on Number Of Beats. Don't w orr y if the value isn ’ t a whole nu mber—for example, 80.
CHAPTER 8 202 U sing Loops • Beat Splice loops the file based on beats d etected in it, similarly to the Find Beats And Ma rk command. (See “Defining loops” on page 198.) This setting works only on loops that hav e very sharp and short sounds, lik e drum tracks.
203 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Repeat Ev er y X Beats Re peats the loop at the number of beats y ou specify . I f loop infor- mation is already ent ered for the audio clip , proper values for R epeat E very X Seconds and Re peat Ev er y X Beats are ente red automatically so that the audio c lip loops continuousl y at the pro per tempo.
CHAPTER 8 204 U sing Loops Setting the tempo , time signature , and key f or sessions The Session Pr operties w indow lets y ou specify the tempo , time signature, and key for loops in a session. All loo p-enabled clips au to matically adjust to matc h new settings; re gular clips are unaffected.
205 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Wo rking with loops in the track displa y Af te r you add loops to a m ultitrack session, y ou can edit them in the track displa y , ex te nding them to repeat as needed, and sync hronizing them with the beat of the music.
CHAPTER 8 206 U sing Loops To extend or shorten a loop-enabled clip: 1 Select the clip , and then position the pointer ov er the bottom left or right handle—the loop editing icon appears. 2 Drag the handle to exte nd the loop the desired number of bars.
207 Chapte r 9: W orking w ith V ideo do be A udition tightly integrates with digital video, enhancing an y video project w ith professional sound. T o create uniquely so phisticated soundtracks, you .
208 CHAPTER 9 Wo rking with Video To remix or edit a mix down in an Adobe P remiere Pro or A fter Effec ts project: 1 In the A dobe Pr emiere P ro or After Effects pr oject, select the mixd own file.
209 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Wo rking with video clips Wh en you import a video file into a multitrack session, video data becomes a video clip on the selected track, and audio data becomes an audio c lip on the track below . Y ou can select and mov e video clips like other clips.
CHAPTER 9 210 Wo rking with Video Pre viewing video In the Video windo w , you can pr ev iew video clips as a multitrack session plays t o precisely synchroniz e a soundtrack w ith specific video events such as sc ene changes, title sequences, or special effects.
211 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To customize the video pr eview: Right-click the V ideo window , and select an y of the following: • A zoom perc entage to zoom in or out. • Best Fit to fit the pr ev iew to the windo w . • M aintain Aspect Ratio t o maintain that ratio when you r esize the window .
CHAPTER 9 212 Wo rking with Video To pre view a video mixdo wn: 1 Ch oose Edit > Snapping > Snap T o Frames. 2 In the session display , select an area that ext ends from the beginning to the end of the vid eo c lip.
213 Chapte r 10: C r eat ing S ur round Sound do be A udition inc ludes the M ultichannel Enc oder , a self-c ontained dialog box where y ou can access the tracks of any existing M ultit rack session, pan them into the six channels of 5.1 sur round sound, and e xpor t them.
214 CHAPTER 10 Creating Surround Sound U sing the Multichannel Enc oder The M ultichannel Enc oder dialog box c ontains seve ral options and controls that let y ou select tracks and bus outputs, precisely pan audio and a djust volume lev els, zoom the wav eform display , and preview the project.
215 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To use the Multichannel Encoder: 1 Open an existing Ad obe A udition session, or cr eate a new session in the M ultitrack window . 2 Once all y our tracks are added, achieve a basic st ereo mix balanc e with your desired tr ack vol ume, stereo pan, and FX settings.
CHAPTER 10 216 Creating Surround Sound To select a track to pan for surround sound: In the M ultichannel Encoder dialog bo x, click the name o f the track. The T rack List with T rack 4 selected To access a tr ack assigned to a bus in the T rack List: 1 Close the M ultichannel Enc oder .
217 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Surround Panner , Summed T o Mono Le ts you use the Surround P anner t o position your sound sourc e. H o wever , this option al ways sums the track ’ s signal to a mo no signal.
CHAPTER 10 218 Creating Surround Sound Y ou can also drag the Panner P oint outside the sound field directly on top of one of the five main speak ers or on top of the LFE speaker .
219 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide If y ou prefer to k eep your track panned t o a fixed point thr oughout the duration session, deselect P an En velopes. Deselecting this option r emov es the en velopes fr om the wav eform display and lets y ou set the P anner P oint t o any static position y ou want.
CHAPTER 10 220 Creating Surround Sound 8 To use spline curves for smoother transitio ns between points, select Splines. 9 Drag the playback cursor bac k to the start of the track, and select one of the Play buttons. Wa tc h the Panner P oint position, and list en for the dynamic pan setting you j ust created.
221 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Zo oming into and out of the wa vef orm display There ar e several options for zooming in and out within the wav eform display .
CHAPTER 10 222 Creating Surround Sound Play All Plays fr om the cursor location, playing the multichannel mix with all tracks that are chec ked in the T rack List. Like Pla y T rack, Pla yback alwa ys plays t o the end of the session, regardless o f the current zoom level.
223 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Not e : Some s ound car ds that offer 5.1 playback, such as the Cr eative Labs A udigy , display only one dev ice dr iver in the list. In this case, this is the dev ice you should select because the sound card’ s dr iver will route the six channels of audio to the correct speakers.
CHAPTER 10 224 Creating Surround Sound The Multichannel Export Options dialog box Exporting a multichannel session Once y ou ’v e complet ed mixing your multic hannel project, you can e xpor t it to y our desired file format. To export your multichannel session: 1 Click Export at the bottom right of the M ultichannel Encoder dialog bo x.
225 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide 4 Select one of the following: Expor t As Six Individual Mono W ave F iles Cr eates standard W indo ws PCM .wav mono files that ty pically can be used by an y W indows audio application. (For mor e information, see “W indows PCM (.
CHAPTER 10 226 Creating Surround Sound • Fold Do wn T o Stereo Settings folds do wn the 6-channel playback t o a stereo pla yback on a non-W indo ws XP system or a syst em w ithout a 5.
227 Chapte r 11: Sa v ing, Expor ting, and Closing Files do be A udition lets y ou sa ve audio files and export sessions to a variety of common audio file formats. Sa ving audio files Wh en working with audio files in Edit V iew , you can sa ve y our audio in a variety of co mmon file formats.
228 CHAPTER 11 Sa ving , Expor ting, and Closing Files 3 Depending on the format y ou choose, additional options might be available. T o v iew format-specific options, click Options. For more information on format-specific options, see “Choosing an audio fi le format” on page 231.
229 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide To sa ve a session: 1 Do one of the following: • Ch oose File > Sav e Session to sav e changes to the curr ent session file. Alte rnatively , c lick the Sav e button in the M ultitrack File toolbar . • Ch oose File > Sav e Session As t o sav e changes to a differ ent session file.
CHAPTER 11 230 Sa ving , Expor ting, and Closing Files To export a mix to an audio file: 1 Do one of the following: • To export part of a session, select the desir ed area in the track displa y . • To export an entire session, deselect everything in the tr ack displa y .
231 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide 4 Select Sav e Extra Non-A udio Information to sav e header fields containing file infor - mation and cue marks in the file. 5 Click Sav e. Closing files Ad obe A udition pro vides several commands for closing files.
CHAPTER 11 232 Sa ving , Expor ting, and Closing Files Some formats provide options for sa ving audio data. Clic k Options in the Sav e As dialog bo x to acc ess these options. Not e: If yo u want to save files in a format that’ s not listed here, you ma y be able to do so by using an A CM W aveform codec.
233 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide A CM W a veform (.wav) M icr osoft A CM (A udio C ompression Manager) is par t of all 32-bit versions of W ind ows. Ad obe A udition supports the A CM driv er , which enables y ou to open and sa ve files in a variet y of for mats other than those dir ectly suppor ted b y A dobe A udition.
CHAPTER 11 234 Sa ving , Expor ting, and Closing Files AIFF is a good choic e for W indo ws/Mac OS cr oss-platform compatibility . Befor e you op en AIFF files in Ad obe A udition, add the .aif or .snd extension to the file and o pen it by using the Apple AIFF file filter .
235 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide The .cel format a voids a potential pr oblem with .mp3 files. During encoding, a very small amount of silence is added to the beginning, end, or both of an .mp3 file. The silenc e is ve ry short—often only a few samples long.
CHAPTER 11 236 Sa ving , Expor ting, and Closing Files DVI/IMA ADPCM (.wa v) The International M ultimedia Association (IMA) fla vor of ADPCM compr esses 16-bit data to 4 bits/sample (4:1) b y using a different (fast er) method than Microsoft ADPCM.
237 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide • Block Size offers thr ee size options, each with a different c ompression ratio and quality level: Large (Default Quality), with a compression ratio of 3.98:1; Medium (Good Quality), with a co mpression ratio of 3.
CHAPTER 11 238 Sa ving , Expor ting, and Closing Files • mp3PR O® encodes the file mp3PR O . The PR O data helps re-creat e high frequencies in the compr essed file, especially at low bit rates.
239 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide W indo ws Media A udio (.wma) The WMA f ormat utilizes a perceptual c ompression sc heme and lets you select fr om three different enc oding options: • Co nstant Bit Rate Enc oding varies the quality le vel as needed t o ensure that the bit rate stays the same.
CHAPTER 11 240 Sa ving , Expor ting, and Closing Files • 24-bit P acked I nt (ty pe 1, 24-bit) sav es straig ht 24-bit integers so an y data beyo nd the bounds is clipped. The .wa v BitsP erSample is set to 24 and Bloc kAlign is set to 3 bytes per channel.
241 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide PCM Raw Data (.pcm) (.r aw) This format is simply the PCM dump of all data for the wave. N o header information is co ntained in the file. F or this reason, y ou must select the sample rate, r esolution, and n umber of channels upon opening the file.
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243 Chapte r 12: Scr ipting and Batc h Pr ocessing f y ou regularly perform ce r tain audio tasks, y ou can automate them with scripts and batch pr ocessing to w ork more efficiently .
244 CHAPTER 12 Scripting and Batch Pr ocessing 4 Set the following options as desir ed, and click OK: S et Amount Of Silence A dds silence between cue points in the current wa veform. Enter the number of seconds of silence y ou want in the A dd Silenc e Before and Add Silenc e A fter te xt bo xes.
245 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide 3 Click the Analyze Loudness tab , and then click Scan F or Statistical Information t o display amplitude statistics for eac h wav eform. Double-c lick a file in this list to see more detailed statistics, including an RMS histogram and a clipping pr ofile.
CHAPTER 12 246 Scripting and Batch Pr ocessing S etting options on the Normaliz e tab U se the follo w ing options in the N ormalize tab t o specify how y ou want to normalize the wav eforms: Normalization Specifies whether to normalize to an a v erage le vel or a specific lev el you enter in decibels.
247 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Batch proc essing files The Batch P roc essing dialog box in A dobe A udition enables you to run a single script re peatedly ov er a group (batch) of source files. Not e : F or a script to run on a batch of files, you must recor d it in Scr ipt W orks On Current W ave mode.
CHAPTER 12 248 Scripting and Batch Pr ocessing • Click Hide P ath t o display the name o f the file without its full path. • Click Open Ra w PCM A s to select the desired Sample Rat e, Channels, Resolution, and other properties. U se this option only when con verting Ra w PCM files.
249 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Remove F rom Source List If Con verted OK Re moves filenames from the sour ce list aft er the files are c onv erted successfully .
CHAPTER 12 250 Scripting and Batch Pr ocessing A set of scripts can be grouped together in a script co llection . Fo r example, a script co llection called “ ambiance ” mig ht contain scripts for adding echo , rev erb, and dela y , and one called “ batch utilities ” mig ht contain scripts for bat ch processing.
251 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide 7 Af te r you rec ord the script, choose Options > Scripts. 8 Click Stop C urrent Script. 9 Ty pe a description for the script in the text ar ea of the dialog box. The description appears when the script is selected.
CHAPTER 12 252 Scripting and Batch Pr ocessing Fo r example, if a script was recor ded with the cur rent-time indicat or at 0:10:00, selecting this option applies the script at the current cursor position, plus 10 seco nds: If the cur rent cursor position is at 0:05:00, the script would start at 0:15:00.
253 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide U sing fa v orites (Edit View only) The Fa vorites menu in Edit View lists custom c ommands you can cr eate. The Fa vorites dialog bo x lets you cr eate, edit, cust.
CHAPTER 12 254 Scripting and Batch Pr ocessing Name Specifies the name of a favorite. U se this t ext bo x to help organize the F av orites menu by do ing one or more of the following: • Cr eate hierarc hical menus by using a backslash (“”).
255 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide • Show Dialog causes the dialog bo x for the particular command t o display , with the settings you specified for the fa vorite. Script tab Le ts you specify the follo wing options: • Script Collection File displays the curr ent script collection in use.
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257 Chapte r 13: B ur ning A udio CDs do be A udition pr ovides an integrated CD burning utility that makes it easy t o create audio CDs fr om audio and session files. Using CD P roject View CD Pr oject V iew provides an easy-to-use int erface for assembling CD tracks, setting track properties, and burning CDs.
258 CHAPTER 13 Burning Audio CDs Inserting tracks Ad obe A udition pro vides a var iety of ways t o insert tr acks into CD P roject V iew . K e ep in mind that you ’r e not limited t o insert ing entire files—y ou can also insert audio ranges that are defined as track cues.
259 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Selecting tracks In CD P roject V iew , y ou can select one or more tracks by clic king in the track list. Y ou can also select all tracks by choosing the Select All T racks command. To select a track: In CD Pr oject View , clic k the track in the track list.
CHAPTER 13 260 Burning Audio CDs To close the sourc e files when removing tracks: 1 Select one or more tracks. 2 Ch oose Edit > Destro y Selected T racks (Remo ve and Close). Editing the sourc e audio for tr acks The Edit W av eform command in CD P roject V iew lets y ou edit the source audio f or a track in Edit V iew .
261 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Co py Protection Sets the co py prot ection flag (as defined by the R ed Book specification) for the track. In order for c opy protection t o occur , the CD pla yer must support the cop y prot ection flag. Pr e-Emphasis Sets the pre-emphasis flag (as de fined by the R ed Book specification) for the track.
CHAPTER 13 262 Burning Audio CDs To set CD options and write a CD: 1 I nsert a blank, w ritable CD into the CD burning device. 2 In CD Pr oject View , click W rite CD or choose File > W rite CD . 3 Ch oose the device you want to use t o wr ite the CD .
263 Ap pe ndix A: K eybo ar d S h o r t c u t s eyboar d shortcuts help you wo rk more efficiently . About ke yboard shortcuts The default keyboar d shortcuts address most audio pr oduction needs, but y ou can also create cust om shortcuts tailored t o your wo rking st yle.
264 Ke yboard Shortcuts Ke ys for selec ting ranges , channels, and tracks Ke ys for copying w av eforms Up Arrow Select the left channel or nex t higher track Down Arr ow S elect the right channel or.
265 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Ke ys for editing clips Ke ys for repeating c ommands Ke ys for using markers Ctrl+Up Arrow S elect the previous clip in the currently selected track Ctrl+Down Arro.
266 Ke yboard Shortcuts Ke ys for scrolling wa v eforms and sessions Ke ys for viewing windows Ctrl+Home Scroll to the beginning Ctrl+End Scroll to the end Ctrl+Page Up Scroll one page to the left Ctr.
267 Ap pe ndix B: Digital A udio Pr imer nderstanding the fundamentals of sound is the first step in learning about digital audio . I n this primer , we ’ll introduce the basics o f sound so you can w ork more effectiv ely w ith Adobe A udition and the r est of your digital audio or video toolkit.
268 Digital Audio Pr imer W ave f o rm s Am p litude reflects the change in p ressure fr om the peak of the wav eform to the tr ough. Cy c le describes the amount of time it takes a wa veform t o return to the same amplitude level. Fr equency describes the number of cycles per sec ond, where one H ertz (Hz) equals one cycle per sec ond.
269 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide I n-phase waves r einforce each other . Sometimes the peaks of one wa veform match up with the troughs of another . The peaks and troughs will cancel each other out, resulting in no wa veform at all. Suc h wav eforms are said t o be 180 degrees out of phase.
270 Digital Audio Pr imer Tw o simple waves combine to create a complex wave. A nalog audio A microp hone works by c onv erting the pressure wa ves of sound into changes in voltage on a wire.
271 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Tw o sample rates A. Low sample r ate that distorts the or iginal sound wave. B . Hi gh sample rate that perfectly reproduces the orig inal sound wave. To repr oduce a give n frequency , the sampling rate m ust be at least twice that frequency .
272 Digital Audio Pr imer A mplitude resol ution is just as important as freque ncy resolution. H igher bit depth means gr eat er dynamic range, a lowe r noise floor , and higher fidelity . When a wa veform is sampled, each sample is assigned the amplitude value c losest to the original analog wav e.
273 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide An audio file on your har d drive, such as a W A V file, c onsists of a small header indicating sample rate and bit depth, and then a long series of numbers, one for each sample.
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275 Ap pe ndix C: Glossar y A ACM (Audio C ompression M anager) A Micr oso ft tec hnolog y that enables W indows applications to c ompress and decompr ess files in a variet y of formats, such as DSP Gr oup Tr ueSpeech and GSM 6.10. Some A CM formats install with W indo ws, while othe rs install w ith software applications.
276 Glossary Attack The first part of the sound that y ou hear . Some sounds (lik e pianos and drums) hav e a very fast attack; the loudest portion of the sound occurs ve r y quickly . A sound with a slow attack rat e (such as a soft string section) slowly incr eases in volume.
277 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Bit Pa rt of the numbering system used in digital data. B its are combined in gr oups to form digital words, which r epresent the changing amplitude val ues of an analog signal. B it r esolution describes the number of bits used in each word, det ermining the number of possible amplitude values.
278 Glossary Clip A visual representation of individual audio, video, or MIDI files in Adobe A udition ’ s M ultitrack V iew . Clipping In digital audio, distortion that occurs when the amplitude of a sig nal ex ceeds the maximum lev el for the current bit resolution (for example, 256 in 8-b it audio).
279 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide DC offset Some sound car ds recor d with a slig ht DC offset, in which direct current is introduced int o the signal, causing the c enter of the waveform t o be offset from the zer o point (the cent er line in the wav eform display).
280 Glossary Dry Us ed to describe an audio signal w ithout an y signal processing s uch as reve rb; the op posite of W et. DSP See “Digital Signal Proc essing (DSP)” on page 279. DVD (Digital V ideo Disc) A storage medium similar to a c ompact disc (CD), but with mu ch higher bandwidth and storage capabilities.
281 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Flushing The pr ocess Adobe A udition performs when it copies the audio data fr om a wav eform file to Adobe A udition ’ s temp folder so that the original file can be closed. This allows the file t o be renamed, deleted, or opened ex clusiv ely by another application.
282 Glossary L Lev el Meters Ad obe A udition ’ s Level M eters ar e found by default along the bott om of the application window , and they ar e used to mo nitor the v olume of incoming and outgoing signals. The r ed clip indicator t o the rig ht of the meters will light up and remain lit when levels ex ceed the maxim um of 0 dB.
283 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Miniplug A common name for 1/8-inc h plugs and jacks, sometimes known as minijacks . On the most common sound car ds, miniplug jacks pr ovide analog audio inputs and outputs. Mix dow n The process of combining the output of se veral tracks in M ultitrack V iew to create a new st ereo wa veform.
284 Glossary Normalize To adjust the highest peak of a wav eform to a certain percentage r elative t o the digital maximum, 0 dBFS, thereby raising or lo wering all other peaks acc ordingly . Ty pically , audio is no rmalized to 100% to ac hieve maximum v olume, but A dobe A udition lets you no rmalize to an y percentage.
285 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Pink noise No ise with a spectral frequency of 1/f, producing the most natural-sounding generated noise. By equalizing pink noise, y ou can simulate rainfall, waterfalls, wind, a r ushing river , and other natural sounds.
286 Glossary R RCA cable Sometimes called a phono cable, R CA cables ha ve R CA plugs or jacks at either end and are normally used to c onnect stereo syst em components, such as r eceiv ers, CD play ers, and cassette decks.
287 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide S S/N ratio Sig nal-to-noise ratio describes the differenc e between the highest signal level before distortion and the a verage level of the noise floor . I n most analog systems, such as microp hone preamps, the S/N ratio is around 92 dB .
288 Glossary T T empo The rhythmic speed of music, normally measured in bpm. (See “Beats per minute (bpm)” on page 276.) T imecode An audio or digital sig nal that synchr onizes time between multiple d ev ices. The most common forms ar e SMPTE and MIDI timecode.
289 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide W ave fo rm display The area of Edit V iew in which y ou view and edit audio data. By default this audio material appears as a wa veform, but you can view it in spectral form by ch oosing V iew > Spectr al V iew .
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291 In de x A absorptive surfaces, simulating with Echo effect 148 ACM defined 275 Waveform format 233 adapter, defined 275 ADAT, defined 275 Add/Remove VST Directory command 33 Adjust Boundaries comm.
INDEX 292 bit depth automatically converting files to 32-bit 51 changing 113 defined 277 downsampling for playback 38 fundamentals of 271 bit resolution, defined 277 bit, defined 277 brown noise about.
293 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Convert Sample Type command using to change the bit depth 114 using to change the sample rate 111 using to convert between stereo and mono 112 using to convert samp.
INDEX 294 dynamic range, displayed in Level Meters 81 Dynamics Processing effect 136 E echo adding to audio 147 defined 280 Echo Chamber effect 149 Echo effect 148 Edit Favorites command 253 Edit Orig.
295 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide grid lines, showing or hiding 50 Group Waveform Normalize command 244 H Hard Limiting effect 137 Help 3 Help tab, Favorites dialog box 255 Hertz (Hz), defined 281 h.
INDEX 296 MIDI defined 282 fundamentals of 273 tracks, about 185 triggering 12 MIDI devices, choosing 36 MIDI Timecode (MTC), defined 282 MIDI Trigger, defined 282 millisecond (ms), defined 282 minipl.
297 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide P p.d.f. (probability distribution function) 38 pan envelopes 188, 218 Pan/Expand effect 140 Panner Point, in Multichannel Encoder 218 panning in sessions 56 in sur.
INDEX 298 resizing windows 14 restoring audio, about 117 restoring default workspace 44 reverb adding 150 defined 286 tails 152 Reverb effect 152 reversing audio 106 Revert To Saved command 23 rewindi.
299 A DOBE AUDITION 1.5 U ser Guide Snap To Ruler (Coarse) command 205 Snap To Zero Crossings command 198 snapping about 91 clips 170 SND format 233, 238 soloing tracks 181 sound card defined 287 posi.
INDEX 300 Rewind button 79 showing and hiding 71 Stop button 78 Trim command 95, 170 Trim Digital Silence command 102 TXT format 234 U undocking windows 14 undoing edits about 22 preferences for 47 un.
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