John’s Audition Tutorials

Setting up your 5.1 project
A simple “getting started” video
2:00

Surround Panner PART 1 – first look
An introduction to the surround panner in Adobe Audition
5:00

Surround Panner PART 2 – Parameters
What are all of the parameters in the surround panner? Angle? Radius?
7:35 

Surround Panner PART 3 – move sounds
Dynamic editing, changing the position of your sounds over time (moving sounds around the room) 
10:01

Marking up your audio file
How do you identify and mark up “regions” in your audio file that can then be used in your multitrack project? This is super helpful if you have a long file to work with, for example an interview or a long foley session.
3:00

Get rid of that low frequency noise!
If you look at your recorded file you may notice that there’s a band of low frequency rumble. This is infrastructural noise (HVAC systems for example). Use the denoise plug in to get rid of that!
5:00

Tweaking your surround WAV file
Sometimes you want to make little changes to your multitrack WAV file, bump volume up in the left channel for instance, or add an effect to a sound in the surround right speaker. You can actually make edits right in the exported 5.1 WAV.

Managing plug ins and Effects
Audition effect vs. VST effects. • Loading new effects into Audition.
3:15

Using Effects in your Multitrack Project
Adding effects to tracks in your multitrack project 

Using EQ
This one is super useful!
14:13

Convolution Reverb
Adding space and mystery to your mix

Playing a sound backwards
How do your reverse a clip? Use the Waveform editor!
2:15

Slow it down Speed it up – Pitch Bend
Manipulating pitch can be a powerful way to transform a sound (imagine changing a tiny chime into a temple bell). 4:46

Recording with your phone 
We all have a piece of recording equipment with us at all times. here are some strategies for recording at home and some examples of my voice recorded with an iphone,

Improving the quality of a sound recorded on your phone
Here’s a short tutorial on cleaning up a voiceover file that was recorded on an iphone.

Using Buses to add effects to multiple tracks 
A bus is a special kind of track, you can route many tracks to it and manipulate all of them with the same volume adjustments, panning, or effects. 

Using SENDS to do tricky stuff
What if you want to have your sound in one part of the room, but its echo to be in a different part of the room? You can even make that echo move using buses and sends,

Export a 5.1 Wav file
How to export and then review your surround project?

Export a stereo version of your project
Want to listen to your project in headphones? Share it with someone who doesn’t have a 5.1 system? Here’s how.