Adobe AUDITION 1.5 - Manual (Page 155)

147 ADOBE AUDITION 1.5
User Guide
Adding delays and echoes
Delay refers to separating copies of an original signal by some number of milliseconds.
Echoes are sounds that are delayed far enough in time so that you hear each as a distinct
copy of the original sound. Both delays and echoes are a great way to add ambiance to a
track where reverb or chorusing might muddy the mix.
Using the Delay effect
Delay can be used to create single echoes, as well as a number of other effects. Delays of
35 milliseconds or more create discrete echoes, while those between 15-34 milliseconds
can create a simple chorus or flanging effect. (These results won’t be as effective as the
actual Chorus or flanging effects in Adobe Audition, as the delay settings are fixed and
don’t change over time.)
By further reducing a delay to between 1 and 14 milliseconds, you can spatially locate a
mono sound (which has the same information in both the left and right channels) so that
the sound seems to be coming from the left or the right side, even though the actual
volume levels for left and right are identical.
To use the Delay effect:
1 Select an audio range (Edit View) or track (Multitrack View).
2 In the Effects tab of the Organizer window, expand Delay Effects, and double-click Delay.
3 Choose Effects > Delay Effects > Delay.
4 Set the desired options.
For more information, search for “Delay options” in Help.
Using the Dynamic Delay effect
The Dynamic Delay effect lets you change the amount of delay over the length of a
waveform. For example, you could set a 2 millisecond delay for the first five seconds of audio,
a 20 millisecond delay for the next 15 seconds, a 7 millisecond delay for the next 10 seconds,
and so on.
ug.book Page 147 Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:29 PM