User Guide

CHAPTER 8

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Effects Menu – Edit View

Damping Frequency The Damping Frequency value lets you specify an upper frequency limit of sound that will be

reﬂected. For instance, if you set a damping frequency of 7000Hz, then frequencies above 7000Hz will be cut for each

unit of time. Use lower values to get a “warmer” feel.

Presets Several Echo Chamber presets come with Adobe Audition. More information on presets can be found in the

“Looking at the Work Area” chapter.

Preview Press the Preview button to audition the current Echo Chamber setting before you apply it to the waveform.

The selection is looped until you press the Stop button. Since Adobe Audition’s Previews are dynamic, this gives you the

opportunity to make and hear processing adjustments as the selection is continuously played.

Make sure there is enough silence at the end of the waveform for the echo trails to complete. If the echo abruptly cuts off

before it fully decays, undo the Echo Chamber effect, add several seconds of silence using Adobe Audition’s Generate >

Silence command, and then rerun the Echo Chamber effect.

Flanger

Flanging was originally achieved by sending an audio signal to two reel-to-reel tape recorders, and then physically

slowing down the reels of one machine. The resulting sound is a phase-shifted, time delay effect, characteristic of some

of the psychedelic sounding recordings in of the 1960s and 1970s. (If you’ve ever listened to “Listen To The Music” by

the Doobie Brothers, you’ve heard ﬂanging in action.) Use Adobe Audition to create the same effect by slightly delaying

and phasing a signal at predetermined or random intervals.

Flanger dialog

Original - Delayed Slider Use this control to adjust the mix between the amount of original (dry) and ﬂanged (wet)

signal. If the Original value is at 100%, the result is no ﬂanging at all. If the Delayed signal is set to 100%, the result is a

wavering sound, rather like a bad tape player. Portions of both signals must be present if you want to achieve the charac-

teristic cancellation and reinforcement that occurs during ﬂanging.