Adobe Soundbooth CS4 [Mac]

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Product Features

• Record high-quality mono or stereo audio files, and work on more than one file at a time. Match the volume levels within a single clip or for multiple audio files
• Use sample-accurate tools to 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
• Jump directly into Soundbooth from within Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, or Adobe After Effects CS4 software; the ASND document can be easily shared with Flash Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects
• Access product-related news and tutorials using the Resource Central panel; jump-start projects with Soundbooth Scores and sound effects offered online
• Use powerful, sample-accurate tools to quickly clean up and refine your audio assets; intuitive on-clip tools make common edits remarkably easy, and visual feedback keeps you informed at all times

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001EUG3WO
• Item model number: 65008118
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 23, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,677 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

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Adobe Soundbooth CS4 software gives web designers and developers, video editors, motion graphics artists, and other creative professionals the tools to create and edit audio in film, video, FLV and SWF files, and other creative projects. Make short work of everyday audio needs with a smooth workflow that features task-based tools and tight integration with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium and Web Premium software.

Multitrack support lets you quickly assemble all your audio elements, and save them as an Adobe Sound Document (ASND) file that can be shared with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, and Adobe After Effects CS4 software. Click to enlarge.

Create and edit audio with ease

Recording and mixing audio clips
Record high-quality mono or stereo audio files, and work on more than one file at a time. Match the volume levels within a single clip or for multiple audio files.

Audio editing
Use sample-accurate tools to 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.

Adobe Creative Suite integration and workflow
Jump directly into Soundbooth from within Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, or Adobe After Effects. The ASND document can be easily shared with Flash Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects.

Soundbooth Scores and sound effects via Resource Central
Access product-related news and tutorials using the Resource Central panel. Jump-start projects with Soundbooth Scores and sound effects offered online.

Fast audio cleanup
Use powerful, sample-accurate tools to cut, copy, paste, fade, and stretch audio assets. Intuitive on-clip tools make common edits remarkably easy, and visual feedback keeps you informed at every step.

Improved Soundbooth Score workflow
Easily locate and preview Soundbooth Scores in Resource Central. Select a Soundbooth Score, and customize it to match your project. Combine, mix, or match multiple scores on a single track or on multiple tracks.

A wide variety of new features in Adobe Soundbooth CS4 complements an extensive array of on-clip, sample-accurate controls tailored to the needs of visual professionals. Click to enlarge.

You can take snapshots of your work at any point; if you make a change you don't like, you can revert to any previous snapshot at any time. Click to enlarge.

Drag and drop files into the Match Volume panel and have them automatically set to a specific volume level or reference file volume. Results are displayed in a separate pop-up dialog box (inset). Click to enlarge.

Send your audio files to Soundbooth from Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 or Adobe Flash CS4 Professional using the Edit In Adobe Soundbooth command. Click to enlarge.

Visual tools for healing sound
Use tools like those in Adobe Photoshop software to visually identify, select, and remove individual sounds from a revealing spectral display of your waveform.

High-quality audio effects
Enjoy a library of audio filters to help you achieve your own sound, including reverb, echo, EQ, time and pitch stretch, distortion, chorus, and more. Combine effects to individualize your sound using the Effects Rack.

Fast mastering and vocal improvement
Use streamlined mastering tools to polish your audio files, clarify vocals, and give them punch.

Looping tools
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.

Top new features of Adobe Soundbooth CS4

Adobe Soundbooth CS4 includes more capabilities and more audio content, giving you greater flexibility in editing and enhancing audio for your projects. The following are the top new features in Adobe Soundbooth CS4.

Multitrack support
Sound for visuals usually comprises a variety of different elementsÑdialogue tracks give voice to actors, animated characters, and featured talent; voice-overs supply narrative context; sound effects and ambient sounds create atmosphere and aural depth cues; and music provides emotional cues. The ability to work with multiple audio tracksÑthe new feature most requested by Adobe Soundbooth CS3 usersÑgives you the power to assemble all the elements of a complex soundtrack into a final audio mixdown.

New Adobe Sound Document
The new Adobe Sound Document (ASND) file format enables nondestructive audio editing, so you can always return to the original source files. The ASND document can be easily shared with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, and Adobe After Effects CS4.

Automatic volume matching
Equalizing volume levels within a specific file can be a challenge. In interviews, for example, sometimes speakers' voices are captured at different volume levels. The equalize-volume feature in Adobe Soundbooth CS4 can correct this kind of problem with a single click. You can also use the new volume-matching functionality to quickly match the volume of multiple clips to each other or to a single reference volume level.

Volume keyframing
Volume keyframing lets you adjust the volume of your dialogue and sound-effects tracks or adjust the volume of your audio over time. The volume keyframing feature is especially useful when you create podcasts. Soundbooth lets you record directly into a track, duck vocals, improve the quality and sound of your voice, and add sound effects.

MP3 compression preview
When you want to output work in MP3 format, the MP3 compression preview allows you to preview the sound quality at whatever bit rate you select and see the consequent file size before saving. As a result, you can save time and increase efficiency by previewing sound quality before you commit to specific compression settings to achieve the results you want.

Improved integration with other Creative Suite 4 software
Convenient roundtrip editing saves you time. Now you can use the Edit In Adobe Soundbooth command from within Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, or Adobe After Effects CS4 to send assets directly to Soundbooth, where you can clean up or enhance your audio. After your edits are complete, the files automatically update in the timeline or project window of your Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 or Adobe After Effects CS4 project.

Adobe Dynamic Link workflows
When Soundbooth is installed as a component of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, you can save time when opening Adobe After Effects CS4 compositions or Adobe Premiere Pro sequences directly in Soundbooth by using the innovative Adobe Dynamic Link. Dynamic Link eliminates the need for intermediate rendering by creating a direct link between new or existing assets in select Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium components. Any changes made in one application are quickly reflected in the other.

Improved editing capabilities
Soundbooth provides instant cut, copy, and paste functions as well as on-clip editing tools such as trim, fade, and volume control. With just one click, you can fix, boost, or otherwise modify audio assets to better meet the needs of your production. You can even stretch audio assets to match the length of your scene. Improved spectral editing lets you edit your audio visually.

Looping tool enhancements
Looping enhancements in Adobe Soundbooth CS4 increase your creative options and save you time. Automatic beat detection makes it even easier to create seamless loops: Beats are displayed as orange lines, and you can adjust the in and out points by individual beats until you get a loop you like.

Looping enhancements in Adobe Soundbooth CS4 increase your creative options and save you time.

Use the Scores panel to browse and preview an extensive assortment of customizable music, sorted by genre. Click to enlarge.

With Speech Search, text extracted from dialogue tracks is searchable, editable, and exportable. The text maintains timecode accuracy, so selecting a word (above) causes the CTI to jump to that portion of the clip (right). Click to enlarge.

Additional Soundbooth Scores and improved workflow
You don't need a recording studio or a computer loaded with specialized music software to create soundtracks for your projects when you can jump-start your audio efforts with customizable, pre-existing content conveniently accessible in Soundbooth. Free Soundbooth Scores are available online through Resource Central, and you can also purchase additional Soundbooth Score bundles through Resource Central (Internet connection required).

In Adobe Soundbooth CS4, you can use multiple scores in a multitrack environment, which also allows you to layer scores. You can also change the length of a score, the intensity, and the levels of various instrumentsto match just the mood and pacing you want. Then place the music beneath a voice-over, add sound effects to bring impact to your visuals, and use Soundbooth to alter the tone and volume at various points based on what's going on visually.

Speech Search
Use New Speech Search technology in Adobe Soundbooth CS4 to turn spoken dialogue into text-based metadata that makes your video searchable. This new capability solves one of the biggest challenges in taking audio and video online by automatically turning any spoken word into a keyword that points precisely to the places in a clip where the word is spoken. This unleashesconsiderable power, for post-production and Web professionals, and all of us who watch video online. During the editing process, creative professionals can use Speech Search to quickly find the relevant points in a particular clip, or easily locate the right clip based on what gets said in it. Equally important, the time-accurate text that corresponds to spoken words is embedded in the output you render from Adobe Soundbooth CS4, so your audio and video is searchable by other tools that can read XMP metadata, such as search and indexing engines.

Creative Pro Online Services

Connect to the power of the online community through your creative desktop. New online services accessed from within Adobe Soundbooth CS4 let you search for help from the online community; share your screen with colleagues or clients in a few quick clicks; get color inspiration from your peers; and more. With new online services in Creative Suite 4, you can take your ideas to the next level.

Adobe Resource Central
Access product-related news and tutorials by using the Resource Central panel in Soundbooth. Jump-start your audio projects with drag-and-drop efficiency using Soundbooth Scores and sound effects offered online. (Internet connection required. There are additional fees for some content accessed through Resource Central.)

Adobe Community Help
Get the power of an online search engine within Soundbooth, but with more targeted results thanks to Adobe Community Help. Searchable content includes the in-depth, product-specific Help that Adobe has always delivered, plus additional Adobe and third-party content chosen by experts at Adobe and in the design and production communities. With Adobe Community Help, you can find the focused answers you need, fast. Use either the search bar within Soundbooth CS4, or simply choose Help > Soundbooth Help. (Internet connection required for extended content.)

Part of the Adobe Creative Suite 4 family

Adobe Soundbooth CS4 is also available as the audio-editing and audio-creation component of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium software and Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium software. The inclusion of Adobe Soundbooth CS4 in these Creative Suite 4 editions brings enhanced audio editing and creation to Adobe's well-integrated and intuitive creative environments for video and the web.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium combines the latest video, audio, and design tools from Adobe to provide a complete pre- and post-production solution. This powerful Creative Suite 4 edition helps you deliver compelling stories on film, video, and disc, as well as online and on mobile devices.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium is a complete solution for creating interactive websites, applications, user interfaces, presentations, mobile device content, Adobe AIR applications, and other digital experiences. This Creative Suite 4 edition includes everything you need to prototype your project, design assets, build web experiences, and efficiently maintain and update content.

Adobe Soundbooth CS4 is also available as a component of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection software, which includes all the components found in Production Premium, Web Premium, and Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium software.

Product Description

Create and edit audio with ease
Adobe Soundbooth CS4 software gives web designers, video editors, and other creative professionals the tools to create and polish audio, customize music, add sound effects, and do much more.

Multitrack support and volume matching save you time
Soundbooth CS4 now allows you to work on more than one mono or stereo file at a time. In addition, third-party research shows volume matching across multiple clips saves significant production time.

Uneven volume is corrected with a single click
New in Soundbooth CS4: You can match volume across several tracks at the same time or smooth out the volume level differences of actors or speakers in recorded dialogue or interview clips.

The nondestructive ASND file format brings enhanced integration
The Adobe Sound Document (ASND) format packages multiple tracks into a single nondestructive file that can be shared with Adobe Premiere Pro, Flash Professional, and After Effects.

Full version for Mac.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great alternative to Garage Band, January 2, 2009

By	Angela Wilson "I love books & DVDs!" (Midwest) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recently switched my home office to Mac, after years of PC here and Mac at work. I'm in heaven. I heard Garage Band worked great for editing, but not for me. I was too used to Adobe Audition.

While Soundbooth isn't as friendly in a few features as Audition (which could honestly be the learning curve), it is so much more intuitive than Garage Band, which is a waste of hard drive space for me. (I do podcasting, not music recording. Perhaps GB works better for musicians.) I can easily edit in this program, mix down and share. The HELP section is great, and it comes with a help CD from Lynda.com, the premiere source for Adobe tutorials.

If you have used any Adobe product, you will easily pick up in Soundbooth. All the programs are symbiotic and structured in a similar way.

KUDOS to Adobe for creating environmentally-friendly packaging for Soundbooth.

2.0 out of 5 stars Likeable but unstable, incomplete, December 11, 2009

By	Mr. V (Oregon) - See all my reviews

After a short test run, I bought the software. I've moved my editing/mixing setup to my iMac, and liked the interface and familiarity -- I would have bought Audition for Mac, but there's no such thing (it's Windows only), and I really don't have any other call to run Windows.

Soundbooth is _like_ Audition, except the fade functions are cumbersome to the point of frustration and the Adobe tech response to this frustration in user forums is silly.

Soundbooth is also prone to crashing (see the reviews of the Windows version), which makes me sad. I'm holding out hope that updates will remedy this problem.