Adobe AUDITION 1.5 - Manual (Page 18)

10 CHAPTER 1
Looking at the Work Area
All three views have a similar user interface, including the following components:
Menus The menus in the menu bar contain commands for performing tasks. (See
“Choosing commands” on page 12.)
Toolbars The toolbars hold buttons for applying commonly used functions. (See “Using
toolbars” on page 13.)
Windows Windows—including the Organizer, Transport Controls, Zoom Controls, Level
Meters, and Selection/View Controls—help you monitor and modify audio files. (See
“Using windows” on page 14.)
Display window The display window shows you sound in an easy-to-manipulate form. In
Edit View, the display window is where you modify single waveforms. In Multitrack View,
the display window is where you mix multiple audio files in a session. (See “About editing
audio” on page 83 and “About mixing multitrack sessions” on page 161.)
You can change many aspects of Adobe Audition’s appearance, including the color
scheme, the appearance of buttons, and the appearance of the waveform display, in the
Settings dialog box. (See “Setting Adobe Audition preferences” on page 43.)
About using Edit View and Multitrack View
Adobe Audition provides different work areas for editing single waveforms and creating
multitrack mixes. To edit single waveforms, you use Edit View. To mix multiple waveforms
with MIDI and video files, you use Multitrack View.
Edit View and Multitrack View use different editing methods, and each has unique advan-
tages. Edit View uses a
destructive method, which changes audio data, permanently altering
saved files. Such permanent changes are preferable when converting sample rate and bit
depth, mastering, or batch processing. Multitrack View uses a
nondestructive method, which
is impermanent and instantaneous, requiring more processing power, but increasing flexi-
bility. This flexibility is preferable when gradually building and reevaluating a multilayered
musical composition or video soundtrack.
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