Inverting And Reversing Audio - Adobe AUDITION 3 User Manual

When shortening speech segments, use a setting of 150 milliseconds or so to leave a more realistic, natural sounding
pause. Higher values can lead to an artificial sounding pause.
Previews the silence to be removed. This option reports how much silence will be removed
Scan For Silence Now
and how many sections of silence were found. This option doesn't actually remove silence, but it gives you an idea of
what to expect with the current settings when you actually choose the Delete Silence command.
If you have an audio presentation that consists of many cuts separated by silence (such as a reel of several jingles),
choose Edit > Delete Silence to make sure that the duration of silence between each cut is the same. For example, if
the difference between cuts 1 and 2 is 3.2 seconds, the difference between cuts 2 and 3 is 4.1 seconds, and the difference
between cuts 3 and 4 is 3.7 seconds, you can use Delete Silence to make the silence duration between all four cuts exactly
3 seconds.

Inverting and reversing audio

Invert a waveform
The Invert effect inverts audio phase by 180 degrees. Inverting doesn't produce an audible change on an individual
waveform, but you can hear a difference when combining waveforms. For example, you might invert pasted audio
to better align it with existing audio. Or, you could invert one channel of a stereo file to correct an out-of-phase
recording.
1 If you want to invert part of a waveform, select the desired range. Or, deselect all audio data to invert the entire
waveform.
Choose Effects > Invert.
2
See also
"Waveform measurements" on page 8
"phase" on page 277
Reverse a waveform
The Reverse effect reverses a waveform from right to left so it plays backwards. Reversing is useful for creating special
effects.
If you want to reverse part of the waveform, select the desired range. Or, deselect all audio data to reverse the entire
1
waveform.
2 Choose Effects > Reverse.
ADOBE AUDITION 3.0 87
User Guide