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[...]... 313 xiii Introduction T his Ignite! book from Muska & Lipman will help you understand, use, and unleash the power of Adobe Audition, a powerful digital music editing application Audition is Adobe s incarnation of Cool Edit, a program that was created by Syntrillium Software When Adobe first acquired Cool Edit, they repackaged it with a few changes and called it Adobe Audition 1.0 This book concentrates... with Adobe Audition Understanding where the tools are and how they can be accessed will help you create your projects faster and easier In this chapter, you’ll learn how to: Change view modes Access menu items Work with toolbars Manipulate screen elements 2 CHAPTER 1: EXPLORING ADOBE AUDITION Views The user interface (a fancy name for what you see on the screen when the program is running) for Adobe Audition. .. You will zoom in on the area that was highlighted in Step 2 10 CHAPTER 1: EXPLORING ADOBE AUDITION Panning Unlike most Windows applications, Adobe Audition does not have scroll buttons or bars that allow you to move up and down through your document (it uses portion bars instead—see the following section) Within Audition you must pan up or down to move through your file 1 Position the mouse pointer... appear on the additional row 6 CHAPTER 1: EXPLORING ADOBE AUDITION Zooming Being able to zoom in and out of information on the screen becomes vitally important when it comes time to edit your tracks By zooming in and out you can obtain much greater detail when creating selections This is of critical importance when you are cutting or pasting data Adobe Audition provides you with many tools for zooming... they repackaged it with a few changes and called it Adobe Audition 1.0 This book concentrates on the latest release, Adobe Audition 1.5 Even if you have a previous version of Audition or Cool Edit, you will find much value in this book, as many of the features remain consistent While Audition does have some MIDI and video capabilities, its main strength lies in editing wave audio files It has myriad... highlighted 5 Type a number for the end time The end time will be displayed 6 Press Enter The wave display will change to the parameters that you have set 12 CHAPTER 1: EXPLORING ADOBE AUDITION Screen Divider The user interface for Adobe Audition is basically split in half The left half contains windows that allow you to manipulate data, and the right half gives you a visual representation of your audio information... arrow 14 CHAPTER 1: EXPLORING ADOBE AUDITION 5 Click and drag in any direction to resize the window As you drag the window will resize 6 Release the mouse button The window will be resized Showing and Hiding Screen Elements There are certain elements of the user interface that you will use all the time, and there are others that you will use rarely, if at all Adobe Audition allows you to hide parts... simply hover your mouse over that menu item, the submenu will appear • Three Dots Three dots after a menu item indicate that a dialog box will open when you select that menu item 4 CHAPTER 1: EXPLORING ADOBE AUDITION • Keyboard Shortcut Beside some of the menu items, you will find a series of keyboard shortcuts These indicate the combination of keyboard buttons that will initiate this command For example,... designed to help you: TIP Tips provide you with quick ways or shortcuts to perform certain tasks NOTE Notes provide you with additional information or background on a particular topic 1 Exploring Adobe Audition Several years ago I enrolled in a woodworking course at a local community college It was a ten-week course and upon arrival on the first day, I was excited to dive right in, start using some... Elements We all have different preferences about how we like to work Some people can only be productive when their desks are spotless, whereas others need complete chaos in order to get anything done Adobe Audition allows you to move and resize certain elements of the user interface to match your working style 1 Position the mouse pointer over the double gray bars Only those windows that have two gray . 313 xiii CONTENTS Introduction Introduction T his Ignite! book from Muska & Lipman will help you understand, use, and unleash the power of Adobe Audition, a powerful digital music editing application. Audition is Adobe s incarnation. Syntrillium Software. When Adobe first acquired Cool Edit, they repackaged it with a few changes and called it Adobe Audition 1.0. This book concentrates on the latest release, Adobe Audition 1.5. Even. toolbars Manipulate screen elements 1 1 Exploring Adobe Audition Views The user interface (a fancy name for what you see on the screen when the program is running) for Adobe Audition has a split personality.