Audition 3 (PC)

Adobe Audition 3 software is the all-in-one solution for professional audio production, including recording, mixing, editing and mastering. From creating your own music to producing a radio spot, from editing a presentation soundtrack to cleaning up production audio for a movie, Adobe Audition 3 delivers everything you need to sound your best.

Adobe Audition 3 software is the all-in-one audio solution for creating music, recording and mixing project soundtracks, producing a radio spot, or cleaning up production audio for a movie.

Record and mix

Waveform editing tools--Quickly mix files together by dragging clips and controlling automatic crossfades with on-clip handles.

Multitrack View--Save time and maintain consistency by grouping tracks in Multitrack View and trimming and applying fades to grouped clips simultaneously. Record, edit, and mix any number of stereo tracks, and duplicate tracks for mixes.

Over 50 audio effects and DSP tools--Work with real-time audio effects including echo, flange, reverb and more. Manipulate recordings with digital signal processing (DSP) tools, mastering and analysis tools and audio restoration features.

Improved recording performance--Enjoy faster performance and use less hard-drive space by recording audio sessions directly to a final working file. Once recorded, your files can be saved immediately.

VST Plug-in Manager--Easily enable and disable VST plug-ins.

Batch saving of multiple audio files--Apply format, location, filename template and other parameters to several files at once.

Recordable parameter and hardware controller automation--Move volume, pan and effects controls as you listen, and record changes to your mix in real time. Changes appear as editable envelopes in the timeline. Adjust mix and effects parameters using external control devices, and record all your changes in real time.

Surround Encoder--Transform any multitrack mix into a 5.1 surround sound experience. Export the results as an interleaved file that can be used in Adobe Premiere Pro software.

Effects chain on all channels, buses and master--Add effects to the master channel and hear the results even before mixing down to a single file.

Audio mixing sends and inserts--Create sends to duplicate signals that are routed to different effects (e.g. a separate mix for headphones during a recording session).

Quickly fix recording errors--Correct on-the-fly as you re-record; toggle the record button to punch in your new take only where you want to replace the old one

MIDI timecode (SMPTE/MTC) support--Synchronise audio playback with computers, video decks or any hardware device that supports MTC.

• Duplicate audio tracks in Multitrack View
• Improved I/O meter display--see level meters for multiple input and output devices
• Powerful, rapid response low-latency mixing engine
• Record up to 80 live inputs simultaneously in a multitrack session
• ASIO, VST, DirectX, and ReWire support
• Plug-in delay compensation
• Real-time input monitoring

Enjoy support for a wide range of virtual instruments in your music production. Record and edit MIDI in the piano roll editor.

Enjoy rapid response as you record and mix with a powerful low-latency mixing engine.

Create and arrange

VSTi virtual instrument support--Enjoy support for a wider range of virtual instruments, including MIDI piano roll. Simply add a MIDI host track to your mix, choose an instrument, and then record new audio in the Sequencer.

New effects--Expand your creative possibilities with new effects, including Convolution Reverb, Analog Delay, Mastering tool and Tube-modeled Compressor.

Complete audio toolset--Record, mix, arrange and edit your audio in one comprehensive, easy-to-use application. Produce high-resolution 24- or 32-bit files with sample rates up to 192kHz for HD- and DVD-quality audio.

Radius time stretching from iZotope--Alter tempo without changing pitch, or change pitch without tempo distortion, using the high-quality time-stretch algorithm from industry leader iZotope.

Video in Surround Encoder--View the video as you scrub, keyframe and edit your surround sound automation; easily match up your audio with the action on-screen, allowing you to perform more precise surround effects and audio placement.

Playlist Window--Create playlists and try different versions of an arrangement before you commit to the edits. Play back in any order and loop a specified number of times.

Bitmap import/export for spectral view--Save the phase histogram as a bitmap, export as a bitmap with phase map, edit in Adobe Photoshop software and import back into Adobe Audition.

Ready-to-use, royalty-free music beds and loops--Take advantage of over 5000 uncompressed, royalty-free 32-bit music loops and a choice of 20 ready-to-play 15- and 30-second music beds.

Sample sessions--Modify sample sessions from a choice of 20 to create your own music.

Audio editing for video--Edit soundtracks for videos created in Adobe After Effects or Adobe Premiere Pro software.

MIDI playback--Insert MIDI files into Adobe Audition multitrack sessions to play them in sync with your audio and video projects.

Clip time stretching--Stretch effects or dialog to fit a video clip by simply dragging the edge of the clip in Multitrack View.

Automatic beat detection--Find and mark beats automatically for easy new loop file creation--ideal for DJs.

• Analogue-modelled Guitar Suite effects
• XML session format support
• Loop-based soundtrack creation with automatic global session tempo and key matching
• Customisable default WAV importers
• Customisable toolbars and workspaces
• Improved video sync
• Support for AVI, MPEG, DV and WMV video formats
• Digitally extract tracks from audio CDs
• XMP metadata search and catalogue support
• Automate repetitive tasks with custom scripts

Edit and master

Paintbrush and Spot Healing Brush tools--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 and other noises using the Spot Healing Brush.

Automatic Phase Correction tool--Audio from analogue 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 (whines, buzzes, ‘coloured noise’ etc.).

Optimised mix engine--Allows for more tracks and effects on the same machine, offering more variety and faster processing.

Top/Tail Views--Zoom into the beginning and end of a file to add fades and gains while keeping the whole file in view.

Mix down to a new file--Mix down an entire session, selected clips or a specified range quickly and conveniently.

Integrated wave-editing view with Mastering Rack--Record and edit audio files with fast, accurate tools, applying and previewing multiple effects simultaneously.

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--Visually isolate and select sounds in frequency and time, and then clean up, modify or apply effects. Isolate specific sounds and increase the visibility of lower frequencies. Easily select the exact area you using the familiar Lasso tool found in other Adobe applications.

Powerful mastering tools--Add final touches to a mix with the Graphic and Parametric equalisers, and add punch to your audio with the Dynamics Processor, Hard Limiter, and Multiband Compressor.

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.

Adobe Audition or Soundbooth? Both Adobe Audition and Adobe Soundbooth CS3 audio software are designed for high-quality results. But which one is right for you? Buy Adobe Audition if: You are a sound designer, musician, recording engineer, mastering engineer, or other audiocentric professional and you need an all-in-one toolset for professional audio production. Buy Adobe Soundbooth if: You are a designer or developer with little or no background in audio and you need an intuitive, easy-to-use software tool to help you quickly accomplish everyday audio tasks.

High-quality sample rate conversions--Use transparent sample rate conversions with customisable dither settings to get great-sounding results, whether converting material to 44.1kHz, 48kHz, or 96kHz for CD, video or DVD.

Session plug-in format--Third parties can utilise the Session Format SDK to create exporter plug-ins for their own custom session format.

• Mastering effect--control everything from Reverb to Gains
• Graphic Panner--correct frequency-dependent phase differences between channels
• Marquee pan and phase selections
• Spectral play for selected frequencies
• Easily adjust a range selected in an automation lane
• Graphic waveform phase shifter
• Visually adjust volume, fades and gains
• Integrated CD burning
• Real-time audio analysis tools
• Analogue-modelled Multiband Compressor
• Pitch correction effects
• Vocal/instrumental extraction
• Broadcast Wave support
• Group RMS normalization
• Delete Silence feature
• Support for more than 20 file formats (Windows PCM (WAV), OGG, AIFF, MP3, WMA and more)