- Click the red recording button on the bottom of your screen as shown with the pictures. Now that the track is recording, the track will turn red, and whenever you speak or it detects audio it will show the sound. The larger the sound bar the louder the sound.
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Adobe Audition has been Adobe’s essential audio editing program, originally known as Cool Edit Pro from Syntrillium Software before Adobe purchased the software. It was first debuted in 2003, Audition functions as a multitrack digital audio workstation with destructive and non-destructive. And to do that I use a separate audio recording software type called and audio editor. In my case, I use Adobe Audition. But there are much more affordable editors out there. I show you how to do this in Audacity (free) below, for example. So once I open the rendered, 'almost-finished' audio in my editor, I put the headphones on.
Introduction: How to Easily Record Sounds in Adobe Audition CS5.5
Ever needed a quick audio file for a movie but didn't know how to work your program?! With this Instructable, I will teach you how to make a quick audio file in Adobe Audition CS5.5 in under 5 minutes! All you need is- A USB Microphone
- Adobe Audition CS5.5
- Your voice
Step 1: Start Up a New File
First things first is we need to start up a new audio file. Audition will start you up on a blank, empty screen, so you can't record just yet. It should look like the picture below. What you need to do here is click 'File', hover over 'New' then click 'Multitrack Session' or hit the key combo Ctrl + M. You will then get a balloon asking what you want to name your file and where to save it's contents. Do these accordingly to your preferences and move onto the next step.
Step 2: Begin Recording
Now that we have our session started up, let's begin the quick prep work. Click on the small letter box 'R' in any of the tracks to prep that track for recording. (The button is highlighted in the yellow circle below, in case you cannot find it). Your USB mic should be plugged in by this point to have something to record with. Below all of the tracks are a basic set up of buttons with 'Play', 'Loop', 'Fast Forward' and more, like any old tapedeck. Hit the round, Red, record button to start recording. Record what you will then hit the stop button. Easy as that.
Step 3: Saving the File As an MP3
Here is the part that a lot of people, (myself once included) have problems with. How to save your sounds you just made as an MP3 file. What you need to do is hit 'File', hover over 'Export' then hover over 'Multitrack Mixdown' then hit the last button, 'Entire Session'. This will open up one last balloon asking you what you want to name it, where you want to save it, and select what file format to save it as. Complete the following items then save. And your done! Congrats, you just made your own sound file, ready to use for a movie or any other project you may have!
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Integrate Adobe Audition into your post production workflow! Utilize Audition’s powerful tools for fixing common audio problems like background noise, hum, clipping, clicks and pops.
Adobe Audition can quickly clean up audio and fix problems that Premiere Pro cannot. In this post we cover common audio problems that you may encounter in your video editing and post production – and how to address these issues using the tools within Adobe Audition.
If you’re looking for tips on a Premiere Pro to Audition workflow, check out my previous posts on roundtripping your video editing clips and sequences into Audition and back to Premiere.
Noise Reduction in Audition
Adobe Audition has powerful noise reduction tools that be accessed in the Waveform Editor. If you are in a Multitrack Session, double click on a track to go into the Waveform Editor.
Click and drag to select several seconds of background/ambient only sound. The more time you have to sample the better your results will be. Make sure you do not select any audio with voices or other noises!
Go to Effects > Noise Reduction (process). Click “Capture Noise Print” and then “Select Entire File”.
Click “Noise Only” to hear what you are removing (deselect it before you click apply). Click the green button on & off to toggle the effect as you adjust the “Noise Reduction” & “Reduce by” sliders.
If you prefer shortcuts, use Shift +P to save a noise print and CMD/CNTRL/Shift + P to open the “Noise Reduction” Effect. I suggest making shortcuts for effects you commonly use (do this by accessing the shortcut editor in the menu bar, Edit >Keyboard Shortcuts).
Adobe Audition Recording Audio From Computer
Adaptive Noise Reduction
Adaptive Noise Reduction automatically learns what noise is, as long as you have background noise before people start speaking. To take advantage of this tool, it is a good habit to always record 4-5 seconds of audio before your talent starts speaking.
In Adobe Audition, you can also combine Adaptive Noise Redution with other effects in the Effects Rack (which you can’t do with standard Noise Reduction). It is part of several presets like “Clean up and Level Voice-Over” that can help you get started if you are new to audio effects.
Remove Hum in Audition
This Adobe Audition effect comes in handy if you are doing a lot of location filming where you can’t control the production environment.
Use this to remove AC hum (lights, power lines, electronics). In my example I was picking up hum from an Xbox 360 in the room.
Go to Effects > Noise Reduction/Restoration > Dehummer. Select your preset based on country. I’m in the states so I picked 60Hz.
Auto Heal & Spot Healing
You can use Auto Heal & the Spot Healing Brush to remove clicks, pops, and other short noises you want to remove from your audio.
Zoom in by pressing the plus key and select the pop. Right click and select “Auto Heal” (Comm/Control + U).
You can also paint a selection with the spot healing brush(B) by dragging over the area to fix in the “Spectral Frequency” display.
Using the Diagnostic Panel
Access the Diagnostics panel in Audition by choosing Window > Diagnostics from the menu bar. The powerful diagnostic panel provides tools to fix clipping, clicks and pops in your audio.
The Declipper is handy for repairing clipped audio. Select the DeClipper Effect in the Diagnostic panel. Click Scan and your clipping areas will be listed. Select a listed problem to move to it in the waveform.
You can fix each one at a time or click Repair All.
Note: Depending on your audio it may still appear clipped, as Audition works in 32 bit floating point. Decrease the amplitude or use Normalize to see that the audio isn’t actually clipped. I have had varied results with the DeClicker, so if it dozen’t fix your issues, you the manual method mentioned above using Auto Heal & Spot Healing Brush.
Recording Audio Adobe Audition
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Utilize a Premiere to Audition workflow to take advantage of these great audio tools in your video editing projects. For more details on working with audio in Adobe Audition see Adobe Help.