Audio Editing With Cool Edit (Paperback)

~ Richard Riley (Author)

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Product Description

• Setting up the program

• A Cool Edit Pro recording session

• Multitrack recording

• Applying effects and using EQ

• Using noise reduction

• Using plug-ins

• Saving in MP3, WAV and other formats

• Troubleshooting section and tips and tricks

Cool Edit really is a recording studio in your PC. It's a sophisticated piece of software that enables up to 64 tracks of stereo audio to be combined as a 'multitrack' enabling it to be used as a super high quality 'virtual tape recorder'. It's used by beginners and audio professionals to record, edit and play and record audio, add an unlimited range of effects and filters (including Direct X and VST effects), clean up audio files, mix up to 64 tracks and master to CD or even for broadcast.

This book shows how to get the best from Cool Edit with easy to understand walkthroughs and helpful hints and tips. It's an essential addition to the Cool Edit manual and help file and reveals many undocumented features and time saving tips.

It explains how to install and set up the program on your PC, how to record from a variety of sources, how to apply EQ and effects like flanging, reverb, delay, and how to sync via MIDI and SMPTE. You'll learn how to use plug-ins to enhance, clean up and generally improve your recordings and how to save in multiple file formats including MP3 and WAV for any platform or system. If you master to CD, Cool Edit has tools for normalising your mix, to do complex multiband compression, noise reduction, inserting silence, test tones and signals etc.

Finally, there's an invaluable troubleshooting section along and a collection of invaluable tips and tricks gleaned from the author's many years of experience using the program.

About the Author

Richard Riley is a 33-year-old British author who has written three novels. He lives in New Zealand where he is currently working on the dark and murky sequel to his latest thriller Inside Outing.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: PC Publishing; illustrated edition edition (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1870775740
• ISBN-13: 978-1870775748
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #760,761 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great how-to book for Cool Edit Pro / Adobe Audition, November 7, 2003

By	JOHN W AUGHEY (Creve Coeur, MO United States) - See all my reviews

I was in need of a resource to explain how to use a trial copy of Adobe Audition, the name Adobe gave to the software when they acquired it from Syntrillium. As of this writing, there don't seem to be any books on this subject under the new product name, so I tried Richard Riley's, hoping it would fill my need. I was not disappointed! His book does an excellent job of explaining how to put this software, by whatever name, to use. The items covered in the book appear to apply to both the prior Cool Edit and newer Audition products, so it should serve owners of the software under either name equally well. It provided a great deal of "put it to use" information, and was an excellent value.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed., February 16, 2006

By	jpbanker "audio amateur" (New Hampshire USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Audio Editing with Adobe Audition (Paperback)

I purchased this book hoping for in depth information on certain editing effects topics, for example "hard limiting". From what I read, the book does not go into much more detail than the information already available in the Help included with the program. I have returned this book and will be choosing a more costly one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Really Disappointed..., April 16, 2009

By	Marco Escobar S. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Audio Editing with Adobe Audition (Paperback)

I've been trying to find a book for learning Adobe Audition, but this one is the worst. It really pretends to be a reference manual. It is really heavy and tired to learn the software based on a bad reference manual. I advise to learn the help file it's easier and a more direct way. I'm trying to learn Adobe Audition 2.0. Why do I have to loss time learning the differences with version 1.5? I'll continue looking for a really tutorial o self teaching course.