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  1. Audition User Guide
  2. Introduction
    1. What's new in Adobe Audition
    2. Audition system requirements
    3. Finding and customizing shortcuts
    4. Applying effects in the Multitrack Editor
    5. Known issues
  3. Workspace and setup
    1. Control surface support
    2. Viewing, zooming, and navigating audio
    3. Customizing workspaces
    4. Connecting to audio hardware in Audition
    5. Customizing and saving application settings
    6. Perform Mic Check (Beta)
  4. Digital audio fundamentals
    1. Understanding sound
    2. Digitizing audio
  5. Importing, recording, and playing
    1. Multichannel audio workflow
    2. Create, open, or import files in Adobe Audition
    3. Importing with the Files panel
    4. Extracting audio from CDs
    5. Supported import formats
    6. Navigate time and playing audio in Adobe Audition
    7. Recording audio
    8. Monitoring recording and playback levels
    9. Remove silences from your audio recordings
  6. Editing audio files
    1. Edit, repair, and improve audio using Essential Sound panel
    2. Session Markers and Clip Marker for Multitrack
    3. Generating text-to-speech
    4. Matching loudness across multiple audio files
    5. Displaying audio in the Waveform Editor
    6. Selecting audio
    7. How to copy, cut, paste, and delete audio in Audition
    8. Visually fading and changing amplitude
    9. Working with markers
    10. Inverting, reversing, and silencing audio
    11. How to automate common tasks in Audition
    12. Analyze phase, frequency, and amplitude with Audition
    13. Frequency Band Splitter
    14. Undo, redo, and history
    15. Converting sample types
    16. Creating podcasts using Audition
  7. Applying effects
    1. Enabling CEP extensions
    2. Effects controls
    3. Applying effects in the Waveform Editor
    4. Applying effects in the Multitrack Editor
    5. Adding third party plugins
    6. Notch Filter effect
    7. Fade and Gain Envelope effects (Waveform Editor only)
    8. Manual Pitch Correction effect (Waveform Editor only)
    9. Graphic Phase Shifter effect
    10. Doppler Shifter effect (Waveform Editor only)
  8. Effects reference
    1. Apply amplitude and compression effects to audio
    2. Delay and echo effects
    3. Diagnostics effects (Waveform Editor only) for Audition
    4. Filter and equalizer effects
    5. Modulation effects
    6. Reduce noise and restore audio
    7. Reverb effects
    8. How to use special effects with Audition
    9. Stereo imagery effects
    10. Time and pitch manipulation effects
    11. Generate tones and noise
  9. Mixing multitrack sessions
    1. Creating remix
    2. Multitrack Editor overview
    3. Basic multitrack controls
    4. Multitrack routing and EQ controls
    5. Arrange and edit multitrack clips with Audition
    6. Looping clips
    7. How to match, fade, and mix clip volume with Audition
    8. Automating mixes with envelopes
    9. Multitrack clip stretching
  10. Video and surround sound
    1. Working with video applications
    2. Importing video and working with video clips
    3. 5.1 surround sound
  11. Keyboard shortcuts
    1. Finding and customizing shortcuts
    2. Default keyboard shortcuts
  12. Saving and exporting
    1. Save and export audio files
    2. Viewing and editing XMP metadata

In Adobe Audition, the Metadata panel provides BWF, ID3, and RIFF tabs that let you quickly access this common audio metadata. The XMP tab provides the same information, combined with a longer list of metadata common to Adobe video applications. (For example, the Display Title field on the RIFF tab corresponds to the Title field in the Dublin Core section of the XMP tab.)

Note:

To preserve metadata when you save files, select Include Markers and Other Metadata in the Save or Export dialog box.

The BWF tab applies to Broadcast Wave files, which let you specify a time offset for playback, as well as standard descriptive metadata. To include Broadcast Wave metadata in a file, you must save in WAV format; see Save audio files. To insert a Broadcast Wave file in the Multitrack Editor, see Spot-insert a Broadcast Wave file into a session.

The ID3 and RIFF tabs apply to mp3 and radio industry metadata, respectively.

About the Metadata panel and XMP

To streamline your workflow and organize your files, use XMP metadata. Metadata is a set of descriptive information about a file. Video and audio files automatically include basic metadata properties, such as date, duration, and file type. You can add details with properties such as location, director, copyright, and much more.

With the Metadata panel, you can share this information about assets throughout Adobe video and audio applications. Unlike conventional clip properties, which are limited to only one application’s Project or Files panel, metadata properties are embedded in source files, so the data automatically appears in other applications. This sharing of metadata lets you quickly track and manage video assets as they move through your production workflow.

Note:

Properties in the Metadata panel also appear in Adobe Bridge, providing additional details that help you quickly browse assets.

About schemas and properties

A metadata schema is a collection of properties specific to a given workflow. The Dynamic Media schema, for example, includes properties like Scene and Shot Location that are ideal for digital video projects. Exif schemas, by contrast, include properties tailored to digital photography, like Exposure Time and Aperture Value. More general properties, like Date and Title, appear in the Dublin Core schema. To display different properties, see Show or hide metadata.

Note:

For information about a specific schema and property, hover the pointer over it in the Metadata panel. For most items, a tool tip appears with details.

About the XMP standard

Adobe applications store metadata using the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP). XMP is built on XML, which facilitates the exchange of metadata across a variety of applications and publishing workflows. Metadata in most other formats (such as Exif, GPS, and TIFF) automatically transfers to XMP so you can more easily view and manage it.

In most cases, XMP metadata is stored directly in source files. If a particular file format doesn’t support XMP, however, metadata is stored in a separate sidecar file.

Project assets without corresponding files don’t support XMP. Examples from Adobe Premiere Pro include Bars and Tone, Universal Counting Leader, Color Matte, Titles, Black Video, and Transparent Video.

Note:

To customize the creation and exchange of metadata, use the XMP Software Development Kit. For more information about XMP, see Extensible Metadata Platform.

Show or hide XMP metadata

To optimize the Metadata panel for your workflow, show or hide entire schemas or individual properties, displaying only those that you need.

  1. From the options menu  for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display.

  2. To show or hide schemas or properties, select or deselect them from the list.

Save, switch, or delete metadata sets

If you use multiple workflows, each requiring different sets of displayed metadata, you can save sets and switch between them.

  1. From the options menu  for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • To save a customized set of displayed metadata, click Save Settings. Then enter a name, and click OK.

    • To display a previously saved set of metadata, select it from the menu.

    • To delete a previously saved set of metadata, select it from the menu, and click Delete Settings.

Create schemas and properties

If you have a unique, customized workflow that the default metadata options don’t address, create your own schemas and properties.

  1. From the options menu  for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display.

  2. Click New Schema, and enter a name.

  3. In the list, click Add Property to the right of the schema name.

  4. Enter a property name, and select one of the following for Type:

    Integer

    Displays whole numbers that you drag or click to change.

    Real

    Displays fractional numbers that you drag or click to change.

    Text

    Displays a text box (for properties similar to Location).

    Boolean

    Displays a check box (for On or Off properties).

Edit XMP metadata

Similarly named properties are linked in the Metadata and Files panels. However, the Metadata panel provides more extensive properties.

  1. In the Editor panel, open the desired file or session.

  2. In the Metadata panel, edit text or adjust values as needed.

Search XMP metadata

  1. In the Editor panel, open the file or session you want to search.

  2. In the Metadata panel, click the XMP tab.

  3. In the search box, enter the text you want to find.

    The list of metadata collapses to reveal only properties that contain your search string.

  4. To navigate through the search results, click the Previous and Next buttons   to the right of the search box, or press Tab.

  5. To exit the search mode and return to the full list of metadata, click the close button  to the right of the search box.

Album Art metadata

Use the Album Art metadata option under the ID3 tab on the Metadata window to choose the album art for your MP3 file.

To add album art, follow these steps:

  1. To open the Metadata window, select Windows > Metadata.

  2. Open the ID3 tab from the list of available tabs.

  3. Select Album Art option. The tab shows the first album art of the audio file by default.

  4. To place a custom image as album art, use the Browse button. Note that only .png and .jpeg files are supported.

Album art for MP3 files
Album art for MP3 files

Note:

Album art works only with MP3 files. For other audio file formats, the album art entry in the Metadata panel is grayed out.

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