Course Overview
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Beginner About Adobe Audition
“Adobe Audition” CC is a Professional Multi-Track Digital Audio Workstation for mixing, finishing and precision editing of Audio Projects for Radio, Television, Internet Streaming, Music Editing etc.
Before it was purchased by Adobe Systems, “Adobe Audition” was known as “Cool Edit Pro” and was originally developed by Syntrillium Software, which was founded in the early 1990s by Robert Ellison and David Johnston, former Microsoft employees.
Adobe purchased Cool Edit Pro from Syntrillium Software in May 2003 and re branded Cool Edit Pro as “Adobe Audition”. From Syntrillium Software, Adobe also purchased a large loop library called “Loopology” for using with Adobe Audition. The Loopology library includes thousands of uncompressed, royalty-free audio sound effects and music loop files. These files have been grouped together by type and style into ZIP archives and can be downloaded directly from the Adobe website.
After its purchase from Syntrillium Software, ”Adobe Audition” was officially released on 18 August 2003 with some bug fixes but without any major new features, and was essentially a more polished Cool Edit Pro 2.1 under a different name. But soon Adobe did a major upgrade with Audition v1.5 around mid 2004; major improvements included pitch correction, frequency space editing, CD project view, basic video editing and integration with Adobe Premiere.
Over the next one decade Adobe kept on upgrading the various Versions for “Adobe Audition” and in 2011 it released Adobe Audition Version 4 as part of the Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe Creative Suite popularly known as “Adobe CS” was a software suite of Graphic Design, Video Editing, Audio Editing and Web Development applications developed by Adobe Systems.
The Version 5 of “Adobe Audition” was packaged as part of the last version of Adobe Creative Suite, CS6. In mid 2013 Adobe announced that future versions of their Creative Suite Applications would only be available via their new online Adobe Creative Cloud subscription service. Creative Cloud has been nicked CC.
Adobe Creative Cloud is a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering from Adobe Systems that gives users access to a collection of software developed by Adobe for Graphic Design, Video Editing, Audio Editing, Web Development, Photography, and Cloud Services. In Creative Cloud, over a SaaS Platform a monthly or annual subscription service is delivered over the Internet. Software from Creative Cloud can be downloaded from the Internet, installed directly on a local computer and used as long as the subscription remains valid.
“Adobe Audition”, Version 6, popularly known as Audition CC (Creative Cloud) , was released mid 2013. It happens to be the first in the “Adobe Audition” line to be part of the Adobe Creative Cloud. And also, Audition CC happened to be the first 64-bit application among the past Adobe Audition versions, the older Adobe Audition Versions were all 32 bit. Being 64 Bit Application, Audition CC can provide faster processing time when compared to Audition Version 5 (Audition CS 6) . Some other new features that were included are Sound Remover, Preview Editor and Pitch Bender. Subsequent Version releases of Adobe Auditions in the Creative Cloud were Adobe Audition 7 (Adobe Audition CC 2014) and Adobe Audition 8 (Adobe Audition CC, 2015). Very soon release of Adobe Audition 9 (Adobe Audition CC 2016) is be expected mid 2016.
Applications and Usage of Adobe Audition
Adobe Audition CC allows the Audio Editor to alter and mix multiple audio recordings and audio tracks into a final produced audio piece.
Adobe Audition is extensively used for the production and recording of music, radio, television audio, podcasts, multimedia audio and nearly any other situation where complex editing of recorded audio is needed.
Adobe Audition is widely used by Radio Stations, Television Stations, Universities and Production Houses to record and edit their Audio Projects.
Software Architecture and System Requirements:
Adobe Audition runs both on Windows Operating Systems 7, 8, 10 and Mac OSx 10.9, 10.10, 10.11. Adobe Audition supports the the following Plugins: JACK, VST, VST3, AU. File Format support of Adobe Audition is quite extensive and it supports the following file formats: OMF, AAF, WAV, MP3, AAC, Ogg, AIFF, FLAC AU, IFF, RAW/PCM, SMP, VOC, VOX and WMA.
Audition CC (2015) System Requirements for Mac OSx:
- Mac OS X versions 10.9, 10.10, or 10.11
- Multicore Intel processor
- 2GB of RAM; 2GB of available hard-disk space
- 1280×800 display; OpenGL 2.0–capable system;
- USB interface and/or MIDI interface may be required for external control surface support
- Internet connection and registration are necessary
Audition CC (2015) System Requirements for Windows:
- Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 (64 bit), Windows 8 (64 bit), Windows 8.1 (64 bit), or Windows 10
- 2GB of RAM; 2GB of available hard-disk space
- 1280×800 display, OpenGL 2.0–capable system
- Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol, WASAPI, or Microsoft WDM/MME
- USB interface and/or MIDI interface may be required for external control surface support
- Internet connection and registration are necessary
Software Overview:
Adobe Audition is one of the most popular Multi-Track Digital Audio Workstation available in the market today and a professional choice for many Audio Professionals world wide. It has been widely adapted by Radio Stations to Television Stations and Universities and Production Houses – so it is one of the most popular Audio Editing and Mixing software out there and getting trained on it should be on an Audio Editor’s priority list.
Adobe Audition Course Description
In this extensive Adobe Audition Online Course you will be given hands on training on every aspect of the Adobe Audition software from Audio Recording and Audio Editing to Audio Mixing and Audio Mastering by an experienced Adobe Audition Specialist.
The Course has been divided in Six Major Sections which has been further sub-divided into 45 Modules covering the following aspects:
Section 1: The Course Overview
Here you will get an comprehensive overview of the whole course and that of the Adobe Audition software. This section can be considered as the stepping stone to your Adobe Audition proficiency.
Section 2: Digital Audio Fundamentals
In this section you will get to learn about the Digital Audio Fundamentals and Concepts and Theories that are a must have knowledge for any upcoming Audio Editor working on Adobe Audition or any other Digital Audio Work Station like the Adobe Audition.
Section 3: User Interface
This section will be your comprehensive guide on the User Interface of Adobe Audition.
You will get to know about how to set up and organise the Editing Workspace and what are the Project Settings and pre-requisites you need to setup for editing and mixing Audio with Adobe Audition.
Section 4: Importing, Recording, and Playing
Here you will learn the basic but the utmost important functions about how to record audio, how to import audio and how to play back such audio files. How to understand the edit and playback time line and basic tools for Play, Pause, Stop etc will be reflected upon.
Section 5: Editing Audio
This will be your stepping stone to the world of Digital Audio Editing with the help of basic editing tools that are available in Adobe Audition. You will get to know about how to Cut, Copy, Paste and do Fade In and Fade Out with Audio Files and how to do Cross Fades between two Audio files.
Section 6: Applying Effects
In this extensive Audio Effects section you will learn how to apply Audio Effects to your audio projects and how to work with the following Audio Effects and Filters and Plugins meant for Adobe Audition; Noise Removal; Noise Pitch Shifter; DeEsser; Dynamic processing; Multiband Compressor; Speech Volume Leveler; Echo Delay; Filter Andeq; Chorus; Noise Distortion; Stereo Imagery -Center Channel Extractor Effect; Stereo Imagery -Graphic Phase Shifter Effect; Stereo Imagery -Automatic Pitch Correction Effect; Burning Audio to CD; Working with the Markers and Creating Playlist; Audio Batch Processing; Adding VST Plugins; Multitrack Editing; Generate Tones; Working with Favourites; Multitrack Options and Windows Panels.
What are the requirements/pre-requisites?
This course requires you to have basic knowledge of Computers and a basic idea of Non Linear Audio Editing and what it is used for. Understanding of Computer Hardware and Codecs and File Formats will be a Plus Point for undertaking this course. You need to have access to Adobe Creative Cloud/CS6 Adobe Audition Software to undertake this course.
Target Audience for this training
The course has been designed for all upcoming Audio Professionals who want to pursue Audio Recording and Audio Editing and Mixing as a career option. If you want to become an Digital Audio Technician this is a must learn software training course for you. Online Adobe Audition Training has been designed in such a way that even complete new comers to Adobe Audition can develop a comprehensive understanding of the editing work-flow with Adobe Audition software.
FAQs – General Questions
- I am very new to Adobe Audition. Will it be difficult to learn Adobe Audition?
We have made the course as hands on as possible so that complete new comers have no problems in understanding each and every aspect of the software. We know as a new comer you will be learning from scratch so we have prepared the Adobe Audition Course that way.
- What career can I build after learning Adobe Audition?
Adobe Audition happens to be one of the most popular Digital Audio Workstations available in the market today which has been widely adapted by Radio and Television Stations and Production Houses and Universities. Learning this software gives you a good chance of having a good career in the Broadcast Audio Industry.
- Where can the concepts I learned in this training be applied?
The concepts and theories that are part of the Adobe Audition Online course can be applied to any Digital Workstation that you may be working with in future. Basic concepts will be same, user interfaces can be different. When it comes to Adobe Audition this course will give you complete mastery over the software.
- What is Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription Service?
There are four types of subscription service that Adobe offers to its subscribers:
- For Photography Professionals: This package is beneficial for people working in the industry of Photography and Graphics and gives access to tools related to that domain inclusive of Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC.
- Single App Access: People who sign up for this access gets all the features that comes bundled with a Creative Cloud Account like online storage and gets full access to one application of choice from the range of Creative Cloud Applications.
- CC Complete Package: In this robust subscription service you get access to all the software under Creative Cloud and you can install the software in up to two Computers.
- Creative Cloud for Teams: This Subscription Service has all the features of Creative Cloud added with Team Collaboration support and is specially targeted to Small and Medium Sized businesses.
Career Benefits of this training
As Adobe Audition is one of the most popular DAW available in the market today its adaptation in Radio and Television Stations have almost become a de-facto standard so not learning this software will put you at disadvantage if you want to make a career in the Audio Industry as a Technician. Learning this along with any other DAW you might have mastered puts you in a tremendous advantageous position.
Course Testimonials
Vikas Rathore
I always wanted to have a proper training with Adobe Audition and this site provided me one. I have been fooling around with Adobe Audition sometime but I felt I could have done with some formal Training, so after I came across this course I enrolled for it and boy am I happy now! Very nicely explained, I got all my doubts cleared!
Sharon Lee
I always have been mesmerised by the Audio Industry and working in the industry was a long time dream. I am just leaving college now doing masters in media, I found this hands on practical course on Adobe audition and started learning it. It didn’t take me much time to get acquainted with the software and I edit like almost a pro now a days… Thanks to EduCBA!
George Matthew
I am mainly from the Video Editing background and wanted to explore the Adobe Audition software for Audio Edits. I was looking for some online courses and found this one. I must say thanks to the trainer I don’t have to fiddle around with software without knowing what I am doing…didn’t take me much time to master the software once I have gone through the course. I say a valuable course whether you are a pro like me or not, I think you will gain from it.
Where do our learners come from? Professionals from around the world have benefited from eduCBA’s Adobe Audition Masterclass – Audio Production using Audition Courses. Some of the top places that our learners come from include New York, Dubai, San Francisco, Bay Area, New Jersey, Houston, Seattle, Toronto, London, Berlin, UAE, Chicago, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, India, Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Gurgaon among many.
