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USING SOUNDBOOTH CS4
Importing, recording, and playing audio
Soundbooth automatically stores the new file in WAV format. If you prefer a different format, choose File > Save As.
See also
“
Use markers
” on page 35
“
Copying, pasting, cropping, and deleting audio
” on page 38
Adjust recording levels for standard sound cards
Adjust levels if recordings are too quiet (causing background noise) or too loud (causing distortion). To get the best
sounding results, record audio as loud as possible without clipping. When setting recording 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 professional sound card, you adjust these
levels with the mixer application provided with the card (see the card’s documentation for instructions). For a standard
sound card, you use the mixer provided by Windows or Mac
OS.
Adjust sound card levels in Windows Vista
1
Right-click the speaker icon in the taskbar, and choose Recording Devices.
2
Double-click the input source you want to use.
3
Click the Levels tab, and adjust the slider as needed.
Adjust sound card levels in Windows XP
1
Double-click the speaker icon in the taskbar.
2
Choose Options > Properties.
3
Select Recording, and then click OK.
4
Select the input source you want to use, and adjust the Volume slider as needed.
Adjust sound card levels in Mac OS
1
Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
2
Click Sound, and then click the Input tab.
3
Select the device you want to use, and adjust the Input Volume slider as needed.
See also
“
Set audio inputs and outputs
” on page 18
Configure and clean the media cache
To increase performance and import a wide variety of sample rates, Soundbooth creates cache files for each audio and
video file you open. Soundbooth stores media cache files in a folder shared with other Adobe video applications. You
can customize the location of this folder, clean the media cache database to improve performance, and delete cache
files to conserve disk space.
1
Choose Edit > Preferences
> Media (Windows) or Adobe Soundbooth
> Preferences
> Media (Mac
OS).
Updated 15 July 2009