After my post on Thursday evening, I received an e-mail from Hugo Sharp asking for more discussion on recording Skype calls into Audition. Also, I’ve produced new podast imaging with a new voice (Mike Drayson). Love that guy’s voice! And again, I’m asking for some input. Where does btp go from here?

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…just testing out the latest version of WordPress. whoosh001 I’m interested to see if that audio file ends up being “published” in the feed, like an episode of a podcast. ok, that ought to be enough mucking around for now.   Addendum Well, no, apparently you can now attach media files to a post without them appearing in the feed! Woohoo! Where was [...]

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In episode 122, Bruce takes a look at the new Adaptive Noise Reduction function in Audition v3. Plus a nice little trick to employ with ANR towards the end!

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This week, my new toy (an AEA R84 ribbon mic), my lynda.com Reason v4 title is now online, plus a few e-mails to answer, including using Lame in Audition (thanks Steve Mayfield!), deleting silence, plus a request… where am I up to?

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And you thought it would never happen, right? At last, BTP is back. This week, a couple of e-mails to answer. Jim Weishorn asked about the introduction of quantization errors from too much processing. And Mike Wills asked about encoding your mp3’s from inside Audition, but using Lame instead of the Fraunhofer codec. Which led to a discussion of the [...]

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This week, Jim Perry asked about monitor resolution, and Valente Espinosa asked about sidechain compression (even if he didn’t realise that that was what he was asking about!). And it just so happens that there’s a free VST plugin which does sidechain compression! It’s called Sidekick. Also, Bruce is heading back to the States to visit NAB (can’t wait for [...]

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This week, a look at the healing brush tool, and the effects paint brush.

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This week, Jim Weishorn asked about editing AC3 (Dolby Digital) audio in Audition. And it just so happens that there is a free plugin available which allows Audition to open AC3 files! You can grab it here, or you can visit ac3filter.net. There was also an e-mail from Vassya regarding salvaging clipped audio, which led to another of [...]

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This week, a quick look at the auto phase correction tool in AA3 and just where the use of this tool should go in a restoration workflow, a discussion on cpu usage between audio apps, a look at the new “default file type” options for opening and saving files in AA3, plus the new “top and tail view” [...]

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In ep 115, we start looking at some of the tweaks, upgrades and additional features in Audition 3 over v2.0. For those wanting to persist with their exploration of the MIDI capabilities of AA3, you might want to check out this pdf of the Audition 3 MIDI engine. Some of the new features and tweaks covered: * You [...]

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This week, a couple of listener e-mails to answer regarding why mixdowns which peaked at 0dBFS in MTV come out 3dB lower in EV, and another quick recap of what dither is and when to use it. Also, the promo Bruce mixed for Phil Massyn’s new podcast, Podify. And as for the MIDI sequencer in AA3? You’re [...]

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This week, the first part of what will probably be 2 or 3 episodes on using the new MIDI sequencing in Audition v3.0.

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I’m back! Had an AWESOME time in the States. And v3.0 is now upon us. A quick introductory ep this week, and we’ll get into the first new features for real next week.

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This is it, folks! In ep 111, Bruce talks with Hart Shafer (Senior Product Manager for Audition at Adobe Systems) about the release of Audition v3. And this will be the last BTP until December 9th.

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A brief explanation of the ep that this SHOULD have been… which will manifest itself in ep 111. Sound cryptic? Listen up. Good news is coming.

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Just a short message to let you know what’s going on in my life.

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This week, Q+A 0:26 Some follow up from Patrique Osborne on pitch shifting. KBSCOTW 4:14 ctrl+shft+v - mix paste WITE 12:01 Delay/multitap delay INTERFACE 16:54 File info palette

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This week, Q+A 0:26 For those who weren’t watching the blog through the week, Audition v3.0 has been officially announced, and I’ll be headed stateside in November. KBSCOTW 2:46 What the hell are these? mark intro time mark sec tone WITE 3:50 Delay/Full reverb INTERFACE 16:40 Session properties (and the advanced tab)

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Q+A 0:26 This week, a query about a sex change plug-in? Is this for real? Plus I cover the Doppler effect (just for Bruce McKinnon, who’s been hangin’ out for me to get to it). KBSCOTW 11:28 Alt + K (keyboard shortcuts) WITE 12:02 delay/flanger INTERFACE 17:30 The mixer

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I’m publishing a day early this week. Got a recording session tomorrow night which means I wouldn’t be able to publish then. This week, no Q+A. KBSCOTW 0:33 Alt+A (add audio track) Alt+B (add bus) Alt+M (add midi track) WITE 2:40 delay/echo chamber INTERFACE 8:46 Track EQ

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Q+A 0:26 Adobe Q4 e-seminars October 19 December 7 Also, the 4th prize winner in the btp100 giveaway was Jan Polland from Germany. Congratulations! KBSCOTW 3:19 ctrl+z to undo ctrl+shft+z to redo WITE 6:09 Delay/echo INTERFACE 11:50 ‘Sends’ (and the automation thereof)

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This week, Q+A 0:25 KBSCOTW 2:02 Alt+insert - insert current file into CD list Ctrl+M - insert current file into multitrack WITE 4:38 Delay/Dynamic delay INTERFACE 8:53 Effects rack

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This week, again, no Q+A. KBSCOTW 0:40 ctrl+L - Select left channel only (of a stereo waveform in Edit view) ctrl+R - Select right channel only (of a stereo waveform in Edit view) ctrl+B - Select both channels (of a stereo waveform in Edit view) You can also use the up/down [...]

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This week, no Q+A. KBSCOTW 0:28 Cntrl + shift + n : paste to new WITE 4:00 Delay/chorus INTERFACE 8:36 Automation - pt 1 Thanks to Peter Vautier for his help with categorising old BTP episodes. However, more help is still needed if anyone has the time. Congratulations to the winners of the btp100 giveaway. But there is still one more prize up for [...]

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In ep 101, Q+A 0:28 This week, a quick follow up on btp100. I received some really nice e-mails and comments (on the blog)… thanks one and all. Winners in the btp100 prize giveaway will be announced next week. KBSCOTW 5:06 F11 - convert sample type (don’t confuse with adjust sample rate) WITE 10:27 effects/amplitude/stereo field rotate (similar to “centre channel pan” of the stereo [...]

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As Phil said in his e-mail to me at 3am this morning, “Oops.” Seems all you BTP fans put a bit of a strain on the servers! I’ve been in touch with my hosting providers, and it seems it’s all ok now that the peak load has been and gone…. just have to hope there isn’t another [...]

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This week, big thanks to Peter Vautier for his help with categorizing some of the old episodes of BTP. More help is still required if anyone has the time and inclination to listen back to some old eps! No Q+A this week. KBSCOTW 1:09 ctrl+k - split an audio clip in multitrack view WITE 2:20 effects/amplitude/stereo expander INTERFACE 4:43 Phase analysis window

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In episode 98, huge thanks go out to Jim Weishorn and Rem Lavictoire for their efforts with category tags! Q+A 0:40 Mike Wills had a couple of questions. One about the tube modelled compressor, and another about the automation in AA 2.0. KBSCOTW 5:06 Alt+left arrow - nudge left Alt+right arrow - nudge right WITE 6:12 Amplitude/pan expand (process) - INTERFACE 16:35 Frequency analysis window

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Well, I’m slowly getting those catgeory links in place. HUGE thanks go out to Michael who has (so far) been through 10 episodes of BTP and given me the key topics. If any one else has got some time to donate to listening back to some old episodes, that would be greatly appreciated. This week, I [...]

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Well, hopefully, this podcast will make it to all channels. That will be sweet!

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Q+A 1:24 Got an e-mail from Jim Weishorn about using Google to find specific content on a website. KBSCOTW 5:40 Ctrl+G - group clips toggle WITE 9:49 Effects/amplitude/normalize INTERFACE 13:42 Marker list

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In episode 95, Bruce takes you on a step-by-step tour of mastering a song (or two) using Izotope’s Ozone plugin. And here’s a cbr320 version of the mp3 for those who’d like the hi-def experience! Again, be warned. This is not for the bandwidth impaired. It’s around 110MB in size!

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In ep 94, Bruce has a bit of a chat about some exciting things on the horizon for BTP listeners.

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In ep 93, No Q+A KBSCOTW 0:32 Delete - delete Shift+backspace - remove and close clips WITE 1:33 Multiband compressor INTERFACE 11:46 Spectral controls window

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In episode 92, Bruce answers a query on audio restoration techniques. Although we’ve covered this before, hopefully something in this ep will inspire you in a different manner to the last time I covered it!

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Unfortunately, paid work came first this week. Sorry one and all.

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Episode 90. Q+A 0:34 Syncing midi and audio from a 4 track, and encoding LAME MP3’s with Audition. KBSCOTW 10:09 Ctrl + Shft + up/down arrow - change clip colour in MTV WITE 11:35 Hard limiter VST Hard limiter process INTERFACE 19:17 Effects panel

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Sorry, no ep this week. Just a quick announcement.

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