Adobe Audition CC: solid upgrade hampered by subscription pricing
With Audition CS6, Adobe busied itself adding back features that were available to Windows users in Audition 3. The result was a very fine audio editor aimed at sound designers, radio producers, audio and video editors, and podcasters. With Audition CC, Adobe has largely finished feature restoration (save for MIDI support) and instead focuses on adding new audio restoration and manipulation tools, and tweaking the interface to make the application easier to use. It’s now a better audio editor; however, its target audience may look at alternatives solely because of Adobe’s subscription-only model. Before discussing the financial model, let’s turn to features.
Twice the bits
Audition is now a 64-bit application, which, in some cases, translates into speedier operation. For instance, on my dual 2.26GHz Quad-Core Xeon Mac Pro, I bounced three effects-laden tracks of a 25-minute podcast to a single track in both Audition CS6 and Audition CC. The CS6 version took 3 minutes and 38 seconds, while the CC version did the job in 3 minutes and 12 seconds.
Those with 32-bit VST (Virtual Studio Technology) effects can continue to use them thanks to a €9.90 (about $13) application called jBridge. This program makes it possible to run 32-bit VST plug-ins in a 64-bit host. However, 32-bit Audio Units plug-ins are not compatible.
Excise errant sounds
If you’ve ever tried to remove an unanticipated sound from an otherwise clean track, you’ll be very happy with the new Sound Remover tool. When a phone rings unexpectedly or a siren sounds in the distance while you’re recording a podcast, you’ll find it quite useful.
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