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USING SOUNDBOOTH CS4 5 Resources Adobe Sound Document format The new ASND file format lets you readjust fades and effects, and restore previous edits with history snapshots. Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS4, and Adobe After Effects® CS4 import ASND files, tightly integrating those applications with Soundbooth. (See "Choosing an audio file format" on page 73.) Automatic volume matching Equalize volume levels within a file with a single click. Or, quickly match the volume of multiple files. (See "Fading, changing, and maximizing volume" on page 39.) Volume keyframing Automatically adjust the volume of dialogue, music, and sound-effects tracks over time. (See "Automate mixes with keyframes" on page 62.) mp3 compression preview Preview sound quality and file size at various bit rates to achieve the results you want. (See "mp3 options" on page 76.) Improved integration with other CreativeSuite 4 software For audio clean-up or enhancement, use the Edit In Adobe Soundbooth command in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, or Adobe After Effects CS4. After your edits are complete, audio files automatically update in Adobe Flash and video projects. (See "Edit audio files from Adobe Flash, Premiere Pro, or After Effects" on page 68.) Adobe Dynamic Link workflows When Soundbooth is installed with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, you can dynamically link to Adobe After Effects compositions or Adobe Premiere Pro sequences. Dynamic Link eliminates the need for intermediate rendering. Changes in one application are automatically reflected in the other. (See "Dynamically link to Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects" on page 69.) Looping tool enhancements Create seamless loops with automatic beat detection and display. (See "Create and optimize loops" on page 44.) Additional Soundbooth Scores with improved workflow Jump start your audio with customizable music and atmospheres. Layer multiple scores in multitrack files. (See "Customizing scores" on page 64.) Speech Search Turn spoken dialogue into searchable metadata. Spoken words become keywords that point to specific timecode locations, helping you quickly navigate clips. Embed speech metadata in exported audio and video so search engines that read XMP metadata can index and locate your files. (See "Viewing and editing XMP metadata" on page 23.) Creative Pro Online Services Connect to the power of the online community. New online services let you search for help, share your screen with colleagues or clients, and more. • Adobe Resource Central With the Resource Central panel in Soundbooth, access Soundbooth Scores and sound effects, as well as product-related news and tutorials. (Internet connection required.) • Adobe Bridge Home Keep up to date with what's new from Adobe and the web, video, and audio production communities. Watch the latest video tutorials, listen to podcast interviews with leading designers, or learn about training events in your community. Discover tips and resources that help you work smarter and faster in all your Creative Suite 4 software. (Internet connection required.) • Adobe Community Help Get the power of an online search engine within Soundbooth, but with more targeted results. Searchable content includes in-depth, product-specific Help from Adobe, plus additional content from the design and production communities. To find focused answers you need, use the search bar in Soundbooth CS4, or choose Help > Adobe Soundbooth Help. Updated 15 July 2009

Section	Page
Contents	3
Chapter 1: Resources	5
Activation and registration	5
Help with installation	5
License activation	5
Register	5
Adobe Product Improvement Program	5
ReadMe	6
Help and support	6
Community Help	6
Product Help	6
Printed resources	7
Support resources	7
Services, downloads, and extras	7
Adobe creative on-line services	7
Adobe Exchange	8
Adobe downloads	8
Adobe Labs	8
Adobe TV	8
Extras	8
What’s new in Soundbooth CS4	8
Chapter 2: Digital audio fundamentals	10
Understanding sound	10
Sound waves	10
Waveform measurements	10
How sound waves interact	11
Digitizing audio	12
Comparing analog and digital audio	12
Understanding sample rate	12
Understanding bit depth	13
Audio file contents and size	13
How Soundbooth digitizes audio	13
Chapter 3: Workspace	15
Customizing the workspace	15
About workspaces	15
Dock, group, or float panels	15
Resize panel groups	17
Open, close, and scroll to panels	18
Working with multiple monitors	19
Position the Tools panel	19
Display vertical and timeline rulers	19
Change interface brightness and colors	19
Managing workspaces	20
Choose a workspace	20
Predefined workspaces in Soundbooth	20
Save, reset, or delete workspaces	20
Chapter 4: Importing, recording, and playing audio	22
Configuring hardware inputs and outputs	22
Connecting to audio hardware	22
Set audio inputs and outputs	22
Set properties for standard Windows sound cards	23
Set properties for a WDM card	23
Set properties for a DirectSound card	23
Opening, creating, and recording files	24
Open existing files	24
Browsing assets with Adobe Bridge	24
Create empty audio files	25
Create files from selections and copied audio	25
Record a new file	25
Adjust recording levels for standard sound cards	26
Configure and clean the media cache	26
Ensure that Adobe video applications use the same cached files	27
Viewing and editing XMP metadata	27
About the Metadata panel and XMP	27
Understanding schemas and properties	28
About the XMP standard	28
About file, clip, and project metadata	28
Show or hide metadata	29
Save, switch, or delete metadata sets	29
Create schemas and properties	29
Search metadata	29
Edit metadata	30
Convert speech to text metadata	31
Playing audio	32
Monitoring time during playback	32
Change units in the timeline ruler or time display	32
Position the current-time indicator	33
Transport controls	33
Level meters overview	34
Chapter 5: Editing and repairing audio files	35
Displaying audio	35
View audio waveforms and spectrums	35
About the waveform display	35
About the spectral display	36
View layered or separated waveform channels	37
Customize the spectral display	37
Zoom audio	37
Navigate through time	38
Use markers	39
Selecting audio	40
Select time ranges	40
Select frequency ranges	41
Select all of a waveform	41
Snap to markers, beats, frames, or the timeline ruler	41
Copying, pasting, cropping, and deleting audio	42
Copy, cut, and paste audio	42
Mix audio when pasting	42
Trim, crop, or delete audio	42
Fading, changing, and maximizing volume	43
Automatically fade in or out	43
Precisely fade in or out	43
Raise or lower volume	44
Maximize volume	45
Equalize volume within a file	45
Match volume across multiple files	45
Insert silence	46
Repairing audio	46
Visually identifying noise	46
Remove background noise	47
Remove clicks, pops, or rumble	48
Remove individual sounds	48
Looping, stretching, and pitch shifting	48
Create and optimize loops	48
Create a loop	49
Smooth out loop transitions	49
Preview only loop transitions	49
Adjust beat detection settings	49
Stretch time and shift pitch	50
Undo and redo	51
Undo or redo changes	51
Revert to history states and snapshots	51
Chapter 6: Effects	53
Applying effects	53
Preview and apply effects	53
Use effect presets	53
Effects reference	54
About standard and advanced effects	54
Analog Delay effect	54
Chorus/Flanger effect	55
Compressor effect	56
Convolution Reverb effect	56
Distortion effect	57
Dynamics effect	58
EQ: Graphic effect	58
EQ: Parametric effect	59
Mastering effect	60
Phaser effect	60
Vocal Enhancer effect	61
Chapter 7: Multitrack mixing and editing	62
Creating multitrack files, tracks, and clips	62
Create a multitrack file	62
Create, name, or delete tracks	63
Insert or delete clips	63
Relinking missing video and score files	64
Mixing and editing tracks and clips	65
Mix tracks and clips	65
Automate mixes with keyframes	66
Move and trim clips in the multitrack display	67
Edit and process a single multitrack clip	67
Customizing scores	68
Install and preview scores	68
Insert a score in a multitrack file	68
Adjust score duration and parts	69
Set static score parameters	70
Saving and mixing down multitrack files	70
Chapter 8: Working with Adobe Flash and video	71
Working with Flash cue points	71
Cue point workflow	71
Set properties for cue points	71
Export or import cue points in XML files	72
Editing audio from Adobe Flash and video applications	72
Edit audio files from Adobe Flash, Premiere Pro, or After Effects	72
Dynamically link to Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects	73
Working with video files	73
Maintaining video synchronization when editing audio	73
Edit audio from video in a multitrack file	74
Chapter 9: Saving audio and video files	76
Saving and closing files	76
Save entire files or selected ranges	76
Export audio channels to mono files	76
Close files	77
Choosing file formats	77
Choosing an audio file format	77
Choosing a video file format	78
Options for standard audio formats	79
ASND options	79
WAV and AIF options	79
mp3 options	80
Options for video and AAC formats	80
About the Export Settings dialog box	80
Export Settings viewing area	81
Viewing area options	81
Viewing area controls	82
Pre-encoding tasks	82
Automatic deinterlacing	82
Crop the source before encoding	82
Presets for export settings	83
Create and save a custom preset	83
Import a preset	83
Export a preset	83
Delete custom presets	84
Filters export settings	84
Video export settings	84
Audio export settings	87
Audiences export settings	88
Others export settings	89
Exporting XMP metadata	89
Chapter 10: Keyboard shortcuts	91
Finding and customizing shortcuts	91
Find shortcuts	91
Customize shortcuts	91
Save or delete custom sets of shortcuts	91
Restore default shortcuts	91
Common shortcuts	92
Shortcuts for playing and zooming audio	92
Shortcuts for editing audio	92
Shortcuts for score keyframes	93
Chapter 11: Digital audio glossary	94
Common audio terms	94
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B	94
C	94
D	95
E	95
F	96
H	96
L	96
M	96
N	96
P	97
Q	97
R	97
S	97
T	98
W	98
Index	99
A	99
B	99
C	99
D	99
E	100
F	100
G	100
H	100
I	100
K	100
L	100
M	100
N	101
O	101
P	101
Q	101
R	101
S	101
T	102
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USING SOUNDBOOTH CS4

Resources

Adobe Sound Document format

The new ASND file format lets you readjust fades and effects, and restore previous

edits with history snapshots. Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS4, and Adobe After Effects® CS4

import ASND files, tightly integrating those applications with Soundbooth. (See “

Choosing an audio file format

” on

page

73.)

Automatic volume matching

Equalize volume levels within a file with a single click. Or, quickly match the volume of

multiple files. (See “

Fading, changing, and maximizing volume

” on page

39.)

Volume keyframing

Automatically adjust the volume of dialogue, music, and sound-effects tracks over time. (See

“

Automate mixes with keyframes

” on page

62.)

mp3 compression preview

Preview sound quality and file size at various bit rates to achieve the results you want. (See

“

mp3 options

” on page

76.)

Improved integration with other CreativeSuite 4 software

For audio clean-up or enhancement, use the Edit In Adobe

Soundbooth command in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, or Adobe After Effects CS4. After

your edits are complete, audio files automatically update in Adobe Flash and video projects. (See “

Edit audio files from

Adobe Flash, Premiere Pro, or After Effects

” on page

68.)

Adobe Dynamic Link workflows

When Soundbooth is installed with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, you

can dynamically link to Adobe After Effects compositions or Adobe Premiere Pro sequences. Dynamic Link eliminates

the need for intermediate rendering. Changes in one application are automatically reflected in the other. (See

“

Dynamically link to Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects

” on page

69.)

Looping tool enhancements

Create seamless loops with automatic beat detection and display. (See “

Create and

optimize loops

” on page

44.)

Additional Soundbooth Scores with improved workflow

Jump start your audio with customizable music and

atmospheres. Layer multiple scores in multitrack files. (See “

Customizing scores

” on page

64.)

Speech Search

Turn spoken dialogue into searchable metadata. Spoken words become keywords that point to specific

timecode locations, helping you quickly navigate clips. Embed speech metadata in exported audio and video so search

engines that read XMP metadata can index and locate your files. (See “

Viewing and editing XMP metadata

” on

page

23.)

Creative Pro Online Services

Connect to the power of the online community. New online services let you search for

help, share your screen with colleagues or clients, and more.

•

Adobe Resource Central

With the Resource Central panel in Soundbooth, access Soundbooth Scores and sound

effects, as well as product-related news and tutorials. (Internet connection required.)

•

Adobe Bridge Home

Keep up to date with what’s new from Adobe and the web, video, and audio production

communities. Watch the latest video tutorials, listen to podcast interviews with leading designers, or learn about

training events in your community. Discover tips and resources that help you work smarter and faster in all your

Creative Suite 4 software. (Internet connection required.)

•

Adobe Community Help

Get the power of an online search engine within Soundbooth, but with more targeted

results. Searchable content includes in-depth, product-specific Help from Adobe, plus additional content from the

design and production communities. To find focused answers you need, use the search bar in Soundbooth CS4, or

choose Help > Adobe Soundbooth Help.

Updated 15 July 2009