Adobe Audition Video Tutorials

Adobe Audition is a sound mixing and editing tool available as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud. The program allows users to edit, add, or remove sound files to ensure that their audio recordings sound exactly as they desire. Watching video tutorials online is a popular method of learning Adobe Audition. Video tutorials are ideal places for students to begin their training, as they offer them the chance to learn Audition in a low-risk, flexible environment. In addition, since most video lessons utilize sound-editing programs, it is likely that video tutorials are being produced by experts with an additional level of hands-on Audition experience. This article will cover a range of videos, including what they teach and where to find them.

What is Adobe Audition?

Adobe Audition is a sound-mixing and editing tool that is available as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud. The program can be used to alter and edit the sound of a purely aural medium, such as a music track or a podcast, or alongside programs like Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects to edit the sound of a video or animation file. The tools offered by Audition will let users repair audio files, enhance sound quality, and edit out background noise. This makes Audition an ideal tool to learn for anyone who wants to work in either sound editing or video editing.

Audition is a stand-alone program that sound engineers can use to edit recordings. Still, it is most commonly used alongside programs like Premiere Pro or After Effects to combine audio and video files. Audition lets users add voice-over, redub dialogue, insert background music, or draw out specific elements of diegetic sound. As sound is one of the essential elements of film, learning how to manipulate and edit sound is an important skill for creatives to learn.

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What Can You Do with Adobe Audition?

Adobe Audition provides users with many tools for editing and remixing sound files. This means that the program is incredibly versatile. Aspiring musicians can use the program to clean up demo tracks or prepare a song to be published on a platform like SoundCloud. Podcasters can record, edit, and clean up an episode's audio using a single program. Voice Actors can record their work for job material or do important sound-mixing for freelance VO work. Anyone working in the medium of sound will want to learn how to mix and edit their creative work.

Beyond its use as a sound-mixing tool, learning how to use Adobe Audition is incredibly helpful for aspiring video editors. Learning to use Audition to add voice-over, manipulate audio levels, edit sound effects, or alter diegetic and non-diegetic sound can greatly enhance any video project, large or small. This training will let creatives working in the medium of film add another layer to how they can express themselves and their ideas, as sound is such an essential part of filmmaking.

Why Are Video Tutorials Helpful When Learning Adobe Audition?

Video tutorials are a good place for new Audition students to start their training because they are both low-risk and flexible, meaning that new users won’t have to commit to a training program until they are ready. Plus, students will learn the essential skills they need before enrolling in a more advanced training program.

The most significant advantage of video tutorials is that they are generally free to students. They are a great place to start learning how to mix and edit sound files using Audition. Students won’t have to commit to an expensive training program and will have greater flexibility in their training as they can move from video to video as they see fit.

In addition, video tutorials let students control their learning speed, sometimes quite literally. Video tutorials let students speed up and slow down their training. They can rewind or pause a video when they feel they need to take a break, and if they want to start a lesson at two in the morning, they are free to do so. This level of flexibility can help students early on, particularly when mastering the basic skills of Audition.

A unique bonus to video tutorials teaching skills like Audition is that most are pretty heavily edited, meaning that the people making them may be using Audition regularly. Thus, video instructors may have a deeper understanding of the importance of sound-mixing and editing because it is so essential for the product that they are producing.

Types of Adobe Audition Videos

Students looking for free online training in Audition can take advantage of the free videos offered through Noble Desktop. These videos replicate the look and feel of an online training seminar, making them ideal for students who are considering enrolling in more immersive courses. Noble’s Intro to Video Editing course will introduce students to the important features of Audition and help guide them through learning how to integrate sound and video editing skills. This course is perfect for students who want to learn the complex art of video editing and are preparing to work on advanced sound mixing projects.

The second type of Audition tutorial video is a short video detailing a specific element of the interface or a specific tool. These videos are the kind produced by Adobe and are among the most common video tutorials available. They have the advantage of being relatively accessible and allowing students to shift between video tutorials as they see fit. This gives students even more flexibility in the shape and style of their Audition training.

A final common type of video tutorial is a process video, wherein a sound engineer walks viewers through an explanation of how they go about editing their projects. These tutorials are ideal for process-driven learners or students who are familiar with the Audition interface and don’t need to get direct instructions on how to use the tools.

Why Learn Adobe Audition?

Learning Adobe Audition will provide creatives, particularly those looking to work in video and film editing, with another deep collection of tools they can use to produce high-quality work. While people can use Audition in mediums that deal purely with sound, like audiobooks or podcasts, its most common uses are alongside other Adobe Creative Cloud software to edit and manipulate the sound of other creative works. Whether you plan to add background music to a skateboarding video you post to YouTube, add ADR to a video essay, or prepare for a career in video editing, learning Adobe Audition will pay dividends.

Beyond adding sound to files, learning Audition will let users mix the existing sound in a file. Audition’s features include both destructive and non-destructive editing tools. This means that learning Audition lets users manipulate and remove sound files. Whether you are fixing a distorted audio file, correcting a bit of background noise, or changing audio levels to bring different sounds to the same volume, Audition will provide the tools to perfect the soundscape of your creative works. It doesn’t matter if your passion is podcasting, amateur filmmaking, video editing, or music; Audition has the tools you need to make your creative work as professional as possible.

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How Difficult is It to Learn Adobe Audition?

Adobe Audition is an accessible, intuitive sound-mixing application that is relatively beginner-friendly. New users can begin experimenting with Audition relatively easily, and because it is coupled with sound recording software, it is easy to produce files to edit. That said, even accessible sound-mixing programs are still somewhat complex tools that will require significant training to master. New users can easily alter and splice together sound files, but learning exactly how to perfect a sound mix will take more time and effort.

There are no formal prerequisites to learning how to use Audition. New users should be familiar with how to use a computer, and prior knowledge of computer-aided editing tools is a plus but not a requirement. Students should also consider researching the kind of sound-mixing that they hope to learn how to do to gauge what other programs (if any) they will want to acquire.

Adobe Audition is a part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of software and, therefore, requires a Creative Cloud subscription to access. Users can either license Audition as a stand-alone product or license the entire suite of Creative Cloud applications together. Licensing Audition alone will cost users about $20 to $30 a month (depending on the subscription model and payment plan), and the complete collection of programs (which includes Premiere Pro and After Effects, making it desirable for aspiring video editors) will cost about $55 a month.

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Learn Adobe Audition with Hands-on Training at Noble Desktop

Students looking to learn Adobe Audition need look no further than the in-person and live online Audition courses available through Noble Desktop. Noble’s expert instructors teach these courses, so even online, students will be able to interact directly with experts in their field to receive Audition training. Regardless of how students enroll in Noble’s classes, they will benefit from small class sizes, so they won’t have to fight with other students for their instructors’ attention. Plus, all Noble classes have a free retake option to allow students to get additional training in Audition skills.

For students who are looking to build a career in the world of sound editing, Noble’s Video Editing Certificate program and its Video Editing and Motion Graphics Certificate program will provide students with an in-depth understanding of how to mix sound into video and animation files. This career-focused training course will give students the tools they need to become professional Sound Engineers and Video Editors, whether working on their own creative projects or as part of a team. In addition to training in Audition, students will learn how to use Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Cinema 4D to create evocative film and animation projects. Plus, students will receive one-on-one career mentorship and an industry-recognized certificate of completion. As part of their final project, they will build a demo reel of sample videos to take with them onto the job market.

Students who just want to learn the ins and outs of Adobe Audition should consider Noble’s Audition Bootcamp. This short course will teach students how to utilize Audition's basic sound editing tools, such as noise removal and tools to add voiceover and sound effects. This is an ideal course for creatives who hope to work in strictly audio mediums, aspiring Sound Engineers looking to slowly build their resumes, and students with film editing backgrounds who want to learn more advanced sound-editing techniques. This course also confers an industry-recognized certificate of completion, meaning it is an ideal way for students to become Audition certified.