Audition

Audio Interfacing 

• Audio interface basics 
• Mac OS X audio setup 
• Testing inputs and outputs with Audition (Mac or Windows) 
• Using external interfaces 

The Audition Environment 

• The Audition Workspace 
• Navigation 
• Audition’s dual personality 

Basic Editing 

• Opening a file for editing 
• Selecting a region for editing and changing its level 
• Cutting, deleting, and pasting audio regions 
• Cutting and pasting with multiple clipboards 
• Extending and shortening musical selections 
• Simultaneous mixing and pasting 
• Repeating part of a waveform to create a loop 
• Showing waveform data under the cursor 
• Fading regions to reduce artifacts 

Signal Processing 

• Effects basics 
• Using the Effects Rack 
• Using the Effects menu 
• Amplitude and Compression effects 
• Delay and echo effects 
• Filter and EQ effects 
• Modulation effects 
• Noise reduction/restoration 
• Reverb and special effects 
• Stereo imagery effects 
• Time and Pitch effect 
• Third-party effects (VST and AU) 
• Managing presets 

Audio Restoration 

• Reducing hiss and crackles 
• Reducing crackles 
• Reducing pops and clicks
• Reducing broadband noise 
• De-humming a file 
• Automatic and manually removing artifacts 
• Alternate click removal 
• Sound removal 

Audio Mastering 

• Mastering basics 
• Equalization 
• Dynamics 
• Ambiance 
• Stereo imaging 
• “Push” the drum hits; then apply the changes 
• Mastering diagnostics 

Sound Design 

• About sound design 
• Creating rain sounds 
• Creating a babbling brook 
• Creating insects at night 
• Creating an alien choir 
• Creating sci-fi machine effects 
• Creating an alien drone flyby 
• Extracting frequency bands 

Creating and Recording Files 

• Checking remaining free space 
• Drag-and-dropping into an Audition Editor 
• Importing tracks as individual files from an audio CD 
• Importing tracks as a single file from an audio CD 
• Saving a template 
• Recording into the Waveform Editor 
• Recording into the Multitrack Editor 

Multitrack Editor Orientation 

• About multitrack production 
• Changing track colors 
• Track controls 
• Channel mapping in the Multitrack Editor 
• Loop selections for playback 
• Multitrack and Waveform Editor integration 
• Side-chaining effects 
• The Multitrack Mixer View 
• Mixer view essentials 

Editing Clips 

• Mixing or exporting a collection of clips as a single file 
• Clip edits: Split, Trim, Volume 
• Creating a DJ-style continuous music mix (mixtape) with crossfading 
• Selecting and merging all clips in a track into a single file 
• Editing for length 
• Extending a clip via looping 

Creating Music with Sound Libraries 

• About sound libraries 
• Getting started 
• Building a rhythm track 
• Adding effects 
• Adding percussion 
• Adding melodic elements 
• Using loops with different pitch and tempo 

Recording in the Multitrack Editor 

• Getting ready to record a track 
• Setting up the metronome 
• Recording a part in a track 
• Recording an additional part (overdub) 
• Punching over a mistake 

Clip and Track Automation 

• About automation 
• Clip automation 
• Track automation 

Audio Mixing 

• About mixing 
• Testing your acoustics 
• The mixing process 
• Exporting a stereo mix of the song 
• Burning an audio CD of the song 
• Exporting to SoundCloud 

Audio/Video Applications 

• Importing a video 
• Automatic Speech Alignment 
• Audition integration with Adobe Premiere Pro