Adobe Soundbooth CS4

Use intuitive, task-based tools

Take command of the audio in your film and video projects, as well as rich media projects created with Adobe® Flash® CS4 Professional software. Task-based tools help you clean up recordings, polish voice-overs, customize music and sound effects, and do much more. High-quality production becomes more efficient with Adobe Soundbooth® CS4, without sacrificing creative control.

Which editions is Multitrack supportnew Volume correctionnew Soundbooth CS4 in? Work on more than one mono or Quickly match the volume levels within stereo file at a time. Highly requested a single audio clip, or match the  Production Premium by Soundbooth CS3 users, multitrack volume levels for multiple audio files  Web Premium support allows you to add tracks in the with just a few clicks. Editor to create new sounds composed  Master Collection MP3 Compression Previewnew of multiple audio clips. Also mix Preview the sound quality of different multiple audio tracks and scores MP3 compression settings, and view together. the new file size before committing to Fast audio cleanupenhanced specific compression settings to Use powerful, sample-accurate tools to achieve the results you want. cut, copy, paste, fade, and stretch audio assets. Intuitive on-clip tools make common edits instant, and visual feedback keeps you informed at every step. Looping toolsenhanced Create loops more easily with automatic beat detection. You can adjust the in and out points by individual beats and adjust the minimum and maximum frequency, as well as the beat detection sensitivity.

Work with ready-to-use audio assets

Kick-start your soundtracks with the enhanced Soundbooth Score editing workflow. Download Soundbooth Scores from Resource Central, and use the new Multitrack project view to customize, combine, or layer multiple scores. Adjust intensity to suit the mood, and alter duration to fit. Add sound effects by choosing from thousands via Resource Central.

Organizing and accessing Improved Soundbooth Score scoresenhanced workflowenhanced Browse downloaded Soundbooth Easily locate and preview Soundbooth Scores by different genres with the Scores available through Resource easy-to-use Scores panel. Access all Central, and customize them to match scores via Resource Central (Internet your projects. Adjust intensity to suit connection required). the visual mood, and change length to fit. Combine, mix, or match multiple Resource Central scores on a single track, or layer Access news and tutorials by using the different scores on multiple tracks. Resource Central panel in Soundbooth. Jump-start your audio Enjoy tighter integration projects with sound effects and Work in Adobe Premiere® Pro CS4, After Soundbooth Scores offered online. Effects® CS4, or Flash CS4 Professional (Internet connection required. software and edit audio in Soundbooth, Additional fees may be required for thanks to new nondestructive roundtrip some content accessed through editing features that help ensure whatever Resource Central.) changes you make in one application See more online services for creative automatically update in the others. Drive professionals › animation or create captions by laying down markers in Soundbooth and exporting them as XML or in FLV. The new Adobe Sound Document file format packages audio files into an ASND file that can be easily shared with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, and After Effects CS4.

Adobe Creative Suite Speech Searchnew integrationenhanced Take advantage of powerful speech Jump directly into Soundbooth from recognition technology that within other Adobe Creative Suite® understands the audio in your files to components — Flash CS4 quickly search and find assets or clips Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro within Soundbooth. CS4, or After Effects CS4 — to create, Adobe Sound Document (ASND) file clean up, or enhance your audio. The formatnew nondestructive ASND file format The new Adobe Sound Document shares audio files easily with Flash packages multiple tracks into an ASND Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro, or file that can be shared easily with After Effects, and the ability to export Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Flash CS4 cue markers as FLV or XML files Professional, or After Effects CS4 makes coordinating sound to your without modifying the original audio project easier than ever. files. By taking snapshots of your Adobe Dynamic Linkenhanced project as you work, you can easily Move smoothly between Soundbooth return to any previous state to enjoy CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, and the power of nondestructive multitrack After Effects CS4, eliminating editing. intermediate rendering so changes made in one application show up immediately in the other. From within Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, Dynamic Link connects Adobe Encore®, After Effects, and Flash Professional.

Rapidly enhance and edit audio

Quickly and easily heal sound; remove pops, clicks, and other unwanted noises; and match volume levels. Create sound effects or add reverb to better match on- location room ambience using a library of high-quality audio filters. Add clarity and punch to dialogue tracks with streamlined mastering tools.

High-quality audio effects One-click edits Enjoy a library of audio filters to help Perform edits for common tasks, you achieve your own sound, including including volume normalization, fades, reverb, echo, EQ, time and pitch and overall file volume adjustment, stretch, distortion, chorus, and more. with a single mouse click. Combine several effects to Fast cut, copy, and paste editing individualize your sound using the Use powerful sample-accurate tools to Effects Rack. cut, copy, paste, fade, and stretch Fast mastering and vocal audio assets. improvement Intuitive on-clip controls Add clarity and punch to dialogue Take advantage of intuitive on-clip tracks with streamlined mastering tools that make common fades, trims, tools. and volume edits instant. Visual Thousands of sound effects feedback keeps you informed at every available via Resource Central step. Create or customize existing audio for Easy audio cleanup your scene or interactive project Remove unwanted noises such as created with Flash Professional using background hums, air conditioners, thousands of sound effects available hisses, and so on from your audio for download via Resource Central tracks. (Internet connection required). Customized workspaces for specific Elimination of clicks and pops tasks or users Remove unwanted clicks and pops due Optimize your workspace by arranging to equipment problems and old media. menus and layout based on specific Automatic removal of low rumble tasks, and then save the configuration Remove rumble to bring clarity to the for instant recall. remaining audio. Support for leading audio formats Automatic restoration of clipped Support for common audio file formats audio lets you save to WAV, MP3, AIFF, Remove the harsh artifacts of clipped WMA, and AAC audio formats. audio. Editing audio in video files Visual healing tools to remove Open video files — such as MPEG, individual sounds QuickTime, AVI, and WMV — and edit Visually identify and remove or "auto and clean up their audio. heal" unwanted sounds and noises. Exporting with Adobe Media Automatic one-click optimization of Encoder voice-over tracks Export to a large number of audio and Apply a professionally assembled video formats, including MPEG-1, combination of processes tuned to MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, WMV, and enhance vocal tracks with a single FLV, with Adobe Media Encoder. click. Spectral frequency display Automatic one-click mastering of Get more insight into audio file mixed audio contents with frequency displayed next Apply a professionally assembled to waveform. combination of processes tuned to Tasks panel enhance entire audio mixes. Use a convenient panel to manage and Dockable windows for customizable organize audio-editing workflows. workspaces Audio characteristics Accelerate your workflow with Use the library of audio filters to modify customized window placement and audio characteristics such as EQ, layout based on the familiar Adobe reverb, echo, flange, chorus, distortion, user interface. and time and pitch manipulation. Effects Rack Save Selection Add up to five filters at a time with Save the important portions of a file options for previewing filters in real directly to disk. time in the Effects Rack. Insert Silence Effects Rack presets Add sections of silence to an audio Choose and save custom effects track or file to create pacing or to settings. Get a quick start with provide time for echoes and so on. professionally selected effects File conversion options combinations. Save time by saving a Convert file sample rates and bit whole rack of effects to use later. depths, and switch between mono and High-quality Radius engine from stereo files. iZotope Fast zooming controls Stretch time and shift pitch using the Navigate and work faster by zooming extremely high-quality Radius engine waveform displays to the sample level. from iZotope. Time format options Recording new audio assets Work in the time format that makes Create new assets such as voice-overs sense for your project by displaying from scratch by recording new mono or time in samples, minutes and seconds, stereo audio files with markers and or frames. optional time stamps. XMP metadata Cue support for Adobe Flash Add XMP metadata to files to identify Insert markers while playing, recording, and sort important information, or editing audio in Soundbooth, and including sample rates, bit rates, drive animation created with Flash ownership rights and permissions, and Professional. more. Exporting markers to XML for use in Undo History panel Flash Quickly undo or redo operations. Export the markers with all relevant data to an XML file that can be used in Support for ASIO and DirectX Flash. XML can be imported natively Support for both ASIO and Microsoft into any open audio file or edited in DirectX sound card hardware drivers in XML tools. Windows® gives you the flexibility to work with your preferred audio Mix Paste hardware and platform. Create new assets by combining two existing assets with the Mix Paste System requirements feature. Support for Core Audio in Mac OS Support for Core Audio sound devices in Mac OS gives you the flexibility to work with your preferred audio hardware and platform. Windows Mac OS

 1.4GHz or faster processor for DV;  Multicore Intel® processor 3.4GHz for HDV; dual 2.8GHz for  Mac OS X v10.4.11–10.5.4 HD*  1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and  Microsoft® Windows® XP with HD playback Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows  10GB of available hard-disk space Vista® Home Premium, Business, for installation; additional free Ultimate, or Enterprise with space required during installation Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit (cannot install on a volume that Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit uses a case-sensitive file system Windows Vista) or on flash-based storage devices)

 1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and  1,280x900 display with 32-bit HD playback video card that supports OpenGL 2.0  10GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free  DVD-ROM drive (SuperDrive space required during installation recommended)

(cannot install on flash-based  Core Audio–compatible sound storage devices) card

 1,280x900 display with 32-bit  QuickTime 7 software required to video card that supports OpenGL use QuickTime features 2.0  Broadband Internet connection  DVD-ROM drive required for online services†  Microsoft DirectX– or ASIO- compatible sound card

 QuickTime 7 software required to use QuickTime features

 Broadband Internet connection required for online services†

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