Status Bar
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The Status Bar (Figure 12.20) can display a variety of information related to your computer and a file’s properties. It can be turned on or off by selecting View, Show Status Bar. You can right-click the status bar preferences to alter its display options. Figure 12.20: The Status Bar displays various...
Time
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The time readout simply displays current cursor position of the file in playback or record mode, as seen in Figure 12.19. You can change the format by selecting Edit, Display Time Format from the File menu. You can make the readout as large or small as you like, and the window floats, meaning it will...
Level Meters
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Audition’s Level Meters (Figure 12.18) are used to monitor the volume of incoming and outgoing signals. The signal is represented as the peak amplitude in decibels. A level of 0 dB is the absolute maximum before clipping occurs. Yellow peak indicators will remain for about 1.5 seconds before resetting...
Time Display Fields
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These fields display beginning, end, and length information for the visible portion of the current waveform and for the currently selected range. The top row relates to selection times, and the bottom row to the viewing range, as seen in Figure 12.17. The format that is used for the display is the currently...
Waveform Display
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The Waveform Display (see Figure 12.16) is the area in which you view your audio material in the form of a waveform. You can use your mouse in the Waveform Display to select data in several ways: Figure 12.16: The Waveform Display area is where you view the audio materials. Left-clicking anywhere in...
Amplitude Ruler
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The Amplitude Ruler (Figure 12.15) measures the volume of audio data. In Waveform view, the ruler’s display format can be set to either Samples (exact sample value of the data), a percentage (from –100% to 100%, where 100% is 0 dB), or as a normalized value (–1 to 1). Left-click and drag on the...
Display Range Bar
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The Display Range Bar can be seen in Figure 12.14 and indicates which part of the waveform is currently being viewed in the Waveform Display. When you zoom in or out, this bar will get smaller or larger to reflect the portion currently being viewed. You can left-click and drag the bar to scroll forward...
Toolbars
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The Audition toolbars, some of which can be seen in Figure 12.13, contain button shortcuts to functions and are grouped into menus. Each grouping has a specific background color. The toolbar groupings can be displayed or hidden through the File Menu Options, Toolbars. Most of the functions you’ll use...
The Interface
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Like ACID in the previous chapter, we’ll now look at the user interface and some basic operations of Audition. In the next chapter, we’ll use it to record and edit sound effects for our game. Note The interface displayed in this chapter has the Organizer window hidden via the View menu. If you...
Installation
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Before we begin discussing specifics of Audition, we need to install it. You can visit the Adobe Web site to download the most up-to-date version available. The first step in the installation process is running the executable file. It will begin the installation process, and you will be presented with...
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