Adobe Audition 1.5 Classroom in a Book

by Adobe Creative Team

• ISBN13: 9780321267931
• ISBN10: 0321267931
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

When Adobe acquired Syntrillium Software's digital audio editing software Cool Edit Pro, gave it a new name (Audition), and added content-sharing capabilities for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, it filled a big void in its home-studio software lineup. Here, to get you using Audition to create and edit audio tracks for your film, video, and DVD projects, is a self-paced guide from the instructional design experts at Adobe. Through a series of hands-on lessons, this comprehensive volume takes you step by step through Audition's enormous feature set, including its capabilities for recording, mixing, analyzing, looping, editing, and mastering audio. Each lesson builds on the last and includes a project you can create using the files on the accompanying CD. Review questions reinforce what you've learned so that by the end of the volume, you should have a solid mastery of Audition's noise reduction and audio restoration features, sophisticated spectrum and phase--analysis tools, extensive sound-editing capabilities, high-quality effects, and more.

Table of Contents

Getting Started
About Classroom in a Book	1	(1)
Prerequisites	1	(1)
Installing the program	1	(1)
Copying the Classroom in a Book files	2	(1)
Additional resources	2	(1)
Adobe Certification	2	(5)
A Quick Tour of Adobe Audition
Navigating the session	7	(3)
Working with loops	10	(4)
Muting and soloing tracks	14	(1)
Changing track volume and pan	15	(1)
Changing volume using Track Envelopes	16	(1)
Adding non-destructive effects	17	(2)
Using hiss reduction	19	(2)
Using the Spectral View	21	(2)
Changing the tempo of an entire session	23	(1)
Exporting a session to mp3 audio format	24	(4)
Audition Basics
Getting started	28	(5)
Using the Organizer Window	33	(1)
Working with toolbars and windows	34	(4)
Customizing the Multitrack View	38	(1)
Review questions	39	(1)
Review answers	39	(1)
On your own	40	(4)
Working in the Edit View
Getting started	44	(1)
Using the Edit View	45	(3)
Selecting and editing waveforms	48	(5)
Combining audio clips in Edit View	53	(4)
Applying the Stereo Field Rotate effect	57	(5)
Adding a favorite	62	(1)
Review questions	63	(1)
Review answers	63	(1)
On your own	64	(4)
Working in the Multitrack View
Getting started	68	(1)
Positioning clips within the Multitrack View	69	(4)
Creating a bass track	73	(4)
Mixing and effect basics	77	(4)
Using volume and pan envelopes	81	(3)
Using the Effects Rack and Effects Envelopes	84	(1)
Review questions	85	(1)
Review answers	85	(1)
On your own	86	(4)
Working with Loops and Waves
Getting started	90	(2)
Adding loops to a multitrack	92	(3)
Creating a loop	95	(2)
Making a loop from a larger waveform	97	(4)
Changing waveform properties	101	(2)
Using Cues	103	(3)
Using the Stretch method to modify waveforms	106	(2)
Wrapping up	108	(1)
Changing the tempo of a file	109	(1)
Review questions	110	(1)
Review answers	110	(1)
On your own	110	(4)
Using Noise Reduction Filters
Getting started	114	(1)
Tools to clean up sound	115	(1)
Creating a noise reduction profile	116	(4)
Removing pops, crackles, and hiss	120	(6)
Using Parametric and Graphic Equalizer	126	(3)
Review questions	129	(1)
Review answers	129	(1)
On your own	130	(4)
Editing Voices
Getting started	134	(1)
Splitting clips and saving selections	135	(2)
Trimming and placing a clip	137	(6)
Using the delete silence command	143	(3)
Using the bus mixer	146	(4)
Adding effects and equalization	150	(6)
Review questions	156	(1)
Review answers	156	(1)
On your own	156	(4)
Using the Bus Mixer and Real-Time Effects
Getting started	160	(2)
Applying real-time effects	162	(4)
Using the Center Channel Extractor Effect to alter or remove a track	166	(3)
Advanced bus mixer usage	169	(3)
Review questions	172	(1)
Review answers	172	(1)
On your own	173	(5)
Using Audition's Equalization Tools
Getting started	178	(1)
Using the Quick Filter	179	(5)
Using Equalization in the Multitrack	184	(2)
Using the Track Equalizer window in the Multitrack	186	(2)
Using the Graphic Equalizer on a Final Mix	188	(4)
Using the Track Envelopes to modify EQ levels	192	(1)
Review questions	193	(1)
Review answers	193	(1)
On your own	194	(4)
Batch Processing and Scripting
Getting started	198	(1)
Defining Cue Ranges for Batch Export	198	(5)
Batch processing cues	203	(3)
Creating and running scripts	206	(5)
Using the Batch Processor	211	(3)
Review questions	214	(1)
Review answers	214	(1)
On your own	215	(5)
Optimizing Audio Files For the Web
Getting started	220	(1)
Reducing file size for the Internet	220	(3)
Compressing files in the mp3 format	223	(5)
Optimizing Sound Quality	228	(2)
Compressing multiple files with the Batch Processor	230	(1)
Review questions	231	(1)
Review answers	231	(1)
On your own	232	(4)
Importing CD Audio and Building a CD
Getting started	236	(1)
Extracting Audio from a CD	236	(6)
Inserting and removing tracks	242	(2)
Setting track properties	244	(1)
Normalizing groups of files for mastering	245	(2)
Writing a CD	247	(2)
Review questions	249	(1)
Review answers	249	(1)
On your own	250	(4)
Integrating Adobe Audition and Adobe Premiere Pro
Getting started	254	(1)
Inserting Video into Audition	255	(5)
Inserting only the Audio track	260	(4)
Linking a Premiere audio clip	264	(4)
Opening a Premiere audio clip	268	(6)
Review questions	274	(1)
Review answers	274	(1)
On your own	275