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ADOBE AUDITION 1.5
User Guide
• 16-bit produces a CD-quality waveform. This setting is suitable for most broadcast and
music recordings.
• 32-bit creates a waveform that supports the most precise audio processing, and 32-bit
is the recommended resolution for editing files in Adobe Audition. After you edit a file,
you can downsample it to 16- or 8-bit for output and achieve better results than if you
edit an 8- or a 16-bit file. (See “Changing the bit depth” on page 113.)
Note: Older sound cards might not be able to play 32-bit files properly. To check the capabil-
ities of your sound card, choose Options > Device Properties. If your sound card doesn't
support 32-bit files, you can limit playback to 16-bits while retaining the 32-bit depth inter-
nally. (See “Setting properties for audio output devices” on page 37.)
Viewing waveforms
The waveform display in Edit View shows you a visual representation of a waveform. By
default, this representation shows the amplitude of a waveform over time. However, you
can view the frequency of a waveform over time by switching to Spectral View. You can also
control the scale with which Adobe Audition measures the amplitude or frequency of
waveforms.
Switching between Waveform View and Spectral View
The waveform display offers two ways to represent audio data: Waveform View and
Spectral View.
Waveform View and Spectral View
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