Adobe AUDITION 1.5 - Manual (Page 109)

101 ADOBE AUDITION 1.5
User Guide
Setting cues automatically
The Auto-Cue feature lets you locate phrases or beats and automatically add them to the
cue list. You can also use this feature to remove silence from the beginning and end of a file.
To set cues automatically:
1 Select the general range in which you want to find phrases or beats.
2 Choose Edit > Auto-Cue, and choose one of the following commands:
• Adjust Selection To Phrase selects a phrase within the selected range by adjusting the
highlight inward, ignoring any silence before and after the audio. Nothing is added to
the cue list.
• Find Phrases And Mark scans the selected range, marking nonsilent ranges as basic cues
in the cue list.
• Find Beats And Mark scans the selected range, marking beats as beat cues in the cue list.
To customize Auto-Cue settings:
1 Choose Edit > Auto-Cue > Auto-Cue Settings.
2 Adjust the following options, and click OK:
• Audio Will Be Considered “Silence” When specifies parameters for finding silence. In
the Signal Is Below text box, enter the amplitude value (in decibels) you want Adobe
Audition to consider as the maximum level for silence. In the For More Than text box,
enter the duration (in milliseconds) of this maximum amplitude value.
For very quiet, high-quality audio, enter a lower amplitude value (such as –60 dB). For
noisier audio, the value might be much higher (such as –30 dB). Enter a longer duration
to keep groups of words together, for example.
• Audio Will Be Considered As Valid When specifies parameters for determining if audio
is valid. In the Signal Is Above text box, enter the amplitude value (in decibels) you want
Adobe Audition to consider as the minimum level for audio. In the For More Than text
box, enter the duration (in milliseconds) of this minimum amplitude.
Enter a longer duration to ignore short periods of undesired audio (like clicks, static, or
other noise). However, if the value is too high (above 200 milliseconds), short words
may be skipped.
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