Adobe Audition

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Adobe Audition is a Digital Audio Editor released by Adobe Systems. Formerly known as Cool Edit Pro, the editor was purchased in May, 2003. It is a powerful tool for creating audio for any destination, from CD and DVD, to broadcast television and digital media.

Features

Adobe Audition includes many advanced audio editing features.

Multi-track Editing

Adobe Audition is a multi-track editing program with support for up to 128 tracks. You can work in multi-track view, or edit individual waveforms. Audition also has tools for adding audio effects, and creating muisc with loops. It can record up to 32 tracks simultaneously with real-time effects and EQ processing on each track.

Video Soundtrack Editing

Audition includes features that make it easy to edit video soundtracks. Included is a video viewer and associated timeline for frame accurate audio editing. File format support includes AVI, native DV, MPEG, and WMV.

Digital Signal Processing

Audition features approximately built-in audio processors and effects. Some of these include volume, noise and EQ filters, delay effects, reverb effects, and time/pitch shifting. Audition also supports third-party effects via both the DirectX interface and the VST plug-in architecture.

High Resolution Audio

Audition offers audio recording and editing at a variety of quality levels. It supports 32-bit audio with a sample rate of up to 10MHz. Standard sample rates (such as 44.1KHz - CD quality, 48KHz, 92KHz) are also available.

Other Features

  • CD Burning Support
  • 5000 Included Music Loops
  • Built-In 5.1 Surround Sound Encoder

System Requirements

  • 400MHz or faster processor (2GHz or faster recommended)
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
  • 64MB of RAM (512MB or more recommended)
  • 75MB of available hard-disk space (700MB recommended for installing optional audio clips)
  • 800x600 color display (1024x768 display recommended)
  • Stereo sound card (multitrack sound card recommended)
  • CD-ROM drive
  • CD-RW drive for audio CD creation
  • Microsoft DirectX 9.0 software required for video import
  • Speakers or headphones recommended
  • Microphone (optional)

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