Adobe AUDITION 1.5 - Manual (Page 293)

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Pink noise Noise with a spectral frequency of 1/f, producing the most natural-sounding
generated noise. By equalizing pink noise, you can simulate rainfall, waterfalls, wind, a
rushing river, and other natural sounds. On the audio spectrum, pink noise falls exactly
between brown and white noise.
Play List An arrangement of Cue List entries that you can play in any order and loop a
specified number of times in nondestructive fashion. Adobe Audition saves Play Lists in
the header of WAV files.
Plug-in A software component that you can add to another piece of software to increase
its functionality. Adobe Audition supports third-party VST and DirectX audio plug-ins,
which seamlessly integrate into Adobe Audition’s interface.
Preset Most dialog boxes in Adobe Audition support presets, which are settings saved
under a particular name for later recall. Dialog boxes that support presets have a Preset list
where you can click a preset to recall its settings, and Add and Del buttons for creating and
deleting presets.
Preview Many dialog boxes in Adobe Audition offer real-time Preview buttons, letting
you monitor setting changes as you make them. The preview quality depends upon your
system’s performance.
Punch in A recording method used to insert a new recording into a specific region of an
existing waveform, usually to replace an undesirable section. Adobe Audition supports
punch-in recording in Multitrack View and allows for multiple takes; you can repeatedly
record over the original material and afterward choose the best performance.
Q
Quantization A process that occurs when an analog waveform is converted to digital data
and becomes a series of samples. Quantization noise is introduced as some samples are
shifted to quantization levels allowed by the current bit resolution. This noise is highest at
low bit resolutions, where it can particularly affect low amplitude sounds.
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