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Product Information

Adobe Audition CS6 software delivers the professional tools you need to make your video and audio productions sound their best. Handle a wide range of audio production tasks efficiently, including recording, mixing, and sound restoration.

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New Features

What's new in Audition CS6

• Fast, precise editing - Accomplish more in less time with intuitive editing, sound design, processing, mixing, and mastering tools, optimised for film, video, and radio workflows.
• Real-time clip stretching - Stretch clips non-destructively in real time. Preview changes and settings, and render for higher quality results. New varispeed mode adjusts speed and pitch together.
• Automatic speech alignment - Quickly align and replace location dialogue with studio recordings, even with noisy production tracks.
• EUCON and other control surface support - Work with control surfaces that use Mackie Control and Mackie Logic protocols, as well as Avid Artist Series control surfaces with native EUCON support.
• Parameter automation - Automate entire mixes with new write, latch, and touch parameter automation modes.
• Powerful pitch correction - Correct pitch problems automatically or with manual control. Compare pitch adjustments with the original in the Spectral Pitch Display view.
• Tools for efficient session management - Work more efficiently with the new Media Browser for easy preview and import of assets, the Quick Search field in the Files panel, customisable session templates and more.
• Expanded output options - Deliver and archive your projects with more flexible delivery options such as output to audio CD, session archiving that saves all files, and expanded mixdown options.
• Loudness standard compliance - Match volume to ITU BS.1770-2 loudness standards for advertising volume and noise.
• HD video playback - Import and play back HD video without transcoding.
• New effects - Design sounds with new effects including Generate Tones, Graphic Phase Shifter, Doppler Shifter, and Notch Filter.
• Powerful effects routing and VST3 support - Increase flexibility for mixing and effects channel routing. Improve third-party plug-in compatibility and open up options for new effects with VST3 compatibility.
• Simplified Metadata and Markers panels - View and edit XMP metadata, including BWF schema, Cart Chunk, and Radio Industry RIFF, enabling automated workflows within Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium software and other production systems.
• Expanded audio and video file formats - Import, play back, convert, and mix down to more video and audio formats such as FLAC, OGG, HE-AAC, WMA, MPEG-1 Layer 2, RAW, and more.
• Improved batch processing - Streamline your workflow with improved batch processing that enables you to convert files to new formats or sample rates and apply Favorites at any time.
• User-driven workflow improvements - Enjoy many new and updated features in Adobe Audition CS6 that are user requests, such as CD burning, multiple clipboards, the Metronome, and more.
• Clip grouping - Edit multiple clips simultaneously, even if they are not in the same group. Use the new Suspend Groups feature to make edits to individual clips while maintaining the grouping.
• Editing preview with selective skipping - Preflight deletions and fine-tune selections by listening to just the pre-roll and post-roll around a selection.
• Trim to Selection - Make clip lengths automatically match a selection with the new Trim to Selection command in the Multitrack Editor.
• Multiple clipboards - Keep multiple selections in memory for fast access to audio you wish to use repeatedly.
• Support for more frame rates - Work with all types of footage with broader support for many video formats and frame rates, such as 23.976 and 59.94fps.
• Favorites in Effects Rack - Apply your most commonly used effects combinations easily by saving them as Favorites.
• Automatic retrieval of CD titles - Include CD track names automatically during import from audio CD.
• Improved keyboard shortcut manager - Customise your workflow and increase productivity by configuring keyboard shortcuts more easily.
• Metronome - Keep time accurately when recording audio with the new Metronome.
• Sum to Mono - Quickly check your mix for phase problems with the new Sum to Mono command.

Features

Top features in Audition CS6

Fast, precise editing

Accomplish more in less time with intuitive editing, sound design, processing, mixing, and mastering tools, optimised for film, video, and radio workflows. Speed up production with the high-performance, cross-platform software that streamlines production with improved features for file preview, clip spotting, audio sweetening, project sharing, and more.

Real-time clip stretching

Stretch clips non-destructively in real time. Preview changes and settings, and render for higher quality results. Varispeed mode adjusts speed and pitch together.

Automatic speech alignment

Quickly align and replace location dialogue with studio recordings, even with noisy production tracks. Fix lip sync issues easily and rapidly.

EUCON and other control surface support

Work with control surfaces that use Mackie Control and Mackie Logic protocols, as well as Avid Artist Series control surfaces with native EUCON support.

Parameter automation

Automate entire mixes with write, latch, and touch parameter automation modes.

Powerful pitch correction

Correct pitch problems automatically or with manual control. Compare pitch adjustments with the original in the Spectral Pitch Display view.

Tools for efficient session management

Manage sessions efficiently with the Media Browser for easy preview and import of assets, the Quick Search field in the Files panel, customisable session templates, and more.

Flexible output options

Deliver and archive your projects with flexible delivery options such as output to audio CD, session archiving that saves all files, and other mixdown options.

Loudness standard compliance

Match volume to ITU BS.1770-2 loudness standards for advertising volume and noise.

HD video playback

Import and play back HD video without transcoding.

Powerful effects

Design new sounds with powerful effects including Generate Tones, Graphic Phase Shifter, Doppler Shifter, and Notch Filter.

Powerful effects routing and VST3 support

Enjoy flexible mixing with extensive effects channel routing, third-party plug-in compatibility, and VST3 compatibility.

Support for radio automation systems

Work seamlessly with radio automation systems, using a streamlined Radio Industry view of RIFF metadata, AES Cart Chunk, and MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio support.

System Req.

Windows

• Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom II processor
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (32 bit or 64 bit)
• 1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and HD playback
• 2GB hard-disk space, additional free space required during installation
• 1280x800 display
• OpenGL 2.0 capable system
• Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft WDM/MME
• DVD-ROM drive
• Quicktime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
• USB interface and/or MIDI interface may be required for external control surface support
• Optional - Optical drive for CD burning.

Mac

• Multicore Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
• 1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and HD playback
• 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
• 1280x800 display
• OpenGL 2.0–capable system; optional GPU for optimum video playback performance
• DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD media
• QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features
• USB interface and/or MIDI interface may be required for external control surface support (see manufacturer’s specifications for your device)
• Optional: Optical drive for CD burning (SuperDrive recommended)

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