Adobe 22011292 User Manual - Page 106

USING ADOBE AUDITION 102 Effects reference Vocal Enhancer effect The Special > Vocal Enhancer effect quickly improves the quality of voice-over recordings. The Male and Female modes automatically reduce sibilance and plosives, as well as microphone handling noise such as low rumbles. Those modes also apply microphone modeling and compression to give vocals a characteristic radio sound. The Music mode optimizes soundtracks so they better complement a voice-over. Male Optimizes audio for a man's voice. Female Optimizes audio for a woman's voice. Music Applies compression and equalization to music or background audio. More Help topics "Applying effects in the Waveform Editor" on page 62 "Applying effects in the Multitrack Editor" on page 63 Stereo imagery effects Some effects let you change the apparent location, or stereo imagery, of sounds coming from the speakers. Center Channel Extractor effect The Stereo Imagery > Center Channel Extractor effect keeps or removes frequencies that are common to both the left and right channels-in other words, sounds that are panned center. Often voice, bass, and lead instruments are recorded this way. As a result, you can use this effect to bring up the volume of vocals, bass, or kick drum, or you can remove any of them to create a karaoke mix. Extraction tab Limits extraction to audio that meets certain properties. • Extract Either select audio in the Center, Left, Right, or Surround channel, or select Custom and specify the precise phase degree, pan percentage, and delay time for audio you want to extract or remove. (The Surround option extracts audio that is perfectly out of phase between the left and right channels.) • Frequency Range Sets the range you want to extract or remove. Predefined ranges include Male Voice, Female Voice, Bass, and Full Spectrum. Select Custom to define a frequency range. Discrimination tab Includes settings that help identify the center channel. • Crossover Bleed Move the slider to the left to increase audio bleed through and make the sound less artificial. Move the slider to the right to further separate center channel material from the mix. • Phase Discrimination In general, higher numbers work better for extracting the center channel, while lower values work better for removing the center channel. Lower values allow more bleed through and may not effectively separate vocals from a mix, but they may be more effective at capturing all the center material. In general, a range from 2 to 7 works well. • Amplitude Discrimination and Amplitude Bandwidth Sum the left and right channels, and create a perfectly out-of-phase third channel that Audition uses to remove similar frequencies. If the amplitude at each frequency is similar, in-phase audio common to both channels is also considered. Lower values for Amplitude Discrimination and Amplitude Bandwidth cut more material from the mix, but may also cut out vocals. Higher values make the extraction depend more on the phase of the material and the less on the channel amplitude. Amplitude Discrimination settings between 0.5 and 10 and Amplitude Bandwidth settings between 1 and 20 work well. Last updated 2/16/2012