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Adobe Audition CS5.5 What’s New
New effects and enhanced effects workflows
Adobe Audition includes many of the DSP effects you’ve long relied on, as well as several new
ones including a DeHummer, DeEsser, Speech Volume Leveler, and Surround Reverb. The
DeHummer lets you locate and remove constant-level noise sources, such as power line hum.
The DeEsser removes vocal sibilance from interviews, dialogue, and voice-overs. With a single
click, the Speech Volume Leveler quickly matches the volume of different actors recorded at
different distances from a single microphone in the same audio clip. The Surround Reverb lets
you tailor levels for all channels in 5.1 files, including Center and LFE (Low Frequency Effect)
channels, gives you a selection of room impulses, and offers precise control of reverb parameters
and output balance controls.
Adobe Audition CS5.5 also supports third-party VST and, on the Mac, Audio Units effects. The new
Diagnostics panel offers powerful tools such as the DeClicker, DeClipper, Delete Silence, and the
very useful Mark Audio, that automatically adds markers to individual clips according to user-
definable level parameters.
With the power of the new playback engine, you can manipulate effect parameters while making
selections and playing back audio—even continue playback while saving a noise print and applying
noise reduction. The Effects Rack itself is now modeless, which means you can edit and play back
audio while viewing and adjusting the settings for multiple effects simultaneously for clips, tracks,
and waveforms. All effects now have presets, which lets you get results without having to spend
time trying out parameter adjustments.
e new Surround Reverb eect oers level control for the Center and LFE channels, a selection of room impulses, precise
control of reverb parameters, and convenient output balance controls. New with Audition CS5.5 is the inclusion of eects
presets for all eects.
is Eects Rack is shown in Clip View and features the new
Speech Volume Leveler, which is shown here equalizing
the volume levels of two actors at widely diering
distances from a microphone.
e new Diagnostics panel oers DeClicking (shown here
displaying the successful results of a declicked le),
DeClipping, and the automatic Mark Audio tool—another
oen-requested feature now incorporated into Audition.