Lynda.COM Soundbooth CS5 Essential Training

Jeff Sengstack

Software works on:

Mac and Windows

Topics include:

• Setting up recording hardware
• Recording vocals and instruments
• Viewing audio waveforms and spectral frequency displays
• Copying, cutting and pasting audio
• Stretching time and shifting pitch
• Looping tracks
• Identifying and removing noise
• Enhancing audio with Soundbooth effects
• Mixing audio in multitrack mode
• Customizing prebuilt scores
• Working with Soundbooth files in Premiere Pro projects

Introduction
Welcome           01:13
What is Soundbooth CS5?           02:30
Using the exercise files           01:08
18:04 1. Understanding Analog and Digital Audio
Taking a look at basic sound waves           03:53
Taking a look at complex sound waves           06:43
Understanding digital audio concepts           07:28
14:45 2. The Soundbooth Workflow and Workspace
Understanding the workflow           05:35
Touring the workspace           03:44
Customizing the workspace           05:26
13:11 3. Importing and Recording Audio
Opening and importing files           03:59
Setting up recording hardware           02:35
Recording vocals and instruments           06:37
01:03:15 4. Editing Audio Clips
Playing and monitoring audio           05:10
Viewing audio waveforms and spectral displays           06:24
Selecting audio           09:14
Trimming and deleting audio           03:59
Copying, cutting, and pasting audio and inserting silence           07:55
Adjusting volume           11:21
Using specialized volume techniques           06:54
Creating and using loops           04:42
Stretching time and shifting pitch           05:14
Working with video files           02:22
26:50 5. Repairing Audio
Identifying noises: Hums, hisses, clicks, and pops           05:45
Removing background noise: Audio tape hiss           07:55
Removing vinyl record clicks and pops           03:57
Removing individual sounds           09:13
13:27 6. Enhancing and Optimizing Audio
Previewing Soundbooth effects           05:32
Applying and adjusting standard effects           04:58
Applying and customizing advanced effects           02:57
48:25 7. Working with Specific Soundbooth Audio Effects
Applying reverb and echo: Analog Delay and Convolution Reverb           08:46
Using delay-based effects: Chorus/Flanger and Phaser           06:08
Understanding sound-level effects: Compressor and Dynamics           07:00
Applying equalization effects: Graphic and Parametric           11:14
Exploring other special effects: Distortion and Vocal Enhancer           07:58
Setting the all-in-one effect: Mastering           07:19
46:42 8. Building and Mixing Multitrack files
Understanding multitrack concepts           01:16
Building a multitrack file           07:05
Adjusting track and clip volume and panning           08:54
Adding effects to individual tracks           07:38
Using Soundbooth sound effects in your multitrack file           06:38
Using three multitrack editing techniques: Duplicating, splitting, and cross-fading           06:15
Working with video in multitrack           02:49
Using professional production studio mixing techniques           06:07
17:13 9. Customizing Soundbooth Scores
Understanding how scores work           03:30
Previewing, downloading, and inserting scores into multitrack files           04:45
Adjusting score duration, intensity and parts           08:58
10:42 10. Using Advanced Features
Dynamically linking to Premiere Pro and After Effects projects           04:31
Turning spoken dialogue into searchable metadata           06:11
21:42 11. Saving Audio Files and Multitrack Mixdowns
Saving snapshots           06:23
Saving entire files or selected ranges           11:59
Saving and mixing down multitrack files           03:20
00:10 Conclusion
Goodbye           00:10