Operation Manual

ADOBE AUDITION 3.0
User Guide
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since monitoring, playback, or recording began. However, you can manually reset peak indicators by clicking clip
indicators.
To find out how loud audio will get before you record it, choose Static Peaks. Then monitor input levels and play the
audio. After the audio ends, the peak indicators show the volume of the loudest part.
Adjust levels for a consumer sound card
You may need to adjust levels if recordings are too quiet (causing unwanted noise), too loud (leading to clipped,
distorted sound), or inaudible when played in Adobe Audition. To get the best sounding results, you should record
audio as loud as possible without clipping. Try to keep the loudest peak somewhere between –2 dB and 0 dB when
setting recording levels.
Adobe Audition doesn’t directly control a sound card’s recording and playback levels. For a professional sound card,
youadjusttheselevelswiththemixerapplicationprovidedwiththecard.Forconsumersoundcards,however,you
use the mixer provided by Windows.
1 Open the Windows Volume Control application, which resembles a small mixing board with vertical sliders.
You can usually access this application by choosing Start > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment (or Multi-
media). On many systems, you can also double-click the speaker icon in the system tray.
2 To adjust the sound card’s playback (output) levels, drag Volume sliders as needed. (Below the sliders, ensure that
Mute is deselected.)
3 To adjust the sound card’s record (input) levels, choose Options > Properties, select Recording, and click OK.
Select the input source you want to use, and adjust Volume sliders as needed.
To quickly access the Recording section of the Windows mixer, choose Options > Windows Recording Mixer in Adobe
Audition.