Adobe 22011292 - Audition User Manual page 240

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Options Menu – Edit View
Open Order: This setting determines the order that the sound card device drive will be opened for use in the multi-
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track environment. Because the multitrack environment requires full-duplex capability, it will "open", or ready, both
playback (out) and record (in) on the card. Some cards require this order to specific, but most don't.
Note: Owners of the Digital Audio Labs CardD should set this option to Rec, Play. Owner of Sound Blaster cards should set
this option to Rec, Play.
Start Order: After opening each device driver (see Open Order), this setting determines the order that the sound card
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device drive will be started in the multitrack environment. Because the multitrack environment requires full-duplex
capability, it will start both playback (out) and record (in) on the card. Some cards require this order to specific, but
most don't.
Note: Owners of the Digital Audio Labs CardD should set this option to Play, Rec. Owner of Sound Blaster cards should set
this option to Rec, Play.
When performing a mixdown, this is the bit-resolution that will be used. Regardless of the session format
Mixdowns
(16-bit or 32-bit), mixdowns can be generated at either 16-bit or 32-bit quality with this option. The default is 16-bit.
Press the Dithering Options... button to bring up a dialog that lets you specify how you want the 16-bit mixdown to be
dithered.
Set the following:
Merging
Delete old takes after merging: Check this box to have Adobe Audition automatically delete any unused takes created
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during a Punch-In when you select a take to go with. If this setting is off, unused takes remain available to the Session
(in the Insert menu) and occupy hard drive space.
Crossfade Time: This is the amount of time (measured in milliseconds) over which crossfading occurs when a take
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created using Punch-In is merged back into the surrounding waveform.
Set the following:
Defaults
Track Record: Check the desired radio buttons to specify how waveforms are created when recording directly into the
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Multitrack View: as mono or stereo, and as 16-bit or 32-bit.
Pre-Mixing: This is the bit size used for the background mixing process. Best quality is achieved by leaving this at the
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default 32-bit setting. However, if you're using multiple sound cards, it may be advantageous to choose 16-bit for pre-
mixing, as less data will be transferred across the hard drive(s), which will speed things up. For single output device
situations, or faster hard drives, 32-bit is better as it provides optimization at mixdown.
This section sets the method used for panning waveforms in a multitrack session.
Panning Mode
L/R Cut (log): If this option is chosen, left-panning is achieved by reducing the volume of the right channel, and right-
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panning is performed by reducing the left channel volume. The channel being panned to doesn't increase in volume
as panning gets closer to 100%.
Equal-power Sine: Choose this option to pan left and right channels with equal power, so a hard pan left will contain
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the same loudness as both channels together. This results in an increase of 3dB RMS on the channel being panned to
when at 100%.