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Adobe Audition 3
 
List Price: $349.00  Product Description: Adobe Audition 3 gives you a complete professional tool for tracking and mixing. Enjoy many effects using more than 50 powerful audio effects and digital signal processing tools. Enjoy support for a wider range of virtual instruments, simply add a MIDI host track to your mix, choose an instrument, and then record new audio in the Sequencer. When you want to create audio quickly, included loops and ready to use music beds allow you to build high-quality music for songs or movie soundtracks. Loops automatically match tempo and key to produce dynamic compositions. Thousands of uncompressed, 32-bit, royalty-free loops are included. Make a free-form selection in frequency space with the Effects Paintbrush and apply effects in varying degrees to that selection. Smooth over a selected region to automatically repair clicks, pops, and other noises using the Spot Healing Brush. System Requirements - Intel Pentium 4 (1.4GHz for DV, 3.4GHz for HDV), Windows XP Home with service pack 2 or higher, 512MB RAM (1GB for DV playback, 2GB for HDV and HD playback), Hard Drive Space 10GB, DVD Drive, 1280 x 900 monitor resolution with 32bit color and 16MB video memory Internet or phone connection required for product activation Amazon.com: Adobe Audition 3 software is the all-in-one solution for audio recording, mixing, editing, and mastering. Whether you are creating your own music, recording and mixing a project, producing a radio spot, cleaning up production audio for a movie, or editing a soundtrack for a business presentation, Adobe Audition 3 gives you the tools you need to sound your best. Record with a powerful, flexible, low-latency mixing engine; create and arrange DVD- and HD-quality audio; and master productions with visual tools and easy-to-use audio cleanup features.
Sound your best Use Adobe Audition 3 to:
Whatever you do with audio, Adobe Audition 3 software helps you sound your best. Top features in Adobe Audition 3
Record and mix Waveform editing tools Editing options for grouped clips VST Plug-in Manager Batch saving of multiple audio files Ability to duplicate tracks Improved I/O meter display Low-latency mixing engine ASIO, VST, DirectX, and ReWire support More than 50 audio effects and DSP tools Recordable parameter automation Hardware controller automation Surround Encoder Audio mixing sends and inserts Effects chain on all channels, buses, and master Real-time input monitoring Quick punch Unlimited number of tracks in Multitrack View Plug-in delay compensation MIDI timecode support Smooth splined envelopes Improved recording performance Up to 80 live inputs
Create and arrange VSTi virtual instrument support with MIDI piano roll New effects Radius time stretching from iZotope Guitar Suite effects XML session format Video in Surround Encoder Default WAV importer Default open/save format Sorting options in Files panel Playlists Bitmap import/export for spectral view Customizable toolbars Complete audio toolset Loop-based soundtrack creation Audio editing for video Intuitive user interface Thousands of uncompressed 32-bit music loops Clip time stretching Ready-to-use music beds Batch processing Improved video sync Broader video format support Sample sessions CD extraction Favorites Custom workspaces Adobe Bridge Automatic beat detection Organizer panels XMP metadata support Custom script recording MIDI playback CD extraction |
 Enjoy rapid response as you record and mix with a powerful low-latency mixing engine. |
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Effects Paintbrush tool and Spot Healing Brush tool
Make a free-form selection in frequency space with the Effects Paintbrush and apply effects in varying degrees to that selection. Smooth over a selected region to automatically repair clicks, pops, and other noises using the Spot Healing Brush.
Automatic Phase Correction tool
Audio from analog tape or vinyl may have differences in the timing between the two channels. The Automatic Phase Correction tool calculates and applies the optimal delay to align channels of a stereo waveform.
Adaptive Noise Reduction tool
Intelligently remove noise that changes over time, including whines, buzzes, colored noise from fans or airplanes, etc.
Top/Tail Views
Zoom into the beginning and end of a file to add fades and gains while keeping the whole file in view.
Superior performance
Get superior performance and take advantage of the new multicore processors. The optimized mix engine allows for more tracks and effects on the same machine, offering more variety and faster processing.
Mastering effect
Polish sound with the Mastering effect. Control everything from Reverb to Gains or use any of the included presets.
Marquee pan and phase selections
Process discrete stereo information such as center-panned vocals in Spectral Pan display or out-of-phase audio in Spectral Phase display.
Workspace color preferences
Adapt your workspace to your liking with new preferences that let you change the tint of the Adobe Audition 3 workspace and control the color of graph lines, grids, and hot text.
Session plug-in format
Third parties can utilize the Session Format SDK to create exporter plug-ins for their own custom session format.
Graphic Panner
Correct frequency-dependent phase differences between channels (phase smearing).
Modifying automation lane points
Make a selection in the automation lane, and then move up or down to adjust only the points in the selection. Adjust a range selected in an automation lane with ease.
Mixing down to a new file
Enjoy a quick and convenient way to mix down your entire session, selected clips only, or a specified range.
Spectral play for selected frequencies
Select an area in the spectral view and play just that area, or play everything but that area.
Graphic phase shifter
Adjust the phase of a waveform by adding control points to a graph.
Edit View on-clip fades and gain control
Visually adjust volume, fades, and gains for selections or entire files.
Integrated wave-editing view with Mastering Rack
Record and edit audio files with fast, accurate tools that are tightly integrated into the Multitrack View. Apply and preview multiple effects simultaneously with the Mastering Rack when working in Edit View.
Audio restoration tools
Easily restore recordings from old vinyl; remove microphone pops, hisses, hums, and other audio artifacts; fix clipped audio; and repair recordings with Click/Pop Eliminators, Noise Reduction, and more.
Spectral Frequency Display tools
Visually isolate and select sounds in frequency and time, and then clean up, modify, or apply effects to the selected sound using the Spectral Frequency Display. Isolate specific sounds and increase the visibility of lower frequencies.
Spectral Pan and Phase displays
Analyze audio with powerful visualization tools including the unique Spectral Pan and Phase displays, which plot pan, phase, and frequency over time.
Lasso tool in Spectral Frequency Display
Easily select exactly the area you want during frequency-space editing, using the same familiar Lasso tool found in other Adobe applications.
Logarithmic Spectral Frequency Display
Use the logarithmic display option in Spectral Frequency Display to increase the visibility of lower frequencies.
Spectral color bar and resolution settings
Isolate a specific frequency range more easily by adjusting the Spectral Frequency Display color bar and resolution display settings.
Powerful mastering tools
Add final touches to a mix with the Graphic and Parametric equalizers, and add punch to your audio with the Dynamics Processor, Hard Limiter, and Multiband Compressor.
Integrated CD burning
Create reference masters of your compositions by burning gapless audio CDs directly from Adobe Audition.
Ability to save CD layouts
Quickly and easily save CD layouts — track lists and accompanying metadata — for convenient reuse.
Audible scrubbing
Quickly find the audio you want to edit using two modes of audible scrubbing. Tape-style scrubbing enables you to find hard-to-locate edit points, and shuttle-style scrubbing allows you scan through your audio rapidly.
Audio analysis tools
Work with built-in analysis tools in real time, including frequency analysis, phase analysis, and Spectral Frequency Display. Easily see audio characteristics from edit to edit.
Phase Analysis Histogram View
Use the histogram mode for an easier-to-read phase analysis view. See the percentage of your audio that is in phase and the overall phase content.
Analog-modeled Multiband Compressor
Control dynamics, adjust loudness, and master your mixes with multiband precision. Give bass and drums punch while allowing your vocals to push through the entire mix.
Pitch correction
Correct off-pitch performances and create interesting effects using pitch correction effects. Use the automatic mode for quick results or the manual mode for precise control.
Vocal/instrumental extraction
Reduce or boost the vocal or instrumental portions of a track by isolating audio based on pan position or phase. Use this feature for powerful editing or to create a cappella or karaoke-ready tracks.
Broadcast Wave support
Work with third-party hardware and software systems that use the BWF time stamp field. During import, automatically insert the clip into your session at its time stamp location.
Group RMS normalization
Convert multiple audio files to the same overall loudness. Each file is analyzed for average volume, peak volume, and frequency.
Preroll and postroll playback options
Perform edits and apply effects with the benefit of hearing your modifications in context with adjacent audio as you make your changes.
High-quality sample rate conversions
Use transparent sample rate conversions with customizable dither settings to get great-sounding results whether converting material to 44.1kHz, 48kHz, or 96kHz for CD, video, or DVD.
Improved editing performance
Experience improved performance while applying effects like Reverb and Time Stretch, and when displaying clips for editing in Spectral Frequency Display.
Support for more than 20 file formats
Work with files from a wide array of sources and deliver them in the audio format you need. More than 20 file formats and variations are supported, including Windows PCM (WAV), OGG, AIFF, MP3, and WMA.
Delete Silence feature
Detect and remove silence between words or other sounds — ideal for cleaning up voice prompts and speeding up narratives without affecting foreground audio.
Ogg Vorbis format support
Import and export Ogg Vorbis (OGG) audio files.
Cart chunk editing
Open, edit, and save cart chunk metadata to your WAV files. Cart chunk data is used by many radio automation systems to catalog and organize audio files.
Customer Reviews:
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Date: 2008-07-03
ADOBE PASSES AUDITION
I upgraded from Cool Edit Pro 2. The reviews I read about the difference were pretty tepid, but I took the plunge anyway and am SO VERY GLAD I did. First of all, the interface is better. Secondly, work flow is easier. Thirdly, the effects rack is MUCH MUCH better than before. the convolution reverb is amazing, as are the tube compressor and multi-band compressor. I use it for voice work and I am now able to sound so much better even on computer speakers. Highly recommended. I am so happy I didn't 'start over' with pro-tools.
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Date: 2008-04-09
Audition passes the test
Our church group purchased this software for making Biblical teachings ready for radio and the web. Although we aren't exactly high tech, we needed something easy to learn and provided professional results.
Audition has lived up to that expectation. And we have had only one minor problem. When we mixdown our tracks to a finished track, and when we try to burn the track with Nero, Nero says the track is corrupt. We have found that the track is a Windows .WAV file with IEEE Float. We are trying to find the right file format for Nero.
Other than that we are happy with Audition.
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Date: 2008-03-08
Adobe Audition 3 Good not Great
I purchased Adobe Audition 3 because I need a multitrack sound editor in my work with videos. I use Adobe CS3 Master Suite that comes with Soundbooth CS3, but Soundbooth does not have a multitrack interface. Audition also has more extensive effects and does everything that Soundbooth does. I expected that Audition 3 would be integrated with Premier Pro CS3, After Effects CS3, and Adobe Bridge CS3 just like Soundbooth is; so I was very surprised when I could not open Audition from Premier Pro CS3 or After Effects CS3, and had to search for the Audition Program on Bridge CS3 instead of getting it from right-clicking the sound file I wanted to open. One of the nice features of Adobe software is being able to open Adobe programs within other Adobe programs to do specialized edits. Unfortunately, this is not possible with Adobe CS3 and Audition 3. A minor inconvenience with Audition 3 is that the Help File is all web-based, so if your video/audio workstation is not connected to the internet there is no stand-alone Help File. On all of the CS3 software the Help files are part of the disk-based software and can be also accessed on the internet. Adobe Auditon 3 is an excellent multitrack sound editor, but if I did not need it now or if I was thinking about upgrading, I would wait until Adobe integrates Audition and creates a disk-based Help File.
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Date: 2008-02-29
Woo Hoo! Audition is the Bomb!
Adobe Audition is the closet I could get to Professional audio editing without going broke...lots of bang for my buck! Very sophisticated little package...user friendly and loads of tutorials.
Carol Garrett
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Date: 2007-11-13
Audition 2.0 on crack
This is basically Audition 2.0 with midi capabilities and VSTi support. The GUI (Graphic User Interface) looks exactly like 2.0, which isn't bad, but I was expecting something more "pretty" like Cubase 4. But, hey, pretty just means the program will be a bigger memory hog, so it's all good.
I've been using this software since CoolEdit1.0! I've always loved the simplicity of it, and ever since Adobe picked it up, it has gotten better and better. You can't find a better DAW for a home studio. It's quick, fast, and powerful! While it comes with enough effects and tools to do the job, you'll definitely want to pick up some add-ons, like Reason 3.0, GuitarRig 2.0, Ampeg SVX, Absynth, Waves plug-ins, etc.
Yea, sure, you can blow a bunch of money on that memory hog, Cubase 4, and you'll get a bunch of pretty plugins, but why bother? Most of those plugins are useless, the GUI is garbage and horribly complicated to learn, and you need a stupid dongle occupying your USB port to run it. You're better off hand picking the plugins you want and adding them to Audition.
There are so many reasons why Audition 3.0 rocks (mixing and mastering is a breeze!) and I'd love to tell you about it, but I am running out of time. Download the trial and see for yourself!
