Software Review – Adobe Master Collection - Adobe Soundbooth CS3 From Adobe Systems - Page 2

• Fast mastering and vocal improvement – by applying any of the high quality mastering effects in Soundbooth and the tweaking the setting to achieve the sound you are looking for, you will easily polish the overall sound on your mix.

• More than 15 high-quality audio filters – will allow you to add noise to a track with distortion, or create room ambiance with reverb, and even enhance the sound of footsteps with an echo.

• Visual tools for healing sounds – by using the spectral analysis and on-clip editing tools you will be able to identify and remove noise and sound artifacts in your audio visually.

• Convenient recording features – lets you record original sounds and audio assets for use in Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 or Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software as well as other audio and visual environments. You will be able to easily record voiceovers for animation or replace dialog to enhance the mood of your video.

As with most of the Adobe products, Soundbooth CS3 has received the interface makeover to make interactions between the products easier to use. It has an organized workflow that makes it much easier for inexperienced audio editors to get work done without getting lost in the vast amount of technical features that are available. There is also a history panel that makes it easy to fix problems that you may make.

I really like the two methods of cleaning noise. You have the wave form view and the spectral view what is known as the 2D and 3D audio editing methods. The only real problem I had is that you can only edit single tracks at a time.

I think that Adobe has really taken Soundbooth CS3 and made it simple to use. It provides the necessary tools to get a quality audio editing job done without intimidating the user. It makes it simple for the non-audio person who wants to focus more on the video to produce quality results. For those multimedia producers who are unfamiliar with sound editing or intimidated by it, Soundbooth CS3 is a must-have.

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