We will be navigating the File, Edit, Clip, and Effects menus later on in this training, but feel free to explore for yourself the many different editing resources Audition provides! Window The Menu Bar has all of the tools and actions needed to complete our sound projects. You can go back to particular versions of project by permenantly deleting certain edits, however any edit that is deleted will also delete any edits that came after it. The History Panel allows you to see all of the edits that have been made to a project and allows you to navigate to different versions of the project before certain edits were made.
It will also automatically be brought up whenever you add an effect to an audio clip. To bring it up, click the two right arrows and select Effects Rack from the options. The Effects Rack Panel is in the same area as the Media Browser Panel.The Effects Rack Panel allows you to see all the effects that have been added to a single selected audio clip. To import clips, simply click and drag the clip(s) to the Editor Panel.To have clips automatically play a preview once they're clicked, click on the Auto-Play button found near the bottom of the panel to activate it.
To create a shortcut to a folder you will be referencing a lot during a project, select the folder, click on the the plus sign near the top of the panel, and choose "Add Shortcut for Selected Folder(s)".įOR THIS EXAMPLE: locate the Class Files folder you downloaded earlier and add it to Shortcuts. The Media Browser is a more detailed and quicker way to preview and import clips. To have clips automatically play a preview once they're clicked, click on the Auto-Play button found near the bottom of the panel to activate it. You can also import audio clips stored in your computer or external hard drive by clicking on the folder icon with the arrow pointing right and locating your file. They can be referenced here and be brought into Multitrack view for further editing by simply clicking and dragging the audio file into the Editor Panel. The Files Panel is where all audio files recorded into Audition (while on Waveform view) are automatically saved to. Audio clips brought into this panel might look slightly different depending on whether you are in Waveform or Multitrack view. Here is where you will be able to use editing tools such as the Razor Tool and Time Selection Tool to manipulate any audio within this panel. The Editor Panel is the space where audio clips are brought in to edit directly and/or add effects. Learn more about the different panels that make up the interface of Adobe Audition below! Editor To change the setting, you can go to Window > Workspace and choose a new setting. You can add or remove panels by going to the Window Menu. It should be noted that the following panels are opened automatically while using the Default setting.
Make sure to download the Class Files for this course from the Canvas page before you continue on.
If you’re at all familiar with other Adobe Creative Cloud programs, you’ll notice many similarities in the layout and tools used between softwares, making this program that more approachable.
Adobe Audition is a digital audio workstation great for creating sound projects such as podcasts and songs! This software features both a Multitrack View for non-destructive editing and mixing, as well as a Waveform View for a destructive editing approach to a single audio file.