Adobe Audition

[Smitty]

As part of my audio production class while getting my radio degree, we worked in our production facility with Adobe Audition. I learned to use it fairly well, I still keep a copy to play with on one of my computers. I was wondering what you all thought about it in terms of using it to record bands with? I've used it a few times for small demos (acoustic guitar and vocals mostly for song demos), ,but I was wondering what your thoughts were on this as a full band tool?

[Bushman_212]

I work with it daily in radio. It is a great program for editing and all that. But as far as recording it isn't set up all that great for the needs of recording a band. It can only handle one source at a time, (you can record more than one track at a time, but only from one source.) It would rock if a multisource soundcard could change that fact, but unless they create a patch within the program it would still only be able to accept one source.

I've talked with engineers at the various radio stations i've been at about being able to set it up in a way to record interviews in separate tracks (e.i. track 1/mic 1, track 2 mic 2) Audition does not have the capabilities of handling such an undertaking.

[brandondrury]

It would rock if a multisource soundcard could change that fact, but unless they create a patch within the program it would still only be able to accept one source

Dude, I appreaciate you posting, but if you don't know the answer to a question, at least make it obvious that you are guessing. I have no intention of letting this forum be consumed by inaccurate information.

If using only a 2 channel soundcard, most recording programs that I've used only allow 2 inputs. As you get into bigger soundcards, the list of inputs goes up. With Vegas 3 (my preferred recording software), it starts out with only 2, but currently I have 20 inputs.

I checked the Adobe Audition site and it lists the following simultaneous inputs possible "Up to 80 live inputs
Record up to 80 live inputs simultaneously in a multitrack session."

I know of no one who needs 80 tracks in/out so that should take care of it I think.

If you are familiar with Adobe Audition and like it, I say use it. It's features list is quite impressive. It handles all major plugin formats so you have a lot of options with your plugins. It allows for direct monitoring, which is very cool. The quick punch feature seams to be pretty awesome too. I've never seen that on a software program. The plugin delay compensation is great too. I've had problems in the past where some plugins would put the signal out of phase.

It's feature list suggest that it is a program deserving of the Adobe name.

As long as you can edit tracks easily, automate easily, and backup your recorded tracks easily, I recommend that you stick with this. Learning the basics of a recording program is the biggest waste of time ever. If you already have that part down, you can get started on engineering sooner!

Brandon

[Smitty]

Thanks for the input there brandon. I was confused by bushman's post, because on the station I used to work at, we had a round-table discussion show that we used to record into audition, and there were three guys doing it and sometimes they would have a guest person come in. It definitely wasn't recorded on one mic with all of them sitting around it. I believe that I will give audition a try starting out, just to see if I can use it to work with recording bands as efficient as I could use it in the radio station setting.

[CorporateMustache]

I have been using audition since about 01' when it was cool edit pro. I enjoy it very much, but I only record single channel stuff and overdub. I definetly enjoy the effects built in and ease of use, I am not sure how it really stacks up against other recording software, because its the only program I've ever used, but for my needs it has always been great. Also, I have a pretty old computer with very little processing power and memory and it still runs wel,l which for me is a big plus.

[Smitty]

I agree with you about how well it works on an older computer. I used two version of Cool Edit Pro several years ago as well for basement demos and the like. I've always wondered how well it would work in a full band setting. I hope to be able to try it out soon.

[guitar junkie]

I see no reason why it will not handle recording...

back in the day... I had a copy of Cool Edit and used it for a full summer, really just about up till i got my firepod and started using Cubase, then Tracktion 2

the only reason that I am not still using cool edit or maybe Audition wouold have to be because it does not work on my Mac.

I always thought that the built in effects were great, even the presets work well for a lot of things.

now that I have another windows box I might even one day buy a copy but for now Tracktion is what this junkie uses.

if you want to hear some tracks that were mixed in Audition and Cool Edit then check out

www.betteroffdad.com

they used it through the whole project other than the guys who sent in tracks from their studios, I am not sure what all got used... Sonar for the bass I guess.

[kredd]

i'm using audition 2.0 with a presonus firebox and i'm loving it . i'm only tracking my band one instrument at a time but so far i've mixed close 20 tracks at once and haven't had a single problem with playback or anything. i had audition 1.0 also and there is NO comparison b/n the two. i was suprisingly impressed at the improvements after having used 1.0 and nuendo.

the only thing i don't like is that they don't have a vertical grid so that you can visually see the start of measures(nuendo did) so you can check to see if you're tracks are falling on the beat. if i've just overlooked it, someone show me please!!!!

i can't say enough about it...audition isn't the top of the line but there's no reason for it to not get the job done if you're sound card, RAM and processor are all up to par as well

[deep thought]

The Adobe Audition 2.0 is pretty cool,i like especially the restorative tools,they do an excellent job of taking out all types of noises and also being able convert to a good choice of file types and change bitrates,i use it a lot for my editing after a mixdown. deep thought