Book Description
Software packages are complex. Shouldn't software books make it easier? Simplify your life with the Focal Easy Guide to Adobe ® Audition ® 2.0! This short, full-color book lives up to its name by paring down the software to its essentials. It covers only the key features and essential workflow to get you up and running in no time. When time is of the essence, less is more
Antony Brown shares his professional insight to ensure you get the most out of all the tools Adobe's Audition ® 2.0 offers. All the essential areas are covered: set up, editing, audio restoration, looping content, working with video, mastering, making a CD, and much more. Featured are many workflow tips that show you how to tap into the full power of Adobe ® Audition ® 2.0 when creating your digital audio files. This is an ideal first read for any editor new to Adobe ® Audition ® 2.0.
Table of Contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Set Up
- Loading Adobe Audition 2.0
- Project Setup
- Setting Up the Device Hardware
- Latency
- Preferences/key Commands
- New features in Adobe Audition 2.0
- Chapter 2 The Interface
- Introduction to the Audition 2.0 Interface
- Multitrack View
- The Edit View
- CD View
- Video panel
- Files Panel
- Effects Panel
- Favourites Panel
- Tools Palette
- Transport/Time Format/Zoom Window/Session Properties
- Audio Mixer Panel
- Mastering Rack
- Spectral Views
- Workspaces
- Chapter 3 Importing, Recording, Playback
- Importing Files
- Importing Audio Files in Audition 2.0
- Import/Extract Audio from CD
- Import Video Files
- Import Audio only from Video Files
- Auditioning Files
- Recording Audio into Audition 2.0
- Monitoring
- Setting the Input Level
- Consumer Soundcard Input Level Adjustment
- Professional ASIO Driver Soundcard Input Level Adjustment
- Setting the Monitoring Mode and Level
- To Record Audio into the Edit View
- To Record Audio into the Multitrack View
- Punch In
- Chapter4 Editing (Edit View)
- Introduction
- Editing
- Zooming and Navigating
- Using the Range Tool
- Editing Functions Overview
- Using Effects in Edit View
- Adding XMP Metadata to Audio Clips
- Chapter 5 Multitrack View
- Introduction
- Working with Sessions
- Importing Files into the Multitrack View
- Snapping
- Editing Procedures Overview
- Trimming
- Adjusting Volumes, Panning
- Adding Real-time FX from Multitrack View
- Setting the EQ
- Track Automation Lanes
- Automating Parameters/Automation Lanes
- Automating Parameters/Clip Envelopes
- Types of crossfades curves
- Using the Mixer
- The Channel Strip
- Effects
- Level Control
- Chapter 6 Looping Content
- Introduction to Looping
- Working with Loops
- Find Beats and Mark (Edit View)
- Define a Loop
- Calculate and Adjust Tempo
- Tempo Matching Settings
- Using the Included Loopology Content
- Chapter 7 Restoration Tools
- Overview
- Removing Noise Procedure
- Noise Reduction plug-in overview
- Click/Pop Eliminator
- Repair Transients
- Using the Repair Transients Tool
- Lasso Tool
- Removing specific sounds with in Special View
- Marquee Tool
- Removing Vocal from Existing Mixes
- Chapter 8 Surround Sound
- Surround Sound Overview
- The Surround Encoder
- Placing Tracks in the Surround Field
- Planning Tracks in the Surround Field
- Previewing
- Multi-channel Exporting
- Chapter 9 Working with Video
- Importing Video Files
- Video Thumbnail Display Options
- Time Stretching Audio To Fit Video
- Export Video
- Integration with Other Adobe Products
- Chapter 10 Mastering, Finalising
- Overview of the Mastering Process
- Dynamic Processing (Compression/Limiting)
- Multiband Compressor
- Parametric Equalizer
- Equalizer settings
- Hard Limiter Overview
- Chapter 11 Exporting, Saving Files/Projects
- Export Audio (Multitrack View)
- Audio File Formats (mp3, wav)
- Export Audio (Edit View)
- Batch Processing
- Chapter 12 Making a CD
- CD Project View
- To Change the Order of Files
- Group Waveform Normalize
- Burning a CD
- Index