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SOUNDBOOTH CS3

User Guide

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Delete temporary files

To increase performance and import a wide variety of sample rates, Soundbooth creates three types of temporary
files when you open audio. Delete these files periodically to conserve disk space.

1

Choose Edit > Preferences > Media (Windows) or Soundbooth > Preferences > Media (Mac OS).

2

Click any of the following buttons:

Delete Temporary .pek Files

Removes small peak files that Soundbooth uses to quickly display audio waveforms.

Delete Temporary .cfa Files

Removes large conformed audio files that Soundbooth creates when you open audio

that uses a compressed format or an unusual sample rate.

When Soundbooth 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 that Soundbooth shares with Adobe video applications, removes refer-

ences to deleted PEK and CFA files.

Playing audio

Monitoring time during playback

The Editor panel provides several features to help you monitor time during playback:

The timeline ruler displays hours, minutes, and seconds by default.

The current-time indicator

 determines the starting point for playback and moves through the waveform as

you listen to audio files.

The time display shows the current time in numerical format.

Features that help you monitor time

A.

Timeline ruler

B.

Current-time indicator

C.

Time display

See also

“Position vertical and timeline rulers” on page 22

A

C

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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