Adobe Audition 101 (Online)

This two-day class is designed for those who want to learn music production and composition using Adobe Audition. Adobe Audition CC software delivers the cross-platform tools that video and film professionals, broadcast engineers, and audio specialists need for recording, editing, mixing, creating soundtracks, and restoring audio. 

A new, high-performance audio playback engine drastically speeds up operation; enables work on multiple simultaneous audio and multitrack files; and allows effects, noise reduction, and audio sweetening processing in the background. 

Royalty-free content makes creating sound beds, scores, and soundscapes easy. Native 5.1 surround sound capability and roundtrip editing with Adobe Premiere® Pro CC software promote a smooth video production workflow, while Open Media Format (OMF) and XML support project exchange with Avid Pro Tools and third-party NLEs.

Who Should Attend

Editors that want to deliver balanced color and distinctive, vibrant looks for any type of video production.

Prerequisites:

• Practical working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows 
• Basic knowledge of audio terminology is recommended.

Adobe Audition 101: An Introduction to Audition - Course Outline – (2 Days)

Audio Interfacing

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

The Audition Environment

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

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

Audio Restoration

• About audio restoration
• Reducing hiss
• Reducing crackles
• Reducing pops and clicks
• Reducing broadband noise
• De-humming a file
• Removing artifacts
• Manual artifact removal
• Alternate click removal
• Sound removal

Mastering

• Mastering basics
• Step 1: equalization
• Step 2: dynamics
• Step 3: ambience
• Step 4: stereo imaging
• Step 5: "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

• Recording into the Waveform Editor
• Recording into the Multitrack Editor
• 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

Multitrack Editor Orientation

• About multitrack production
• Multitrack and Waveform Editor integration
• Changing track colors
• Loop selections for playback
• Track controls
• Channel mapping in the Multitrack Editor
• Side-chaining effects
• Review questions
• Review answers

The Multitrack Mixer View

• Mixer view basics

Editing Clips

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

Creating Music with Sound Libraries

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

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
• Composite recording

Automation

• About automation
• Clip automation
• Track automation

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

Note: 

The curricula above comprises activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.