Operation Manual

ADOBE AUDITION 3.0
User Guide
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• To add color points, right-click the color spectrum and choose Add New Color Point. To delete a color point,
right-click it and choose Delete Color Point.
• (Spectral Pan Display and Spectral Phase Display only) To tint the display based on the actual frequencies in the
audio signal, click the Tint Using Spectral Prism button .
• To restore color settings to the defaults, click Reset.
5 (Optional) Set additional color and display options at the bottom of the Spectral Controls panel.
6 (Optional) Save the customized settings as a preset for future use.
Spectral Controls panel options
You can set the following options at the bottom of the Spectral Controls panel:
Range Changestheamplitudeoverwhichthecolorsaredisplayed.Lowertherangetoseemoreofthecolorsatthe
left end of the spectrum. Increasing the range may help you see more detail in quieter areas of the audio.
You can also adjust the range by dragging the horizontal ruler. Shift-drag to adjust color points relative to the range.
Saturation Changes the overall strength or purity of the colors. Increasing the saturation can bring out more detail.
Gamma Adjusts the steepness of the brightness curve. Higher gamma values produce a steeper brightness curve,
which can help add contrast to areas of interest. Lower gamma values produce brighter color in the lower decibel
ranges.
You can also adjust the gamma value by Shift-dragging in the color spectrum. Ctrl-drag to adjust the gamma curve’s
center point.
Reverse Flips the spectral display so that colors on either end of the spectrum switch positions.
Transparency Determines the visual transparency of selected ranges.
Reverse Selection Color Completely inverts selected ranges relative to the background.
Resolution Specifies the number of vertical bands used in drawing frequencies. The higher the number, the more
accurate the display, but the longer it will take to render the display.
Multiresolution (Spectral Frequency Display only) Specifies the trade-off between frequency detail and time detail.
Multiresolution settings work best if you use a high Resolution value with Logarithmic mode. Choose Off (Fixed)
forfixedresolutionovertheentirefrequencyrange,orchooseTimeImportantorFrequencyImportanttofavortime
or frequency detail, respectively. General Purpose balances between Time Important and Frequency Important.
Logarithmic (Spectral Frequency Display only) Toggles the display between logarithmic and linear display.
Quality (Spectral Pan Display and Spectral Phase Display only) Specifies the display quality. Higher quality displays
are more accurate, but they take longer to render.
Save or delete a Spectral Controls preset
❖ In the Spectral Controls panel, do one of the following:
• To save custom settings as a preset, click the Save button . Enter a name, select Save Colors Only to save only
settings in the color graph, or deselect this option to save all settings. Then click OK.
• To delete a preset, choose it from the Preset menu, and click the Delete button .