Tutorial on How to Use Adobe Soundbooth
Adobe Soundbooth is a program used to edit and fine-tune audio tracks. It is part of Adobe's Creative Suite 5 Production Premium or Master Collection. This program is helpful when audio recording on a video camera is not audible, either due to wind noise or excessive movement on the camera. Soundbooth has a similar program setup to other popular Adobe titles such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
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Instructions
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Open Adobe Soundbooth.
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Click "File," "Open" and load either an audio file or video file. The audiowave information loads into the large portion of the screen on the right while a small video image appears in the lower left corner, if the file is a video.
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Click and drag the orange control point found on the audiowave. this represents where the audio begins to play. Press the space bar to stop and start the audio playback.
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Press "I" to create an in point, the press "O" to create an out point. The audiowave in between these two areas is highlighted. Perform this action when you want to edit part of the video clip but not all of it, or if you want to delete the area, press "Delete" and the highlighted area is removed.
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Select the "Effects" tab on the middle of the left side of the screen, then choose the pull-down menu presented. Here you can select a variety of different effects to place over the audio track. These files range from a wind remover to an option that removes the high-pitch frequency from the entire sound wave.
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Click "Apply to file" and the audio effect is placed on the audio file. Click "File," "Save" and choose a location to save the new audio file.
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