User Manual

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Adobe Audition CS5.5 What’s New
Native multichannel support (5.1 surround)
With native support for multichannel soundtracks, Adobe Audition makes it easy to create entirely
new surround sound experiences or put the finishing touches on existing 5.1 projects—and save to
a full 5.1 surround master. True 5.1 metering and effects are available on surround tracks and
sessions in all modes, including the Multitrack Editor, Waveform Editor, and in the Mixer.
The new Track Panner panel offers parameters that include angle, stereo spread, and radius—
you even can isolate and make adjustments to the LFE channel. When a mono or stereo track is
routed to a 5.1 output, its pan position is indicated by a 5.1 icon on the Track Header in
Multitrack View and on the Channel Strip in the Mixer.
You also can open 5.1 files in the Waveform Editor, where you can make edits to the file overall, or to
individual channels—even get deep inside the individual channel waveforms in Spectral Display by
toggling the channels you don’t want to edit. Apply surround effects such as Surround Reverb and
Amplify, diagnostic tools such as the new DeHummer and DeClicker, and analysis tools such as
Amplitude Statistics and Frequency Analysis. With the new playback engine in Adobe Audition CS5.5,
you can keep working while analysis and diagnostics are performed in the background.
is is a 5.1 le in the
Waveform Editor, with the Spectral
Display active. When you select
surround eects in the Eects
Rack, audio levels are displayed
with six-channel 5.1 metering, just
as the Level Meter displays
multichannel levels. Mute
individual channels with the
Channel Toggle buons on the
right edge of the waveform display
to isolate and edit individual
channels within a 5.1 le.
Metering adapts to 5.1 les in all panels,
such as the Eects Rack (le), the Track
Header (center), and the user-
congurable Level Meter (right). e
Eects Rack shows eects optimized for
multichannel use: Amplify, the Channel
Mixer, and the new Surround Reverb.
Adobe Audition CS5.5 handles 5.1 audio
natively, which means it’s easy to create and edit
multichannel mixes. e Track Panner panel
provides intuitive controls and visual feedback
to help you locate sounds precisely in the
surround eld. Icons on individual track headers
(right) and channel strips (far right) clearly
display basic surround panning information.