User Manual

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San Jose, CA 95110-2704
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Expected ship date
Second quarter 2011
For more information
www.adobe.com/audition
New History panel
Just as you can undo graphic edits you make to a photograph in Adobe Photoshop, you can easily roll
back edits you make to waveforms and multitrack mixes to earlier states in the same session in
Adobe Audition by using the new History panel. Experiment with signal flow though a series of audio
effects, try out different surround mixes, or apply a variety of degrees of noise reduction to a track,
with the assurance that you can recall your original settings with a single click in the History panel.
Are you new to Adobe Audition?
You may not be familiar with many of the unique capabilities Adobe Audition CS5.5 offers. Long
considered an indispensable tool of audio engineers, Adobe Audition is well known for its ability to
fix nearly any problem with digital audio files, and to do it quickly. Familiar tools for multitrack
recording, editing, and mixing are paired with workflow flexibility and performance optimized for
the broadcast and video industries. Here are a few of the main reasons Adobe Audition is the go-to
tool for audio professionals:
• Superioraudiorestoration. From removing occasional clicks to xing disastrous digital distor-
tion, trimming silence to removing hiss embedded in a waveform—even making unusable
dialogue usable again—Adobe Audition provides audio restoration tools that are second to none.
• Completemultitrackrecording,nondestructiveediting,andmixing.e Multitrack Editor
provides an easy-to-congure user interface to create entire multitrack mixes, with click-and-
drag level changes, fades, and cross-fades; clip drag-and-duplicate; and individual track sizing to
suit the specic project and user.
• Professionalaudioeects.From signal processing such as compression and limiting to convolu-
tion reverb, wacky guitar eects, and lo- eects, Adobe Audition has a robust selection of audio
manipulation tools for creative sound design, and support for VST and Mac Audio Units means
you can add more options from third-party developers.
• ousandsofroyalty-freesoundeects.rough the Resource Central
*
panel, Adobe Audition
provides downloadable audio content for drag-and-drop creation of SFX tracks, Foley eects,
and more.
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
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System requirements
Mac OS
•MulticoreIntel®processor
•MacOSXv10.5.8orv10.6
•1GBofRAM;2GBforHDVand
HDplayback
•2GBofavailablehard-diskspacefor
installation;additionalfreespacerequired
duringinstallation(cannotinstallona
volumethatusesacase-sensitivele
systemoronremovableashstorage
devices)
•1280x800displaywithOpenGL
2.0–compatiblegraphicscard
•CoreAudio–compatiblesoundcard
•DVD-ROMdrive(SuperDriverecom-
mended)
•QuickTime9sowarerequiredfor
QuickTimefeatures
•BroadbandInternetconnectionrequired
foronlineservicesandtovalidate
SubscriptionEdition(ifapplicable)onan
ongoingbasis*
Windows
•Intel®Pentium®4orAMDAthlon®64
processor(IntelCore™2DuoorAMD
Phenom®IIrecommended)
•Microso®Windows®XPwithServicePack
3;WindowsVista®HomePremium,
Business,Ultimate,orEnterprise;or
Windows7
•1GBofRAM;2GBforHDVandHD
playback
•2GBofavailablehard-diskspacefor
installation;additionalfreespacerequired
duringinstallation(cannotinstallon
removableashstoragedevices)
•1280x800displaywithOpenGL
2.0–compatiblegraphicscard
•SoundcardcompatiblewithASIO
protocolorMicrosoWDM/MME
•DVD-ROMdrive
•QuickTime9sowarerequiredfor
QuickTimefeatures
•BroadbandInternetconnectionrequired
foronlineservicesandtovalidate
SubscriptionEdition(ifapplicable)onan
ongoingbasis*
Forupdatestosystemrequirementsandmoredetailed
informationaboutvideohardwarecompatibility,visit
www.adobe.com/go/audition_systemreqs.
*Adobeonlineservices,includingAdobeCSLiveServices,areavailableonlytousers13andolderandrequireagreementtoadditional
termsandAdobe’sonlineprivacypolicy(availableatwww.adobe.com/go/terms.Onlineservicesarenotavailableinallcountriesor
languages,mayrequireuserregistrationandmaybesubjecttochangeordiscontinuationwithoutnotice.Additionalfeesorsubscription
chargesmayapply.
†
CSLiveservicesarecomplimentaryuntilApril12,2012.Seewww.adobe.com/go/csliveformoredetails.
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e History panel lets you
easily restore earlier states
of waveform edits
and multitrack mixes.