( 10 reviews )
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Posted: Mar 7 2009
I think that your want to do projects this would be a great piece of software for you to pick up.
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Posted: Dec 22 2008
For pure audio editing tasks, Audition is right on target. The available effects are excellent, as are the various other editing functions. Ease of use is exemplary. Although I commend Adobe for attempting to include a MIDI sequencer/editor as part of the package, this unfortunately is where the program falls far short of expectations. For those wanting to play their VST software instruments along with their audio tracks in real time, the setup process to do so is very confusing, convoluted, and extremely poorly-documented at best -- making it pretty impossible to figure out. MIDI editing is extremely limited. Third party VST effects plugins are virtually useless. For MIDI recording/sequencing/editing, stick to programs such as Cubase and Sonar. So, for the audio editing side of things, definitely five stars. For MIDI integration, two stars. Customer service -- just to simply transfer an authorization to an another computer -- was ATROCIOUS. Both of my experiences with this were nightmares, dealing with "customer service" reps who spoke broken English unintelligibly and as fast as possible -- then were quite rude to me and very sarcastic when I asked them (very politely, I might add) to speak more slowly. That's MINUS one star -- my average:3.
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Posted: Oct 22 2008
Adobe Audition was a great program before it was owned by Adobe, when it was called Cooledit. If it works, it has a great and useful set of features. Helas, depending on how your computer is configured, you won't be able to even launch Adobe Audition 3: It will just crash. This problem is known to Adobe for several years, but they didn't bother to correct this bug, or even to answer your emails if you write to them. You can find work-arounds on the Adobe Audition Forums, but don't expect this program to work out of the box. Also, in addition to many other bugs, note that Adobe installs a spyware service (Adobe LM Service) that you can't disable. Unless you look for a specific feature that only Adobe Audition has, I would recommend that you try to get hold of an old version of CoolEdit, or to try out Audacity, which is free, works, and has no spyware.
