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ADOBE AUDITION
User Guide
Device Properties
The Device Properties dialog is where you tell Adobe Audition which devices to use for playback and recording of
waveforms, as well as input and output of MIDI signals.
Wave Out Tab
This area is where you specify Adobe Audition’s parameters for playback of waveforms. If you have multiple sound cards,
or a single card that has multiple outputs, they’ll show up as choices in the drop-down list at the top left corner of this
window.
The capabilities of the selected output device are shown in the Supported Formats table. A Yes or No is shown for
different combinations of sample rate and bit resolution. This table also shows what (if any) 32-bit formats the output
device can handle, and whether it can accept the WDM driver extensible wave format.
The Wave Out Tab of the Device Properties Dialog
Order The Order field displays the device preference order for the highlighted output device. To change this order, press
the Change button to bring up Adobe Audition’s Device Ordering Preference dialog.
Use this device in Edit View Check this box to have Adobe Audition use the highlighted output device for playing
waveforms in Edit View.
Limit Playback to: Use this option to compensate for limitations imposed by your hardware. For instance, if your sound
card doesn’t handle 32-bit audio correctly, you can have Adobe Audition limit the playback of 32-bit files to either 16-
bit or 8-bit and/or mono.
Send 32-bit audio as: This option is enabled if you don’t have any of the boxes checked in Limit Playback to. Depending
on if your output device supports it, you can send 32-bit audio as 3-byte Packed PCM, 4-byte PCM, or 4-byte IEEE float.