Adobe Soundbooth CS3 [OLD VERSION]

Edit and Create Audio With Fast, Intuitive Tools
Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software delivers a focused toolset that enables creative professionals in all disciplines to quickly create and edit their own high-quality audio.

Audience benefit

Video professionals
As a video professional, you need to accomplish everyday audio tasks efficiently--even if audio production isn't your specialty. Fast and intuitive to work with, Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software gives you focused tools to bring the same superior quality to your sound as you bring to your visuals. Remove noise and individual sounds from recordings, polish voice-overs, use markers to synchronize sound and music with animation, compose and record audio, and much more.

Flash professionals
Integrated with Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software helps you synchronize audio to your Flash project with just a few clicks. An intuitive interface and on-clip controls simplify everyday sound tasks like cleaning, editing, and creating audio. Clean up recordings, polish voice-overs, record audio, create audio loops, create and export markers to XML and FLV to synchronize sound with animation, and much more.

Audio professionals
Even professional sound engineers need to accomplish everyday editing tasks quickly. Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software offers an intuitive, task-based interface that can help accomplish similar results to those produced by more complicated applications, but much more quickly and easily. In addition, features like visual healing tools, time and pitch stretching with the iZotope Radius engine, and the Adobe Media Encoder make Soundbooth a worthwhile addition to any audio toolkit.

Web designers
Bringing sound to web projects is more important than ever for designers looking to add new dimension to the user experience. Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software offers a set of intuitive, task-based tools that make everyday audio editing and creation fast and effective--even when audio is not your specialty. Easily create customized music using included Soundbooth Scores with the AutoComposer, record new assets, modify sound effects with high-quality filters, and much more.

Top reasons to buy Adobe Soundbooth CS3

Intuitive audio editing with on-clip controls
Use powerful, 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.

Fast audio cleanup
Automatically detect and fix common flaws in audio recordings such as hisses, hums, rumbling, crackling, and pops.

AutoComposer with customizable music content
Select one of the dozens of included Soundbooth Scores, and then customize it to match your project. Adjust intensity to match the project's visual mood, and change the length to fit.

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.

More than 15 high-quality audio filters
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 up to five effects using the Effects Rack.

Fast mastering and vocal improvement
Use streamlined mastering tools to polish your file, clarify vocals, and give it punch.

New audio asset recording
Record high-quality mono or stereo audio files such as voice-overs with markers and take numbering.

Top features and benefits of Adobe Soundbooth CS3

Edit and create with essential tools

Fast cut, copy, and paste editing
Cut, copy, and paste audio clips quickly without waiting.

Extensive filter library
Apply more than 15 filters to modify audio characteristics such as EQ, reverb, echo, flange, chorus, distortion, time and pitch, and more.

High-quality Radius engine from iZotope
Stretch time and shift pitch using the powerful Radius engine from industry leader iZotope.

New audio asset recording
Record high-quality mono or stereo audio files such as voice-overs with markers and take numbering.

Undo History panel
Unlimited undo layers in the Undo History panel give you the flexibility to experiment without committing your changes.

Sound your best

Fast audio cleanup
Detect and fix common flaws in audio recordings such as hisses, hums, buzzing, crackling, and pops.

Tasks panel
Use a convenient panel organized by task to execute common commands, including Create Music, Remove Noise, and Adjust Time and Pitch.

AutoComposer with customizable Soundbooth Scores
Easily create customized music for your project using dozens of included scores with the AutoComposer feature; stretch music automatically to match the length of your video clips, and adjust for intensity to match the mood.

Visual sound removal
Use tools like those found in Photoshop to visually select and remove--or "auto heal"--unwanted sounds from your clip.

Thousands of sound effects available via Resource Central
Create or customize existing audio for your scene or Flash interface using thousands of sound effects available via Resource Central. (Internet connection required.)

Work quickly and efficiently

On-clip editing controls
Quickly adjust volume, add fades, or trim a track using on-clip handles.

Tasks panel
Use a convenient panel organized by task to execute common commands, including Create Music, Remove Noise, and Adjust Time and Pitch.

Flash cue support
Insert and edit cue points while playing, recording, or editing audio that can then be used to drive animation in Flash.

Dockable windows for customizable workspaces
Find your rhythm in a workspace you can adjust by docking windows and panels where you choose. Save workspaces for specific users or tasks.

Tight integration with Adobe Premiere Pro
Smooth roundtrip editing allows you to send assets from Adobe Premiere Pro software using the Edit in Soundbooth command. After your edits are complete, the files automatically update back in the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline or project window.