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SOUNDBOOTH CS3

User Guide

78

See also

“Selecting audio” on page 36

“Repairing audio” on page 41

“Applying effects” on page 46

Auto-heal an audio glitch

Ctrl+U

U

Insert silence

Ctrl+T

T

Insert marker

*

*

Add most recent effect to rack

Ctrl+E

E

Result

Windows shortcut

Mac OS shortcut

Summary of Contents for 22012057DM - Soundbooth CS3 - PC

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE ADOBE SOUNDBOOTH CS3...

Page 2: ...Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Dolby is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories Windows is either registered trademark or a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United...

Page 3: ...Editing and repairing audio Displaying audio 31 Selecting audio 36 Copying cutting pasting and deleting audio 38 Fading changing and maximizing volume 39 Repairing audio 41 Looping stretching and pit...

Page 4: ...io AVI and MOV formats 66 Options for additional video formats 68 Chapter 10 Keyboard shortcuts Finding and customizing shortcuts 76 Common shortcuts 77 Chapter 11 Digital audio glossary Common audio...

Page 5: ...ous process that you must complete within 30 days of starting the software For more information on product activation see the Read Me file on your installation disc or visit the Adobe website at www a...

Page 6: ...includes all the content from in product Help plus updates and links to additional instructional content available on the web For some products you can also add comments to the topics in LiveDocs Help...

Page 7: ...e 3 products and stand alone Adobe products may include a printed getting started guide Using Help in the product In product Help is available through the Help menu After you start the Adobe Help View...

Page 8: ...destination the title is referenced in the Title attribute of the Anchor tag For example the Previous and Next links include the titles of the previous and next topics Content supports high contrast m...

Page 9: ...ctivate an outlined link press Enter To make text bigger press Ctrl equal sign To make text smaller press Ctrl hyphen Resources Adobe Video Workshop The Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop offers ov...

Page 10: ...iles The Adobe Video Workshop includes training for novices and experienced users You ll also find videos on new features and key techniques Each video covers a single subject and typically runs about...

Page 11: ...to your projects To view installed score templates navigate to the following folder on your computer Windows startup drive Program files Adobe Adobe Soundbooth CS3 Mac OS startup drive Applications A...

Page 12: ...r Adobe Design Center offers articles inspiration and instruction from industry experts top designers and Adobe publishing partners New content is added monthly You can find hundreds of tutorials for...

Page 13: ...es for developers who develop plug ins for Adobe products In addition to sample code and tutorials you ll find RSS feeds online seminars SDKs scripting guides and other technical resources Visit Adobe...

Page 14: ...lopers motion graphics artists and other creative professionals Soundbooth delivers tools for audio editing cleanup sound design and music creation all within a familiar Adobe interface With a set of...

Page 15: ...an unwanted sound while leaving desirable audio intact See Visually identifying noise on page 41 Record new assets Soundbooth lets you record original sounds for use in Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 or Adob...

Page 16: ...pressure when the line swings down to a trough it represents lower pressure A sound wave represented as a visual waveform A Zero line B Low pressure area C High pressure area Waveform measurements Sev...

Page 17: ...hs of two waveforms are perfectly out of phase they cancel each other resulting in no waveform at all Out of phase waves cancel each other In most cases however waves are out of phase in varying amoun...

Page 18: ...zing or sampling the audio but it is sometimes called analog to digital conversion When you record from a microphone into a computer for example analog to digital converters transform the analog signa...

Page 19: ...per minute for a stereo CD which has two channels How Soundbooth digitizes audio When you record audio in Soundbooth the sound card starts the recording process and specifies what sample rate and bit...

Page 20: ...it as an analog signal through Line Out ports to your speakers To sum up the process of digitizing audio starts with a pressure wave in the air A microphone converts this pressure wave into voltage c...

Page 21: ...hat stand alone You customize a workspace by arranging panels in the layout that best suits your working style You can create and save several custom workspaces for different tasks for example one for...

Page 22: ...he panel is inserted and whether it docks or groups with other panels Docking zones Docking zones exist along the edges of a panel group or window Docking a panel places it adjacent to the existing gr...

Page 23: ...a panel in a floating window you can add panels to the window or otherwise modify it as you do the application window You can use floating windows to make use of a secondary monitor or to create a wo...

Page 24: ...panel groups The pointer becomes a double arrow To resize in both directions at once position the pointer at the intersection between three or more panel groups The pointer becomes a four way arrow 2...

Page 25: ...el meters and the Workspace menu By default the Tools panel is a docked toolbar immediately below the menu bar If you undock it however you can manipulate it like any other panel To show or hide the T...

Page 26: ...ck OK If panels windows and dialog boxes are too light or dark for your work environment drag the User Interface Brightness slider To return to the original setting click Default If shadows and highli...

Page 27: ...workspace and click OK Note If a project saved with a custom workspace is opened on another system the application looks for a workspace with a matching name If it can t find a match or the monitor c...

Page 28: ...you can choose a different input device if necessary See Record a new file on page 26 1 Choose Edit Preferences Audio Hardware Windows or Soundbooth Preferences Audio Hardware Mac OS 2 For Default De...

Page 29: ...irect Sound Input Ports to turn devices on or off When a port is deselected it is not available in the Audio Hardware section of the Preferences dialog box Buffer Size Samples Usually the default sett...

Page 30: ...oth choose File Browse or select a file in the Files panel and choose File Reveal in Bridge From Adobe Bridge you can View search sort and manage audio and video files Work with Adobe Version Cue mana...

Page 31: ...rding levels watch the meters in the Record dialog box and try to keep the loudest peaks in the yellow range below 3 dB Soundbooth doesn t directly control a sound card s recording levels For a profes...

Page 32: ...h is operating outside of a file s original sample rate parentheses surround the rate in the Files panel The Save command retains the original rate if possible Clean Media Cache Database In MCDB files...

Page 33: ...ws the custom time format specified in the Preferences dialog box The default 12 frames per second matches the default in Adobe Flash Professional If your Flash projects use a different frame rate cho...

Page 34: ...overview To monitor the amplitude of signals during playback use the level meters in the toolbar For stereo files the upper meter represents the left channel and the lower meter represents the right...

Page 35: ...ew audio in the spectral display which reveals audio frequency low bass to high treble To view the spectral display do any of the following Choose View Spectral Frequency Display In the toolbar select...

Page 36: ...find a particular spoken word for example simply look for the peak at the first syllable and the valley after the last syllable Stereo file in waveform display See also Select time ranges on page 36 A...

Page 37: ...channels appear individ ually better revealing distinct volume changes Choose View Channels and then choose Layered or Separated Channel View options A Layered B Separated Customize the spectral disp...

Page 38: ...vertical scale In the toolbar select the Zoom tool then click or drag in the Editor panel To zoom out Alt click or Option click To zoom into a specific time range right click and drag in either the zo...

Page 39: ...s in the Editor panel the Markers panel provides additional options To show or hide the Markers panel choose Window Markers A marker in the Markers and Editor panels See also Set properties for Flash...

Page 40: ...edia file format If you add markers to an existing AIF AVI mp3 or WAV file choose File Save to automatically create an XML file in the same location When you next open the media file Soundbooth automa...

Page 41: ...example if you find a sonic imperfection you can select and edit just the affected frequencies with superior results and faster processing 1 In either the toolbar or the Remove A Sound task select the...

Page 42: ...ere you want to insert audio or select the audio you want to replace Then choose Edit Paste See also Position the current time indicator on page 29 Save entire files or selected ranges on page 63 Mix...

Page 43: ...5 second fade at the start or end of the file See also Delete or trim audio on page 38 Insert silence on page 41 Change the default curve for automatic fades Right click the Fade In or Fade Out butto...

Page 44: ...type A Quick logarithmic fade B Long exponential fade See also Delete or trim audio on page 38 Insert silence on page 41 Raise or lower volume 1 In the Editor panel select the audio you want to adjus...

Page 45: ...h successive click of the button Soundbooth increases overall volume by 3 dB Hard limiting prevents clipping See also dBFS on page 80 Compressor on page 49 Dynamics on page 51 Insert silence Insert si...

Page 46: ...u want to clean up 3 In the Clean Up Audio task click Noise 4 Set the following options Reduction Specifies the amplitude of the noise floor Audio that falls below this threshold is attenuated Use low...

Page 47: ...essed and original audio click the power button 5 When you achieve the best sounding results click OK to process the audio file See also Selecting audio on page 36 Remove individual sounds Unlike the...

Page 48: ...n page 64 Stretch time and shift pitch With time stretching you can perfectly fit voice overs or other audio to the length of a video scene or web animation Independently you can apply pitch shifting...

Page 49: ...he Undo and Redo commands restrict you to an incremental sequence of changes the History panel lets you instantly revert back to any previous change Use the panel to quickly compare processed and orig...

Page 50: ...ffects The last effect you added appears at the top of the Effects menu for easy access 3 Click the Play button to preview processed audio 4 In the Effects panel do any of the following To adjust an e...

Page 51: ...cts provide a compact set of options so you can quickly optimize sound without detailed audio knowledge Advanced effects provide a detailed set of options which you can fine tune to achieve precise so...

Page 52: ...ayed signal Chorus Flanger The Chorus Flanger effect combines two popular delay based effects The Chorus option simulates several voices or instruments played at once by adding multiple short delays w...

Page 53: ...settings range from 2 to 5 higher settings produce the extremely compressed sound often heard in pop music Attack Determines how quickly compression starts after audio exceeds the Threshold setting Th...

Page 54: ...cial effects specify a long pre delay of 50 milliseconds or more Width Controls the stereo spread A setting of 0 produces a mono reverb signal Gain Boosts or attenuates amplitude after processing Dist...

Page 55: ...their threshold settings while expansion begins below The best Threshold setting varies for each phase of dynamics processing Limiter Set the threshold near the maximum amplitude you want to achieve C...

Page 56: ...0 Bands one half octave 20 Bands or one third octave 30 Bands Frequency sliders Set the amplitude level of each frequency band EQ Parametric The EQ Parametric effect provides maximum control over tona...

Page 57: ...rocess See also Repairing audio on page 41 Maximize volume on page 41 Standard options Mode Specifies the source type and mastering task Amount Controls the level of processing Advanced options Equali...

Page 58: ...difference and are sonically identical Upper Freq Sets the upper most frequency from which the filters sweep To produce the most dramatic results select a frequency near the middle of the selected au...

Page 59: ...video clip in Soundbooth and reference that clip as you create music 3 Customize the score to create a unique composition Quickly set basic options to adjust length musical parts and instrumentation...

Page 60: ...enhances your audio video or Flash projects 1 If your score accompanies a referenced clip adjust the Start Time setting so music begins at an ideal moment Note Though you can adjust the score s start...

Page 61: ...usical elements To set levels for referenced audio and your musical score drag the Ref Clip Volume and Score Volume sliders In the Editor panel you can visually adjust start time and duration by dragg...

Page 62: ...right or left in the Editor panel Adjust keyframe parameter values On the left side of the Editor panel click the Previous Keyframe or Next Keyframe icon and then change a parameter value In a parame...

Page 63: ...lude Leading Silence in the AutoCompose Score task Soundbooth inserts silence to match the offset so you can easily align exported audio and the referenced clip in another application 2 To include aud...

Page 64: ...ing file formats on page 64 3 Add markers and set their cue point properties In the file insert and adjust markers See Use markers on page 35 Then in the Markers panel set cue point type event or navi...

Page 65: ...o workflows in Soundbooth Soundbooth supports a variety of video workflows Intuitive visual tools let you quickly repair a variety of common audio problems from wireless crackle to unwanted background...

Page 66: ...CS3 and After Effects CS3 In Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 or After Effects CS3 choose Edit Edit In Adobe Soundbooth to automatically open audio clips in the Editor panel where you can quickly repair and enh...

Page 67: ...rmat Then click Save 3 Set format specific options For more information see one of the following mp3 options on page 66 AIF AVI MOV and WAV options on page 66 Options for additional video formats on p...

Page 68: ...r Mac OS mp3 Audio mp3 mp3 is the most widely used format for web based audio and portable media players This format highly compresses file size optimizing audio for fast downloads The compression pro...

Page 69: ...ssion scheme which is primarily used to exchange video with a DV camera through a FireWire IEEE 1394 port H 264 mp4 m4v Like other variations of MPEG4 format H 264 offers better compression and lower...

Page 70: ...rovides a compact group of settings that you can quickly optimize General options The following options are available in the General section of the Save As dialog box File Type Indicates the file form...

Page 71: ...oper Video options The following options are available in the Video section of the Save As dialog box Compressor Specifies the video codec The codecs available depend on the file format For DV AVI for...

Page 72: ...eral export settings such as Format and Preset and one or more tabbed sections The sections available depend on the format and preset you specify The tab menu also contains commands specific to the se...

Page 73: ...and your computer screen 1 1 Pixel Preview Displays the image using a square PAR If the source file s native PAR uses non square pixels the image may appear distorted on a computer screen Use the Exp...

Page 74: ...on page 73 To customize alternates audiences or multiplexer settings specify the options you want in the appropriate tab 5 To customize metadata choose XMP Info in the settings tab menu and then enter...

Page 75: ...of the following To crop the image interactively drag the sides or corner handles of the crop box around the source image To crop numerically enter the values for Left Top Right Bottom in pixels To c...

Page 76: ...s data rate to vary within a range you specify Because a given amount of compression degrades the quality of a complex image more than it degrades the quality of a simple image VBR encoding compresses...

Page 77: ...by Digital 5 1 A high quality encoding format developed for multichannel digital sound and the most common encoder for DVD video This codec is available only in Adobe Premiere Pro MainConcept MPEG Aud...

Page 78: ...coding The Others tab of the Export Settings dialog box allows you to upload the exported file to an FTP File Transfer Protocol server that has storage space allocated for file sharing FTP is a common...

Page 79: ...mation about the contents of the file Applications that support XMP can read edit and share this information across databases file formats and platforms Some Adobe software such as Adobe Bridge can us...

Page 80: ...the UserWorkspace commands 3 If you want to replace or remove an existing shortcut choose it from the Shortcuts For Command menu 4 Do any of the following To create a shortcut click inside the Press...

Page 81: ...sable looped playback Ctrl L Command L Shuttle playback left or right press again to increase speed J or L J or L Stop shuttled playback K K Select Hand tool H H Select Zoom tool Z Z Move current time...

Page 82: ...audio on page 36 Repairing audio on page 41 Applying effects on page 46 Auto heal an audio glitch Ctrl U Command U Insert silence Ctrl T Command T Insert marker Add most recent effect to rack Ctrl E C...

Page 83: ...iscrete samples ASIO Audio Stream In Out A standard for low latency drivers created by Steinberg Media Technologies attack The first part of the sound that you hear Some sounds like pianos and drums h...

Page 84: ...in which direct current is introduced into the signal causing the center of the waveform to be offset from the zero point the center line in the waveform display DC offset can cause a click or pop at...

Page 85: ...mastering The process of finalizing audio for a specific medium such as the web or an audio CD Mastering consists of several processing phases with equalization and compression phases being the most...

Page 86: ...ghest at low bit depths where it can particularly affect low amplitude sounds R RCA cable Sometimes called a phono cable RCA cables have RCA plugs or jacks at either end and are normally used to conne...

Page 87: ...or intensity In Soundbooth you perform spectral editing to remove noise or process specific frequency ranges stereo A signal with a left and right channel allowing for spatial placement of sounds T te...

Page 88: ...filter defined 79 beats per minute bpm defined 79 bit depth changing 63 67 defined 79 fundamentals of 15 bit rate 72 Bridge Home 7 brightness of interface 22 Browse command 26 C CBR encoding 72 CCITT...

Page 89: ...requencies defined 81 selecting 37 viewing 31 Frequency Selection tool 37 G graphic equalizer 52 GSM compression 67 H H 264 format about 65 options for 68 Help about 2 Hertz Hz defined 81 hiss removin...

Page 90: ...ting 70 previewing video in Soundbooth 61 Q quantization defined 82 QuickTime MOV format about 65 options for 66 R ranges See selecting audio 63 RCA cable defined 82 read me file 1 RealMedia format ab...

Page 91: ...anel 21 transport controls 29 trimming audio 38 tryouts 9 U u Law compression 66 uncompressed AVI format 65 undoing edits 45 updates 9 user interface brightness 22 V vertical ruler positioning 22 vide...

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