Adobe Audition Reviews & Insights

Score8.3 out of 10

123 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Adobe Audition are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Ease of Use: Users have found the process of cutting and adjusting tracks in Adobe Audition to be straightforward, praising its intuitive interface and efficient editing options.

Noise Reduction Capabilities: Reviewers have highlighted Adobe Audition's powerful noise reduction plugin, emphasizing its versatility for tasks like voice-over or corporate video editing while managing poor recordings effectively.

Feature-Rich Software: Customers appreciate the wide range of features in Adobe Audition, including multitrack support, various editing options for audio files, built-in effects, seamless integration with other Adobe Creative Suite applications, presets for EQ and reverb, real-time effects application during recording, stability in longer recordings on laptops, and robust audio cleanup tools.

Reviews

32 Reviews

Great if you already use Creative Cloud.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 17, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Adobe Audition to record and produce the auto attendants for our phone systems. Audition is an effective program that allows me to set up a quick recording session. Exporting can sometimes be a little weird on my device, but since it comes with the Adobe suite, I use it for its cost-effectiveness.

Pros

High Quality Audio Recordings.
Ease of production.
Editing for audio recordings.

Cons

Exporting function.
AI tools.
UI accessibility.

Likelihood to Recommend

I would recommend the program if they need to record some VO and already have the Adobe Suite. If they don't use Creative Cloud, I would say there are better programs for audio production on the market. However, the fact that I have it with Adobe Creative Cloud is beneficial and makes me choose it over other programs.

Tyler Newman

Marketing Director in Marketing at MGT Films (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

Adobe Audition Review.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 17, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use it to edit audio for my podcasts and other video projects.

Pros

Including Presets.
EQ is excellent.
Noise Reduction.

Cons

The multitrack environment can become visually overwhelming. A more refined zoom behavior or track grouping could help manage complex sessions.
Add a downloadable library of stock audio/music for podcasts or video.
The interface can be intimidating to beginners. Interactive tutorials could be helpful.

Likelihood to Recommend

I utilize a well-defined sequence of steps when editing audio, and locating such edits is simple enough for me now.

Verified User

Director in Marketing (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

Up Your Audio Production Game with Adobe Audition

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 28, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I host and produce two different podcasts. For one show, I am a co-host with two others and produce all of our episodes. For both podcasts, I use Adobe Audition to create a consistent format and sound for our two distinct audiences. In addition to optimizing levels for our guest interviews, I also produce, edit, and insert advertisements as well as into/outro segments and teasers

Pros

normalize audio levels
multiple track production
recording and editing audio files
audio export and compression

Cons

steep learning curve for novices
automate audio track ducking
vector based volume fine tuning

Likelihood to Recommend

I would and often do recommend Adobe Audition for anyone looking to improve their audio production quality. However, I do not recommend Audition for those who are looking for a easy, simple or free audio production solution. Adobe Audition is a powerful software package, but it can be daunting for novices as there is a steep learning curve when getting started. I am 100% likely to recommend Audition to anyone who has expressed the need for top quality production who has the technical capability or desire to learn.

Jim Nelson

CTO (Chief Technical Officer) in Corporate at Agreda Communications (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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Solid audio editing software

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 18, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I regularly create explainer videos for clients, and Adobe Audition makes incorporating, editing, and fixing voiceover tracks simple and easy.

Pros

Editing audio
Mixing voiceovers with music
Fixing audio issues

Cons

slows down considerably when handling more than a dozen audio tracks
crashes often
unable to select or adjust more than 1 track at a time

Likelihood to Recommend

For simple podcast editing or editing VO for explainer videos, this is a great tool.

Andrew Davies

Senior Motion Designer in Marketing at Paragon Design Group (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

The most complete sound editing tool

Rating: 9 out of 10

August 10, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Adobe Audition to equalize, filter, modify db gain or loss and edit the soundtrack of my classes. I record classes for training courses on radiation protection. It's the most versatile and complete program to edit sound that I found. I also use it for mixing my soundtracks. Every time I travel, I mix a different playlist special for that occasion. As my main source of songs are downloaded, one have a particular volume that is more low or high than the other and I just do not like to adjust my car volume as I'm driving. I also cut claps and cheap talk from beginning or ending of live recording. When I'm using a DOW for make my own tracks, I use to finalize it with the help of Adobe Audition.

Pros

Easy to cut and adjust tracks.
Use is somehow intuitive, but not much.
Easy to have a seeing of what parts of track are because of different colors on parts of the track selection.

Cons

Could be more visual and interactive with its commands.
FX and special effects are not easy to find and use at first sight.
Could have an option for increasing type in the menu.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is too complex to just add, cut and adjust volume. Or in other words, this is a professional sound editing program, not for weekend editing TikTok users, but goes far away longer in possibilities than this. Is the best choice when you're editing movies and courses in video as a professional, this means that it matches pretty well with Adobe Premiere and After effects, that's why I mainly use it.

alfonso de orte

Physicist at NUCLEO (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

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Audition Produces Fantastic Podcasts.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 29, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My team records and produces podcasts for the organization. We use Audition to record, edit, and final mix all of our content. We also use it to clean up audio for videos, as well as record voiceovers for slide presentations and other projects. Anything related to sound is worked on in Audition.

Pros

Record
Edit
Final mix.
Adding effects.

Cons

Easier interface.
Presets
Better instruction.
More templates.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited to recording, editing, and mixing podcasts. Beyond that, I have no experience. I can't speak intelligently to any other function, although I am certain it would work very well for other recording needs. For our needs, it works perfectly, is reliable, and helps us produces an end product we can be proud of.

Richard (Ric) Hazel

Strategy Planning Advisor in Corporate at FedEx Customer Technologies (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

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Adobe Audition great solution for Audio needs.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 26, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have used Audition for many years as it is an industry-standard. I use Audition to edit production pieces and soundbites or make adjustments to radio sweepers or promos.

Pros

Audio Editing.
Adjusting sound.
Audio Effects.

Cons

Sometimes it will glitch while listening/editing audio.

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for audio editing and recording. It is not a product for graphic design.

Verified User

Manager (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

Audition is still the best audio recording and editing software, but there are free solutions that can do the same for way less.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 25, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At Intertel, we use Adobe Audition to record and create tutorials for our clients and suppliers. Since we make our own software and manage our own support team, we try and make as many tutorials as possible, and we have found that some clients actually prefer audio-only tutorials rather than video tutorials. Also, we record our own "internal" podcast for the team, with the latest info and news from all the departments, and send it out once a month. Lastly, we have a weekly call with our directors and the board, and we record it and use Audition to clean the audio, eliminate any pops and noises, and save it for future reference.

Pros

Clean and eliminate noises and pops from recordings.
Record our Teams meetings much better than even Teams can.
Manage our internal database of calls and podcasts.
Sync our audio with the presentations we usually do for clients.

Cons

Record directly from a source in Windows, even if it isn't the "direct" line.
Offer options for converting the audio (adding echo, doppler effects, etc.) for video calls.
Let us have more than one license for users, since it moved to the cloud we can only use one license.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you record and manage a large collection of audio-only content (podcasts, internal recordings, supplier meetings, and the like), Audition can help you keep track of it. Cutting and pasting parts of the audio signal is so much easier in the new versions and makes editing the recordings a breeze. If you don't have a fast machine or if the license doesn't get verified with the server (it has happened to us a few times, and usually when we needed to do something important and time-sensitive), you might be better served by a free alternative, like Audacity.

Alejandro Huerta

COO (Chief Operations Officer) in Customer Service at INTERTEL (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Very versatile and powerful product to have in any studios arsenal

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 19, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Adobe Audition (not to it's full advantage) but to "finalize" a song after its been produced. I like being able to see the entire waveform of a song to see peaks and any dead spaces. I also use it alot to truncate songs and sometimes even add my fades. I have used it in the past for more in depth things, but here lately, I've mostly been using it for truncation and fades. It also helps a lot that I can save the song into different formats such as mp3, mp3 pro, WAV, etc...

Also, the program is not very processor intensive and can incorporate vst effects, which can be very helpful at times.

Pros

Truncate
Fade
Insert Silence
Save in different formats

Cons

It crashes sometimes
Occasionally it cannot find my audio interface
Most recent version cannot find my plugins

Likelihood to Recommend

So, starting off, Cool Edit Pro is NOT a replacement for Adobe Audition. I used to use Cool Edit Pro and there is a world of difference in quality and ability. I use Adobe Audition for post-production editing. it it very well suited for that application. Truncate, fade, add a second or 2 of silence at the end or beginning, save as MP3 or almost any other format a client would want to receive the file in.

Eric Fox

Technical Support Engineer in Customer Service at viastore SYSTEMS North America (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

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It is simply great for everything Audio

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 18, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I started working for the radio some 15 years ago and started using Adobe Audition since then. We still use it and get most of our work done through audition. Primarily, it is used for audio recording but we do all sorts of things audio-related with it. We have 4 stations in all major cities and Adobe Audition is used across the whole organization. Recording, editing, noise reduction, mastering, and post-productions - Adobe takes care of everything.

Pros

Adobe is excellent to record high-quality voice and supports many different file formats for rendering.
Adobe's noise/hiss reduction is simply great. I have worked with terrible recordings and it wouldn't have been possible without Adobe. Love it.
Built-in adobe audition effects and support for VST plug-in are wonderful to use.

Cons

I'm not sure but maybe it should also introduce the video rendering option.
Basically, I don't have anything to complain about as Adobe Audition does a really good job for us.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is best suited for radio stations and TVs, media/production houses, and also for voice-over artists. In fact, it's is a basic need of every Vo artist. I will give full credit to Adobe Audition for enabling me to record my voice for radio, commercial ads, documentaries, and jingles.

GHAZAL ZAFAR

Rj (Radio Jockey) in Professional Services at CityFM89 (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

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Audition is still the best audio recording and editing software, but there are free solutions that can do the same for way less.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 25, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Clean and eliminate noises and pops from recordings.
Record our Teams meetings much better than even Teams can.
Manage our internal database of calls and podcasts.
Sync our audio with the presentations we usually do for clients.

Cons

Record directly from a source in Windows, even if it isn't the "direct" line.
Offer options for converting the audio (adding echo, doppler effects, etc.) for video calls.
Let us have more than one license for users, since it moved to the cloud we can only use one license.

Likelihood to Recommend

Alejandro Huerta

COO (Chief Operations Officer) in Customer Service at INTERTEL (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience