PC Audio Editing with Adobe Audition 2.0: Broadcast, desktop and CD audio production

273 Pages·2006·13.28 MB·English

by  Roger Derry

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PC Audio Editing with
Adobe Audition 2.0
Broadcast, desktop and CD
audio production
Roger Derry . . . .
M I B S
AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK • OXFORD
PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO
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To
Rosemarie
With many thanks for her help and tolerance
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Contents
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
1 Visual editing 1
2 Some technical bits 5
2.1 Loudness, decibels and frequencies 5
2.2 Hearing safety 7
2.3 Analog and digital audio 8
2.4 Time code 12
3 Transfer 14
3.1 Reviewing material 14
3.2 Head alignment 16
3.3 Digital 16
3.4 Analog 22
3.5 Recording 24
4 Editing 29
4.1 Introduction 29
4.2 Loading a file 30
4.3 Transport 35
4.4 Making an edit 38
4.5 Visual editing 39
5 Quarrying material 42
5.1 Introduction 42
5.2 Blue bar blues 42
5.3 Copy, cut and paste 45
6 Structuring material 47
6.1 Standardize format 47
6.2 Batch files 48
6.3 32-bit files 54
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7 Multitrack 55
7.1 Loading 55
7.2 Tour 56
7.3 FX 61
7.4 Automation 64
7.5 Envelopes 67
7.6 Multitrack for a simple mix 69
7.7 Chequer boarding 71
7.8 Track bouncing 73
7.9 Fades and edges 74
7.10 Prefaded and backtimed music 76
7.11 Transitions 76
7.12 Multitrack music 77
7.13 MIDI and video 78
7.14 Loops 78
8 Post-production 80
8.1 Timing 80
8.2 Level matching 80
8.3 Panning 81
8.4 Cross fading 82
8.5 Stereo/binaural 82
8.6 Surround Sound 83
8.7 Multi-layer mixing 85
9 Audio design 86
9.1 Dangers 86
9.2 Normalization 86
9.3 Basic level adjustment 88
9.4 Compression/limiting 90
9.5 Expanders and gates 93
9.6 Multiband compressor 95
9.7 Reverberation and echo 99
9.8 Filters 114
9.9 Restoration 124
9.10 Special effects 131
9.11 Time/pitch 133
9.12 Spatial effects 136
9.13 Basic effects 138
9.14 Multitrack effects 140
9.15 Real-time controls and effects 142
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10 Reviewing material 147
10.1 Check there are no missed edits 147
10.2 Assessing levels 147
10.3 Listening on full quality speakers 148
11 Mastering 149
11.1 Line-up and transmission formats 149
11.2 Generate silence 150
11.3 Generate noise 151
11.4 Generate tones 152
11.5 Changeovers 152
11.6 Mastering process 153
11.7 CD labelling 153
11.8 Email and the World Wide Web 154
11.9 Analytical functions 156
11.10 Spectral editing 157
12 CD burning 170
12.1 Types of CD 170
12.2 Audio CDs 171
12.3 Multi-session CDs 172
12.4 Rewritable CDs 172
12.5 CD recording software 173
12.6 Recording codes 179
13 Making programmes: acquiring material 181
13.1 Responsibilities 181
13.2 Interviewing people 182
13.3 Documentary 185
13.4 Oral history interviews 185
13.5 Interviews on the move 185
13.6 Recorders 186
13.7 Acoustics and microphones 187
13.8 Multitrack 194
14 Making programmes: production 195
14.1 Introduction 195
14.2 Types of programme 195
14.3 Talks 196
14.4 Illustrated talks 197
14.5 Magazine programmes 197
14.6 Magazine item 197
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