ADOBE AUDITION

The Interface

Week 11

Three Tools in One

Edit View Workflow

In Edit ViewCreate new audio files

Voiceovers - narrationEdit existing files

Sound bites, music filesTrim and modify how the audio sounds

Saved changes are permanent‘Destructive’ editing – permanently alters audio file

Three Tools in One

Multitrack View Workflow

Allows you to combine several audio files together

‘Nondestructive’ editingChanges made to audio files here are not permanent and instantaneous

Multitrack View Workflow

Your project that contains all your tracks and files is saved as a Session

Insert or record files in tracksAudio, video, and MIDI files

Arrange the clipsMove them around on the timeline

Multitrack View Workflow

Apply effectsLots of effects to choose from in the Effects rack

Mix tracksAdjust levels and pans on all your tracks

Export Combines all your tracks into one audio file

Three Tools in One

Basic components No matter what view you are in you will

always see -View Buttons

Menu Bar Tool Bar Shortcut

Bar

Main Panel

Various other panels

Status Bar

Switching Views

Panels & Frames

Panels & Frames

Moving Panels

Change Your View

Zooming In & Out

Zoom Panel

Zoom Panel

Selection/View Panel

Selection/View Panel

Status Bar

On the bottom of your interface

Gives you information about the file you have loaded and a few other thingsYou choose what you want to see or you can hide the status bar

Customize Your Layout

Preset Workspaces

Sets up the workspace for specific tasksThe usual edit, multitrack and CD view

Mastering and analysis Frequency & phase analysis

Session mixing Adds the mixer panel to the multitrack view

Video and audio session Add the video panel to the multitrack view

Preset Workspaces

Make your ownArrange the frames and panels the way you want

Choose Window > Workspace > New WorkspaceType in a name and click OK

ADOBE AUDITION

The Interface

Week 11