- In this video, I'm gonna tell you
why exactly I'm still using Adobe Audition after 20 years.
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Well, I've got heritage with Adobe Audition.
In fact, I still remember in the mid 90s,
getting involved in "Cool Edit Pro",
and it kind of changed my audio life
because before that I was working with cassette tape,
and also splicing reel to reel, and doing all of that stuff,
and mastering jingles onto cart machines.
It really was a real pain,
and if you messed up and you dropped an edit on the floor,
you had to rumble through some tape, and hope you'd get it,
and you didn't drop it on the Bulker Razor.
Well, Cool Edit, now known as Adobe Audition,
really changed all that because for the first time,
I could work not just with one sound,
but with multiple sounds in what was called a multi-track.
Yes, I can mix multiple pieces of audio together.
My digital life was changed forever,
but why am I still using Adobe Audition 20 years on?
Well, first of all, keyboard shortcuts.
It's like muscle memory.
They say, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
Hopefully, less of the old and less of the dog, actually,
but yeah, I do know the shortcuts
really really off the top of my head.
And to move to something else like Pro Tools or Studio One
or even Audacity, I'd have to relearn lots of shortcuts
unless I spent ages reprogramming those shortcuts.
So definitely muscle memory is a good reason.
The next reason I'm still using Adobe Audition is,
well, Adobe does things really well.
And if you watch Adobe Max every year,
you'll hear the announcements in the keynotes,
but also the sneaks that focus on
the audio that's up and coming.
Now, there are other companies out there
like Descript and various others,
getting technology out there really fast,
like the ability to create a synthesized AI voice
that sounds pretty human,
and do all kinds of clever audio trickery
like removing filler words like "uu"'s and "um"'s.
Adobe has this in the works with Project Shasta,
and it's getting better every day.
And Adobe, I think they're a little bit like Apple.
They may not be the first to release a technology,
but when they do release it, you can be certain that
it's in a really good, ready to use state,
and not an alpha or beta state.
So while yes, you might be able to
get your hands on the tech quicker
when Adobe release it and integrate it into their products,
it really works very well indeed.
And that's why I like sticking with Audition
because they have fully baked really good audio effects
that can be applied to any project.
Another reason I love Audition is it saves me time.
I can quickly drag and drop
multiple audio files into a multi-track,
and even create myself a multi-track template
so that I can just get straight in and do what I do best.
And that is record audio and produce it
really, really quickly and efficiently.
And also, things like Adobe Sensei are great
for working with audio, remixing tracks
using the Adobe Audition Remix saves me a ton of time
making bulk edits all the time.
And one final big thumbs up for Adobe Audition, the effects,
I still remember working with Cool Edit Pro,
and having the brain synchronizer
although I think for legal reasons
that's no longer in Adobe audition.
It used to generate me all kinds of funny tones and whizzes,
and bangs to sink your brain to some kind of new level.
Well, anyway, that got my interest going,
but then there was the chorus, the flanger,
and they had all these crazy presets.
They're still inside Audition today and I love using them.
And I don't know, another piece of audio editing software
that has the versatility and the ability
to do so many audio effects
on spoken word as Adobe Audition.
So what do you think, after 20 years,
I'm still using and loving Adobe Audition?
What is it you like about Adobe Audition?
Why are you watching this video,
and why do you use it yourself?
Or indeed, why have you gone off,
and used another piece of audio editing software?
Let me know your reasons in the comments down below.
And I'm guessing if you've watched this far,
you really like Auditions.
So learn how to organize your sound effects and music.
The video is on the screen somewhere.
And yeah, keep watching because there's so much more
on my channel about Audition.