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Adobe Audition

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What is Adobe Audition?

Adobe offers Audition as part of the Creative Cloud suite, a sound and audio editing and creation application.

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Great if you already use Creative Cloud.

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

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.

Return on Investment

  • Voice Over Recordings.
  • Auto Attendant Development.
  • Part of Adobe Creative Cloud.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Ableton Live

Other Software Used

Google Analytics, Semrush, Google Tag Manager, Google Translate, Google Forms, Google Sheets, Constant Contact, Hootsuite, Telegram, Discord, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat Sign, Nextiva

Up Your Audio Production Game with Adobe Audition

Incentivized
Jim NelsonView profile
CTO (Chief Technical Officer) in Corporate at Agreda Communications (1-10 employees employees)

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

Return on Investment

  • we're providing a better experience for our listeners
  • our audio sounds more professional
  • we impress our paid sponsors

Usability

Alternatives Considered

GarageBand

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe InDesign

Solid audio editing software

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

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

Return on Investment

  • Improves our efficiency when working on explainer videos
  • Increases the number of projects we can take on in a month
  • Added to our service offerings

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Audacity

Adobe Audition Review.

Incentivized
Verified User
Director in Marketing (11-50 employees employees)

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.

Return on Investment

  • Clean crisp audio.
  • Good export settings.
  • Perfect for editing podcasts.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Premiere Pro

Other Software Used

Adobe Premiere Pro, Canva, Adobe PhotoShop

The most complete sound editing tool

alfonso de orteView profile
Physicist at NUCLEO (11-50 employees employees)

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.

Most Important Features

  • Quality that can be achieved.
  • Full of resources.
  • Is part of my Creative Cloud signature.

Return on Investment

  • I can't measure this.
  • It's just a tool; it's not possible to include metrics.
  • As it is included with my signature, I do not consider it a particular investment, but my case is a very particular use of it.

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Acrobat