![]() “There are plug-ins that can do noise reduction, but quite frankly, Audition is just better,” said Levine.Īudition will also feature some very familiar tools like a Paint Brush and Healing Tool. Most notably, Levine said Audition’s noise reduction and restoration capabilities will be something to watch out for. Notable – Audition for Mac is getting some of the great noise reduction features from the Windows release (as noted by readers in comments), as well as some of the more unique and effective tools in Soundbooth (Paint Brush, Healing):Īn audio engineer himself, Levine said that Audition has a number of features that cannot be matched in other applications. Updated: Jim Dalrymple at The Loop talks to Adobe about Audition. Someone must have dropped a CS5 box on my head or something. Stay tuned for when you can audition this tool for yourse- oh, jeez. Developers who can do it easily are happy to be on both platforms, most of all a company like Adobe that makes cross-platform support part of their business strategy.īut as I said, even Windows users may wind up getting a refreshed version of a favorite audio editor out of this. I don’t think anything about this landscape has changed. Tools like Cubase (in its current generation) and Ableton Live were built with cross-platform support in mind adding it down the road is a much harder task. A DAW is also a lot more complicated than something like Audition. Cakewalk has told me repeatedly that, while they’re enthusiastic about supporting the Mac, SONAR is closely tied to Windows. What I wouldn’t read into this is any larger conclusions about Windows-to-Mac porting, as Synthtopia does:Īdobe Bringing Audition To The Mac. That could also mean that the announcement of Audition for Mac is simultaneously good news for loyal Windows users – it means Audition is getting some attention, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Audition for Windows gets an update around the same time. So, to what can you credit Adobe’s ability to port the tool? Without knowing the specifics of Audition, generally with Adobe apps, you can thank the use of cross-platform libraries and some shared code between applications. (Now, only SoundForge hasn’t announced a Mac port.) ![]() Windows users, though, very often do think of Adobe Audition as a close rival with tools like Sony SoundForge and Steinberg WaveLab on the PC. It’s great for quick edits and podcasts and such, though I agree with all of Chris’ criticisms. For what it’s worth, while I think you’d have to be pretty nuts to buy Soundbooth standalone for two hundred bucks, it’s worth trying out if you own CS. Soundbooth CS5 is a meager update that fails to address the application’s most glaring shortcomings. Compare the latest version of Soundbooth with its predecessor, however, and you can be excused for thinking that audio is not among Adobe’s priorities. And yet Adobe continues to include its Soundbooth audio editing application in the Creative Suite 5 Production Premium and Master Collection bundles and sells the application separately for $199. When you think Adobe, the first thought unlikely to pop to mind is audio. But I do think the message he brought – that Soundbooth CS5 wasn’t quite up to pro tasks – was probably one Adobe was hearing from a lot of other people, too. What made Adobe make the decision early? Well, I don’t know if you can chalk it up to a scathing review by my colleague Chris Breen for Macworld. That means lovers of Audition on Windows, and people looking for more serious post-production tools to complement Adobe’s video offerings, now have some good news. ![]() Readers are divided on whether such dedicated tools are even needed, given expanded editing features in music and video programs, but those who do love them are very particular in their tastes. WaveLab from Steinberg was announced back in March, joining the likes of BIAS Peak, Audiofile’s Wave Editor, DSP Quattro, Sound Studio, Apple’s Soundtrack Pro, and Audacity. The Mac is quickly becoming spoiled for choice with dedicated wave file editors, maybe enough that the half-decade-plus absence of Macromedia SoundEdit can finally be put to rest. The demos are hosted by video specialist Jason Levine, and “post production” is the phrase that keeps coming up. Interestingly, Adobe is pushing the video side of this more than audio, even though Audition is popular with audio users. Adobe is touting native surround support, multi-channel effects, and performance optimizations you can check out how the new tool looks at Adobe Labs. Audition, a favorite, previously Windows-only wave editor from Adobe, is coming to the Mac this winter. ![]()
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