Audition CC is out and finally 64-bit

Is this the version that you rent monthly and are forced to upgrade whether you want to or not?

What happens when you stop paying the fee?
 
I have Cool Edit, Cool Edit Pro, Audition, Audition 2, Audition 3.
 
As each version came out I could see the bloat slowing the program down. In this era of super computers it's harder to sense the bloat... but it's there.
 
Cool Edit Pro was the sweet spot for that program.
 
It's unfortunate that companies attempt to excite continued interest in their updated products by ruining them.
 
best regards,
mike

Thanks for answering about the subscription system.
 
You were the first person who got around to telling me the answer when I asked.
 
I really didn't how it worked.
 
all the best,
mike

I agree with Mike on this. I have Cool Edit 2000 installed on one computer and Cool Edit Pro on the other. The reality is that I am still using those versions yet I am still doing all the editing I need to do currently today. Nothing has changed. Our needs are not really going up with what the program may be offering. Every function I need was back in Cool Edit Pro. Cool Edit Pro is not bloated on my machine and works at the speed of light and does everything with great ease and well.
 
I am just asking why do you have to go to the latest version. Sure there are many aspects of the program that are there but you may not use like all the multi-track side of it etc.. With our DAW's there are probably many things you don't actually want or need in the latest version of Audition.
 
 

I use a little automated app called Dual Eyes to sync sound recorder sound to camera sound.
 
I understand that you aren't endorsing the subscription service, and frankly I think the service makes sense for a lot of businesses... but not mine.
 
I can't help but point out that I only had to pay for Dual Eyes once.
 
all the best,
mike

Jeff.  I think we are all in agreement that the subscription model sucks even if it saves money for some people, so i will talk about things that I use Audition for.
 
As I mentioned, the sync feature saves me lots of time.  Since they have put this feature into Premiere now, it's not as big of a deal as it was in previous versions.  There is a standalone software program called pluraleyes(sp) that does the same thing but it's a one trick pony.  Other features that have proven valuable are the spectral editing features like the noise removal and healing brush. It's not always perfect but can definitely do things it would have taken me hours to do if at all in older versions. Needless to say there are many features in audition that can be had buying plugins, but the amount of those plugins would add up to more than my subscription fees for several years.  Being able to edit my premiere audio directly in audition without having to export and import also saves me a lot of time.
 
With that said, I likely would not buy audition if it were not for the fact that it is lumped in with the rest of the suite, but since it is, i am making good use of it.

It's a great product and actually works better than what is built into Audition

Cool Edit Pro is fantastic for a lot of things. For me pre production editing before mixing being one of them. There is a raft of things you can do to your raw tracks that will improve them no end. Fixing up level variances being one of them. Cleaning unwanted stuff away. Noise reduction here and there on tracks with buzz or hum. I don't get into EQ much at this point but if you know what sort of filtering though or definite EQ changes you want, it can be done at this stage too.
 
Vocal tracks can really benefit from any pre mix editing in Cool Edit Pro. If I make changes to a track I just resave under the same name with (Edit 1) in brackets after the title telling me the first level of editing has taken place. As long as you don't alter the length in any way it is easy to replace tracks with their edited counterparts into your arrangement.
 
Less plug-ins will ultimately be used and compressors can be set for nicer relaxed level duties with lower ratios and lower amounts of gain reduction. Lower ratios means the sound is bigger. You will gain significant gains in CPU resources back. After a lot of pre editing my CPU meter only ends up at 50% for a very complex mix.
 
I am working with an artist that has an incredible dynamic range in her vocals. There is no way you could just put the raw track in and use plugins to tame it under control. Automation would be complex and time consuming. But opening up the track In Cool Edit Pro and just pulling up the softer sections, lowering the louder bits all while VU meters are monitoring the tracks every move. Everything is happening in relation to the K System ref level. You end up with this still dynamic track but way more under control now. Less processing is actually being used on the final vocal track now. It sounds bigger, fatter, clearer and just better at the end of the day due to the pre editing involved. (And now that I am using Harrison's Mixbus it all sounds better still!   Very easy to now sit vocal levels into a music backing. (Small mono speaker down at low volume for this is the only way to do it)
 
You don't have to put all your eggs in the plug-in processing department. It is good sometimes just to get back to basics and get all the tracks sounding great before you even start a mix.
 
 
 

Audition was really aimed at radio and post production editing.  It is the most popular program for radio production and I use it every day for my work.  The editing workflow is really the fastest of any DAW on the the market.  Destructive editing is still an important part of that work flow and Audition integrates destructive and muti-track environments brilliantly.  
 
I think the CC program is great if you are running the complete master collection.  Especially since they give you the option to buy it for a low price after a certain amount of time.  But seems overpriced for a single program.  You can still purchase a CS6 version of Audition can't you?