- [Narrator] In today's video, I'm going to be teaching you
how to use Adobe Audition CC. From learning the interface
to adding different effects and removing noise, to finally being able
to export your project. By the end of this video, we are going to be a
master of Adobe Audition, and all I ask is that you hit
the like button down below. And with that being
said, let's get started. (gentle music) So of course, the first
thing you have to do is download Adobe Audition. And I'll put a link to the
trial in the description as well because it is a cloud
monthly subscription. But once you have Adobe Audition
downloaded and installed, you can just open it up, and it's going to show you this interface. Now the first thing we have to do is make sure that our
microphone is set up, and then we can go through
the actual interface. So to ensure that your
microphone is connected, all you want to do is go into edit, and then go down into preferences, and click on general. And here, what you have to
do is go into audio hardware and make sure your microphone is connected as the default input device. So for me, I'm using a Blue Yeti, and it is currently connected. And you also wanna go
into audio channel mapping and ensure that both channels are linked to the same microphone. And once you're good to
go, you can press OK. Now the first thing we're going
to do is create a new file, and to do this, you can
just go into File, New, and new audio file. And we're just going to name this test. And this is going to be
a single track recording. And we're going to be visiting multitrack recordings later on. So now that we have
our audio file created, we can quickly walk through the interface. So starting on the top left, you have all of the audio files that you're going to be
using in the project. So right now we're on the test audio file. And if we had multiple audio files that we wanted to edit in layers, we can go into the multitrack view, which we're going to be visiting later. Now to add additional files, all you have to do is right
click and then go to import. Or what you can also do, is you can find a audio
file that you want to add, and you can just click on
it and then you can drag it, and it's going to be added
to your project as well. Now, if you want to find media
right through Adobe Audition, all you have to do is go to
media browser underneath. And this panel has a few
other settings as well. So you can see the different effects that you're going to be
applying to your project, as well as the markers, and then finally the
properties of your audio file. And then right underneath
here, we have the History tab. So the History tab basically
shows everything you've done. So this isn't my first take and I've already recorded
the audio a couple of times, and you can see the history
in this tab over here. And if we're going to
be editing a video file, the video tab will show
the playback of the video, although you can edit it. Now over here, we're going
to see the actual audio file, and then right underneath
we have the play, pause and record buttons as
well as the audio level. And then on the right side, we're going to see the additional
settings and properties. Now, the next thing we're going to do, is learn how to record an audio
file within Adobe Audition. So we already have this test file open, but there's no audio. And to record something,
all you have to do is click on this record button, or you can press Shift + Space. So I'm just gonna go
ahead and click on record. And this is me recording
the audio right now, and right underneath, you can also see the level of the audio, and you just wanna make sure that it doesn't go past the red. And then I click on the recording
button again to stop it, and now we have our recording. And if we click on it,
we can also play it back. And this is me recording
the audio right now, and right underneath, you can also see the level of the audio, and you just wanna make sure that it doesn't go past the red. Okay, perfect. Now that we have the audio recorded, we can add some basic edits to it. And what you can just do, is
you can highlight the audio to select a component you wanna edit, and then apply the standard
keyboard shortcuts. For example, I can press Ctrl + C to copy this part of the clip. And then if I press Control + V, it's going to add that portion again. And then if I press Ctrl
+ Z, it will undo it. And then if I highlight, for
example, the end of this audio, and I wanna get rid of it, I can press Ctrl + X to cut it out. And so those are some
basic edits you can make. Also within this screen, you see this little rectangle over here. And if you turn this knob, you can just quickly make the
audio louder as well like so, and then right above it, you also see these two
squares and if you drag those, that is how you can add
a fade to the audio. Now if you wanna add some
more complex effects, we are going to be going
into noise removal later on, but all you have to do
is highlight the clip and then you can go to effects, and for example we can go to
noise reduction and DeNoise. And then what we can do is we
can have the effect open up, we can see how much of
the effect we wanna add, what it sounds like with the effect on, and then we can toggle it
off to compare the two. So for example, this is the clip normally, and this is me recording
the audio right now. And then if I turn the effect
on, and maybe make it 60% and play it back again, and right underneath, you can also see the level of the audio. And you can see the noise is already gone. And so to apply the effect, all you have to do is press Apply. So that's how you add basic
edits and effects to your audio. But now what we're going to do, is we're going to move
into the multitrack view. So all you have to do,
is click on multitrack, and now it's going to create
a new multitrack session. And we're going to just
name this multitrack. And it's already in the
right location for me, but you wanna choose your file path, and then you can click OK. And now it's going to create
a new multitrack session, which is a new file. So the previous file we were working with was a single audio file, and it's still over here
in the files that we have. And if you wanted to add
it to our multitrack file, all we have to do is drag it
and that same audio is back. Now the way multitrack works, is you're basically working
in different audio layers. And so if we scroll down, we can see that right
now there's six tracks. And then at the very bottom,
there's the master track. So any changes we make
to the master track, it basically impacts
all of the other tracks. Now to navigate around
the multitrack view, you can use this bar at the top. So for example, you can
drag to zoom like so. And then once you drag, you can also just move around
by not clicking on the edge, but clicking on the center
and then dragging again. Now to change the length of
a track in terms of the view, you can press ALT and use
the scroll wheel like so. And then each track has its own really basic settings as well. So for example, if we wanted to change the
volume of just track one, we would go to the volume knob over here. And we can just turn it up like so. Now, if you wanted to change the volume of all the tracks at once, you can also just go into the master and drag the master knob, and it'll change all of the tracks. Now, within this view, you can also do the same edits as the single track waveform view. So for example, you still
have the same squares, and you can add the fades. But what you can also do, is
you can go to the volume line and you can change the volume over here by clicking and dragging as well. So now that you guys have an understanding of how the multitrack view works, we can go ahead and we
can record a nother clip. And say for example, we want to record something in track two, all we have to do is make sure that the R is selected for record, go to where we wanna start recording. And then we can just record by pressing the record button, right. And this is me recording
in track two right now as you can see, because we pressed R, it is now going to be in the second track. And then we can press
record again to stop. What you can also do, is you can add tracks
that you've imported. So for example, the sound
effect that we added previously, we can just drag that
on to the third track, click OK and has been added as well. And we can edit these
tracks in multiple ways, based on which tool we
have selected at the top. So right now we have the selection tool, the time selection tool selected, which we can also access by pressing T, which basically allows us to highlight different components of the clip. But if you wanted to actually
move the clips around, we would go over here to the move tool, or you can press V and
now with the cursor, what we can do is we can actually
move these different clips through different tracks. So I can move this up,
for example, like so, or I can just move it back down. And then you also have the razor tool, which is used to cut the clips. So once you have the razor tool selected, you can just click on a clip like so, and then you can click on it again. And now we've split this twice, and this one clip is now three clips. So if we go back into the move tool, you can see that we can only
move the part that we cut with the razor tool, which
can also come in handy. Okay, so now you have an understanding of how Adobe Audition works. You know how the different waveform and multitrack interfaces are used, as well as how to apply
basic edits and effects to the clips that you record
or drag onto your timeline. Now I'm going to show you
how I remove the noise of my audio. And this is going to give
you a better understanding of how different effects in
Adobe Audition also work. So I'm just going to
record a new clip now. And so let me just
press the record button. And this is going to be
me recording the clip. And this is going to be the clip that we're going to be editing afterwards. And then let me just
quickly play this back, so you guys can hear the raw version. And this is going to be
me recording the clip. And this is going to be the clip that we're going to be editing afterwards. Perfect. So once we have the clip selected, the first thing we're
going to do, is DeNoise it. So I'm going to go ahead
and go into effects, noise reduction and then DeNoise. And what's really nice is that, it's very, very easy to use, all you have to do is drag the slider. And usually I have it around 55%, you could move it to 100%
to remove all the noise, but this also impacts your voice, and it'll make it sound
very, very robotic. So you wanna find like this sweet spot. And now what I can do is
I'm actually going to go to the start of the clip, and I'm going to turn this effect off. And I'm going to play the
before and then the after. So this is the before. And this is going to be
me recording the clip. And then if we go back to the start, we turn it on and play it again. And this is going to be
me recording the clip, you can see that it
removed a lot of the noise. So that looks good to me. And so we're just going to keep it on and we have this effect added. And you can also see it in
the effects rack over here, where all the effects show up. And then the second thing I'm going to do, is to remove that last
little bit of noise, you can also go back into effects, you can go into the filter and EQ, and then you can go into
parametric equalizer. And here, what you can do now, is you wanna just move the HP band, so all you have to do is slide to HP. And then what you can just do, is you can drag this
band to a nice sweet spot where the audio sounds ideal for you. So depends on the clip, but generally for me, it's
in the like 80 to 100 range. And you don't wanna really go over 150. So if I go to 100, for example,
like so, I turned this off, and then we can play this clip back. And this is going to be the clip that we're going to be editing afterwards. And then we rewind and go
to the start, we turn it on. And this is going to be
me recording the clip. And this is going to be the clip that... You can see that basically
all of the noise is now gone. And so that looks good to me, and that's usually how I edit my clips. And if they're not loud enough, I'll also just amplify them a little bit. But that's how you add
effects in Adobe Audition. So before we move into
working with Adobe Audition and Premiere Pro together, I'm going to quickly show
you how to export your file. So all you wanna do is go to File, Export, Multitrack Mixdown, and then we're going to be
exporting the entire session. You want to select a file name. So I'm just going to name
it multitrack mixdown 2. Make sure it's in the
appropriate file location, and then press OK, and it's going to export your file. Now what I'm going to show you, is how I use Premiere Pro
and Adobe Audition together. So for example, if I'm editing a movie, or video in Premiere Pro, if I want to quickly edit
the audio in Adobe Audition, and then bring it back,
this is how I do it. So all you want to do, is you wanna open up
your Premiere Pro file. And so this is an old video
that I was working on, and the audio usually from
my camera isn't that great. So if you just play this back. Not only just read them, you can hear there's a lot of white noise. And so all you have to
do to bring this file into Adobe Audition. Let's go into Edit, and
then Edit in Adobe Audition, and then click on Sequence. And it's going to create a new sequence of these audio clips. And it's just quickly preparing the file, and then it's automatically
going to open in Adobe Audition. So now the file has been converted into Adobe Audition as a sequence, and here we can make
all the edits we want. We can also see the differences where there's a layer for the movie file, and we can see the video
playback in the video tab. And if you play back, you do see the video but it's not going to
make any edits to it, you can only edit the audio. So say for example, in this case, we just wanted to make it louder, I can just turn up the volume like so. And then I would just
go into File, Export, and then I would export this
as a session like previously. And then we're just going
to change the file location to my downloads. And then I'll just click on OK. And it's going to export it, and once the file is done exporting, I'll just go back into Premiere Pro. I'll go into the Media tab and then I'm going to just
import some more media. So I'm just gonna press
Ctrl + I really quickly, go into downloads, you can see the file, and then I would just drag it here. And I would just get rid of the old track, and that's how you work
between the two programs. So it's very, very easy to do. But that's just a quick
overview of Adobe Audition. Hopefully you guys did
enjoy this tutorial. If you did, be sure to give
this video a big thumbs up. And as always, thanks for watching. My name is Ayovo, and I'm signing out.
