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Setting up Adobe Audition
General options
The General tab in the Settings dialog box provides options for adjusting mouse behavior
in Adobe Audition, as well as parameters for auto-play, live update, auto-scroll, and more.
Force Spacebar To Always Trigger Play Forces the spacebar to always trigger playback
regardless of which dockable window has focus.
Auto-Play On Command-Line Load Enables the ability to start Adobe Audition and play a
file from the command line. For example, if you go to the Run command in the Windows
Start menu and type
"c:\Program Files\Adobe\Audition 1.5\Audition.exe"
"c:\Program Files\Adobe\Audition 1.5\Audition Theme\TalkBackVerb.cel" at the
command line, Adobe Audition will start and begin playing TalkBackVerb.cel.
Live Update During Recording Enables live waveform drawing while recording. On faster
computers, you can have the waveform displayed in real time as audio is being recorded.
However, if you find the recorded audio becoming choppy, disable this option.
In Edit View’s Spectral View mode, and at lower spectral resolutions (around 256), you
can perform a nice scrolling spectral plot while recording with this option on.
Auto-Scroll During Playback And Recording Enables scrolling of the waveform display in
sync with playback. Auto-scrolling only takes affect when you are zoomed in on a portion
of a waveform and play past the viewed portion.
Note: The display refresh rate is directly related to the Total Buffer Size setting in the System
tab of the Settings dialog box. A low buffer size (such as 1) results in a smooth scrolling display,
where as a high buffer size (such as 8) results in a more choppy display. (See “System options”
on page 45.)
Upon A Manual Scroll/Zoom/Selection Change Determines auto-scrolling behavior when
a manual scroll, a zoom, or a selection change occurs in Adobe Audition. You can abort
auto-scrolling until the next time you play or record; resume auto-scrolling only when the
play cursor enters the view; or resume auto-scrolling immediately. Choose the one that
best suits your needs.
Custom Time Code Display Defines the number of frames per second (FPS) assigned to
the Custom time format in the View > Display Time Format menu.
Restore Default Workspace Resets all window sizes and positions to Adobe Audition’s
default arrangement.
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