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Adobe Audition CS5.5 What’s New
Top new features
•NativeMacsupport(Page2)
•Newhigh-performanceplayback
engine(Page3)
•Increasedworkowexibilitywith
roundtripeditingandproject
exchange(Page3)
•Nativemultichannelsupport(5.1
surround)(Page4)
•Neweectsandenhancedeects
workows(Page5)
•Expandedlibraryofroyalty-free
soundeects(Page6)
•BroadcastWAVsupportand
simpliedXMPmetadatapanel
(Page6)
•Auto-savedXMLleformat(Page6)
•NewHistorypanel(Page7)
With Adobe Audition CS5.5, you can:
Edit precisely and mix projects professionally—now on both Mac OS and Windows. Make
sample-accurate edits using the Waveform Editor. In Spectral View, you can visually edit audio with
graphics-editing tools similar to those in Adobe Photoshop software. Handle large and complex
multitrack projects in Multitrack View. Size tracks individually to keep your entire project in view,
or expand just the tracks you’re focused on. Edit clip volume, fades, and panning directly in
Multitrack View. Automate volume settings. Put the final touch on track levels using the intuitive
fader controls in the Mixer.
Create soundtracks easily. Create your own soundtrack by dragging and dropping royalty-free sound
effects directly onto multiple tracks, when downloaded using the Resource Central
*
panel. Mix
dialogue, music beds, and sound effects with professional digital effects processing and native 5.1
surround multichannel support.
Fix audio problems fast with superior analysis and noise reduction. Adobe Audition makes it easy
to automatically detect and fix common flaws such as hiss, hum, phase problems, crackling, and
pops. Match the dialogue volume in a single audio file or across multiple clips. Find and eliminate
clipped samples before they cause problems in your mix.
Integrate audio with Adobe Premiere Pro, other NLEs, and popular DAWs. Roundtrip editing
makes Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition CS5.5 the ideal pairing for pro video work.
Integration with Adobe After Effects and Flash Professional, as well as reliable project exchange
with a range of NLEs and DAWs, lets Adobe Audition CS5.5 integrate smoothly into virtually any
video workflow.
Who uses Adobe Audition?
Audio engineers and broadcast editors can use Adobe Audition to record voice-overs, create
soundtracks, and enhance audio for broadcast. The Multitrack editor and Mixer provide engineers
with a familiar interface they can use to solve audio problems quickly. Even recording and mixing
entire multitrack projects from scratch is an easier task with Adobe Audition, with on-clip volume
keyframes and fades, and the new modeless Effects Rack.
Video editors and other video professionals can use Adobe Audition to create, edit, and
enhance audio for video and film productions. With the benefits of a familiar timeline-based
interface and roundtrip editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition makes it easy for video
editors to fix problematic production dialogue, do sound design, and polish soundtracks. Clearly
labeled restoration effects facilitate typical edits such as removing unwanted noise and matching
unequal dialogue volume levels. Production teams exchange Avid Pro Tools sessions with
Audition using built-in OMF import and export functions, and share files with other video NLEs
with XML Interchange.
Top new features of Adobe Audition CS5.5
Native Mac support
Adobe Audition CS5.5 is designed to make the most of the multicore processing, native audio, and
DSP power of Apple Mac computers, as well as to deliver improvements to Windows users.
Production teams can take advantage of the powerful audio editing, mixing, sweetening, and
restoration tools Adobe Audition offers to video editors, audio engineers, and interactive designers,
whether they choose to work on Mac OS or Windows.
Now, the full editing power of Audition
is also available on the Mac.