PC Audio Editing with Adobe Audition 2.0: Broadcast, desktop and CD audio production

✍ Scribed by Roger Derry

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Get up to speed quickly and gain the working knowledge you need with this clear, practical guide to Adobe?®'s AuditionT 2.0. With Roger Derry's expert advice, you'll master Audition's basic tools and tricks as well as discovering it's more advanced editing, multitrack and processing tools. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a demo of AuditionT and a variety of audio clips (both speech and music) for you to practice your editing skills.Roger Derry is an audio consultant who also teaches courses on radio production, music technology and sound recording. He formerly worked as a technical operator, studio manager and producer for the BBC.Contents: Visual editing; Some technical bits; Transfer; Editing; Quarrying material; Structuring material; Multitrack; Post-production; Audio design; Reviewing material; Mastering; CD burning; Making programs: acquiring material and production; Archiving; Tweaks; Using the CD-ROM; Hardware and software requirements; Appendices (Clicks and clocks, MIDI, Time code; Adding RIAA to FFT filter);Glossary Get to grips with Adobe?® AuditionT's powerful editing tools to produce superior resultsDiscover cool tricks and time saving tools to boost your efficiency *Practise your editing techniques with the audio clips included on the free CD-ROM

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
PC Audio Editing with Adobe Audition 2.0......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
1 Visual editing......Page 18
2.1: Loudness, decibels and frequencies......Page 22
2.2: Hearing safety......Page 24
2.3: Analog and digital audio......Page 25
2.4: Time code......Page 29
3.1: Reviewing material......Page 31
3.3: Digital......Page 33
3.4: Analog......Page 39
3.5: Recording......Page 41
4.1: Introduction......Page 46
4.2: Loading a file......Page 47
4.3: Transport......Page 52
4.4: Making an edit......Page 55
4.5: Visual editing......Page 56
5.2: Blue bar blues......Page 59
5.3: Copy, cut and paste......Page 62
6.1: Standardize format......Page 64
6.2: Batch files......Page 65
6.3: 32-bit files......Page 71
7.1: Loading......Page 72
7.2: Tour......Page 73
7.3: FX......Page 78
7.4: Automation......Page 81
7.5: Envelopes......Page 84
7.6: Multitrack for a simple mix......Page 86
7.7: Chequer boarding......Page 88
7.8: Track bouncing......Page 90
7.9: Fades and edges......Page 91
7.11: Transitions......Page 93
7.12: Multitrack music......Page 94
7.14: Loops......Page 95
8.2: Level matching......Page 97
8.3: Panning......Page 98
8.5: Stereo/binaural......Page 99
8.6: Surround Sound......Page 100
8.7: Multi-layer mixing......Page 102
9.2: Normalization......Page 103
9.3: Basic level adjustment......Page 105
9.4: Compression/limiting......Page 107
9.5: Expanders and gates......Page 110
9.6: Multiband compressor......Page 112
9.7: Reverberation and echo......Page 116
9.8: Filters......Page 131
9.9: Restoration......Page 141
9.10: Special effects......Page 148
9.11: Time/pitch......Page 150
9.12: Spatial effects......Page 153
9.13: Basic effects......Page 155
9.14: Multitrack effects......Page 157
9.15: Real-time controls and effects......Page 159
10.2: Assessing levels......Page 164
10.3: Listening on full quality speakers......Page 165
11.1: Line-up and transmission formats......Page 166
11.2: Generate silence......Page 167
11.3: Generate noise......Page 168
11.5: Changeovers......Page 169
11.7: CD labelling......Page 170
11.8: Email and the World Wide Web......Page 171
11.9: Analytical functions......Page 173
11.10: Spectral editing......Page 174
12.1: Types of CD......Page 187
12.2: Audio CDs......Page 188
12.4: Rewritable CDs......Page 189
12.5: CD recording software......Page 190
12.6 Recording codes......Page 196
13.1: Responsibilities......Page 198
13.2: Interviewing people......Page 199
13.5: Interviews on the move......Page 202
13.6: Recorders......Page 203
13.7: Acoustics and microphones......Page 204
13.8: Multitrack......Page 211
14.2: Types of programme......Page 212
14.3: Talks......Page 213
14.6: Magazine item......Page 214
14.10: Music......Page 215
15.3: CD-ROM......Page 217
15.5: Analog......Page 218
15.6: Computer backup......Page 219
16.2: Hardware controller......Page 221
16.4: MIDI triggering......Page 223
16.6: Favorites......Page 224
16.7: Preferences (F4)......Page 225
16.8: Icons......Page 229
17.2: Bonus material......Page 230
18.2: Sound card......Page 232
18.3: Loudspeakers/headphones......Page 233
18.4: Hard disks......Page 234
18.6: Firewire......Page 235
18.9: Non-linear editors......Page 236
18.11: Audio processing......Page 237
18.12: Mastering......Page 238
18.13: CD recording software......Page 239
18.17: Automation......Page 240
Appendix 1 Clicks and clocks......Page 242
A1.1: Word clock in/out......Page 243
Appendix 2 MIDI......Page 244
A3.1: MIDI......Page 246
A3.3: Other systems......Page 247
A3.4: What time?......Page 248
Appendix 4 Adding RIAA to FFT filters......Page 249
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N......Page 258
P......Page 259
S......Page 260
V......Page 261
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B......Page 264
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