Audition CS6 is here, well almost

May 7th is the official launch. And from everything I can see, and after a little digging Adobe has (mostly) redeemed themselves, and created a true must have upgrade.

Redeemed themselves? you say... Well yes. If your a long time Adobe Audition fan, cs5.5 most likely left you a bit cold. It was the first upgrade, back through the original Cool Edit 1.2a that I did not purchase. Here's what happened; in an effort to rewrite and update the engine powering Audition 3.0, AND add a Mac version... AND hit a tight deadline. Things were cut, judgments were made, and while some saw it as the audio version of the cluster <bleep> that is Final Cut Pro X... It was not. It just missed to much for me. I not only didn't upgrade, I was entirely unable to use it.

But again, that is now the past. Because it looks <reminder to hold breath and cross fingers later> it appears that Adobe Audition cs6 is the real deal. The only feature that I can think of that is a *must have*, for me at least, that is surprisingly Not There is the ability to load Audition 3.0 session files directly in Adobe cs6. Sure there is a free 3rd party utility that can convert your sessions (http://www.aatranslator.com.au/ses2sesx.html). But you still have to convert, and that utility is Windows only. While my studio computer at the station, and in my home studio is Windows, my laptop is a Mac. ProTools' recent revamp, with a revised audio engine and new session file format can not only use Pro Tools 10 sessions, but it can load AND save Pro Tools 9. Heck Microsoft Word, along with Photoshop, Premier, and After Effects (all other Adobe products) went thought "new file format/new engine" switches all while retaining the ability to load and save old sessions. Last year I produced over 4000 promos and sweepers for WYCD and WOMC alone. That's allot of sessions, and that's allot of sessions I could reload. But enough about the one feature I can find missing that bugs me.

There is a huge amount of upgraded features, and upgrades and refinements. But some won't be clear until release. 

Markers: Madness!

One of those features though that they put to video though that could turn a handy feature for some, into a major must is Markers. If your like me and heavily use the Markers, what Adobe has done with them is, nothing short of brilliance!!!

Some of the Features confirmed back in cs6:

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  Multitrack

  • Session templates
  • Automatic speech alignment
  • Clip grouping
    • Suspend mode
    • Focus clip actions
    • Trim/fade grouped clips
    • Time aligned stretching of groups
  • Clip spotting – Manual entry of clip start or end time
  • Clip stretching - Real-time and rendered mode using iZotope Radius
  • Vari-speed clip stretching
  • Metronome Track
  • Skip selection play mode
  • Save all open files with session preference
  • Select all clips from playhead to end of track
  • Sum to mono per track
  • Bounce selected track
  • Reveal clip in files panel
  • Trim to selection
  • Send clip to back
  • Preference to play/hide overlapped clips
  • Mixer enhancements
  • Snap volume and pan envelopes at 0dB
  • Drag and drop file marker range to multitrack (as clip)

  Waveform (Editor)

  • Multiple clipboards
  • Skip selection play mode
  • Open append
  • Subclip marker support (Premiere and Prelude)
  • Improvements to spectral spot Healing (Limit selection to x- or y- axis)
  • Pitch display

  Effects

  • VST3
  • Side Chain support
  • Improved plug-in scanning engine
  • New channel map per effect – Control over effect input and output channel routing
  • Save and apply Effect Racks as a favorite
  • New/Added effects:
    • Automatic Pitch Correction
    • Manual Pitch Correction with new spectral pitch view mode
    • Generate Tones
    • Doppler Shifter
    • Notch Filter
    • Graphic Phase Shifter
    • Gain / Fade Envelopes

  General

  • Media Browser
  • Preview in Media Browser and files panel
  • Search/filter in Media Browser and files panel
  • Display markers for all files in markers panel
  • Access and open order fields in files panel (sorting)
  • Keyboard shortcuts (shortcut editor enhancements, copy to clipboard)
  • Adobe Graphics Manager Implementation to improve UI drawing
  • DLMS Integration to support additional video and audio file format import/open
  • OpenGL display for video including improved video display for improved performance
  • New spectral display preferences
  • Support for additional framerates (23.976, 59.94 ndf/df)
  • Machine-specific device preferences (optional common audio hardware settings for all users)
  • Import most preferences from CS5.5
  • Pinch-to-zoom, rotate to scrub Mac touchpad support (Mac only)
  • Improved properties panel UI layout

  Broadcast Specific

  • ITU Loudness – Normalize files (batch) to ITU-BS.1770-2 (R128), view loudness level diagnostics
  • Native MPEG1-Layer 2 audio (MP2) import and export
  • Enhanced CART timer and metadata support

  Control Surface/Automation

  • Mackie MCU, native Avid EUCON, other controller support
  • Recordable track automation (Full Write, Touch, Latch support with undo)

  Format support

  • MPEG4, HD Video, and additional audio import (via DLMS)
  • Native MPEG1-Layer2 (MP2) audio import and export
  • Native APE, FLAC, OGG export and import
  • libsndfile export – export most formats supported by libsndfile
  • CD Import metadata support (via FreeDB)
  • Enhanced RAW format support

  Output

  • Red Book CD Burning (via CD layout)
  • Quick burn single-file, CD-TEXT)
  • Advanced mixdown – Mixdown tracks, busses and/or master as seperate files
  • Save All Audio As batch process
  • Save Copies of Associated Files – Collect/archive all files in a session
  • Save open file references in session (“remember” all open files with the session)
  • Advanced session export – Including ability to convert sample rate of session and associated files
  • Preferred asset importer saved with session files

Complete list is on Adobe's forums: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/988645 

Yes I did pre-order Adobe Audition cs6. I have high hopes... I am a big fan of Audition... And once it arrives, I'll blog the great, good, and if necessary the bad and ugly too.

Terry Phillips

Voice Over Dewd, Radio Imaging Noise Maker, and Fatal Fan of Adobe Audition

The from Terry Phillips and Tampa Bay's Country 99.5 WQYK!

To the LEFT are some Imaging Samples

To the RIGHT are some Promo Samples

(all voiced and produced by Terry Phillips)

"I've worked with production wizards on four continents. I've had the pleasure of working with some of the brightest and best in the business. Few of them even come close to the brilliance of Terry Phillips.

The body of work he has generated in numerous disciplines from eargasmic audio for broadcast on Radio, to eye-popping visual production for Television, is mind-boggling.

It has probably been said before but I don't know when the man sleeps!

Working with Terry Phillips is one of the bright spots of my week because he is a real broadcaster whose enthusiasm is incredible and I'm sure it has a positive impact on all who work with him."

Jeff Davis - Voice Overs, Getting it Said

(honored by his overly kind words!)

The lastest from CBS Radio's 99.5 WYCD!

To the LEFT is some of the Station imagring

To the RIGHT are recent Winning Weekend  and

Contest imaging examples

VO by Brian Lee and Terry Phillips

(all written and produced by Terry Phillips)

"Texas" Terry Phillips, in Detroit?

Yea I get that one alot. Here's the short-ish version:

I grew up in Dallas Texas, my dad lived in Michigan, so I spent one month of summer and a week round Christmas in Michigan. At age 5, I "borrowed" my father's tape recorder and began entertaining myself... By the time I was 7 he had "interviewed" Yoda, Kermit the Frog, and other character voices. Including getting friends to help out with parody songs, commercials, and fake radio shows. My other love, was computers, rocking a Comodore 64 BBS before 13.

Growing up listening to Ken Dow, Bob Shuman, Blair Gardner, Steven's & Pruit, Andy Barber, Kid Kraddick (starting as a night jock), Jack Murphy, Billy Burke, Pamula Steele, Moby in the Morning, and more of the radio great's who went through Dallas, & collecting hotline numbers from those stations and talking to the jocks often enough to encourage me, a doe eyed sucker lol.

From big stations, an internship with KZPS, to board op, part time on air, and voices for the morning show at Y95, KHYI... To small; weekends at KBUS, nights at KIKT & KPLT, and first nights, then mornings at KBYB, where a consultant first added "Texas" to my air name so Texas Terry Phillips got the "Texas" in Arkansas HA!!!...

Starting out working with, following around, and generally annoying amazing talents like Brian Wilson, Aubrey Hayden, Buzzy Bennett, JJ McKay and Jack Murphy in Dallas could be the blame for encouraging me in the production room, but it clicked at KIIM in Tucson, computers (which did I mention I dig, cause I'm a geek) in production gained me some clients, awards, and more responsibility. By the time I left Tucson I was handling most of the imaging for the station and had an ever-growing client list.

Then in the odd move, I, Texas Terry turned down nights at legendary WSSL, and moved to Michigan!!!

Well I wanted to get to know my father, and to help sign on WFBE in Flint as Production Director and Midday air talent. I met my wife a native with families ties, had some of the most beautiful children on the planet and in 2000 I was hired away by CBS Radio at WYCD in Detroit, then adding WOMC and other random responsobilities.

So, here I am, a proud Texan, and someone who has fallen in love with Detroit. So Yea I'm a Motor City Mouth, a geek, Texas Terry, a Creative Director, Voice Over guy, and DAD... You know, that last one is the coolest though.

K-Hits Chicago!

The windy cities Classic Hit powerhouse is born... K-Hits, it's Retro and New... Classic and Young... and just makes you feel good.... So the tricky part, this is a huge station and launch, how to add pictures to get the message out to all of Chicago?????

Working with Christopher Clybor and Todd Cavanah to create the visual manifastation of Chicago's Greatest Hits, and Chicago's next great station was a blast!

Here's the results, CBS Radio Chicago's K-Hits 104.3, launch and Spring 2011 TV spots by Texas Terry Phillips

K-Hits Chicago TV spot "Hits by the handful" v2

K-Hits Chicago TV spot "Hits by the handful" v1

Got a legend to launch, or looking for a new sound for your station? Click CONTACT and find out more!!!

The lastest from CBS Radio's 104.3 WOMC Detroit!

To the left and right you'll find some samples of the imaging created for 104.3 WOMC Detroit. As best as possible recent featured audio will be posted as examples. Comments encouraged, to comment or contact Terry, click CONTACT on any page, call, or email... 

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All Copy, Character Voices, and Imaging FX are copyright Texas Terry Productions 2000-2011, and created by Terry Phillips.

To the LEFT is some of the "Detroit Pride" imagry

and Station Imaging

To the RIGHT are recent Winning Weekend  and

Contest imaging examples

(all written and produced by Terry Phillips)

"It would be the height of lunacy to think that there’s an audio exciter in the creative vein who possesses more depth, theatre of mind, joie de vie, passion, purpose, fun, realness, uniqueness, clutter-cutting abilities and time-tested performance than my friend Terry Phillips.

I know, because I’ve been on the receiving end of his brilliant copy all of this Century.  He’s raised the bar consistently through those years and he is now more than ever a pleasure to work with!

I recommend as well as commend him with all my enthusiasm.

Book this man."

John Willyard - Voice for Broadcast

(I'll happily take his leftovers LOL)

99.5 WYCD's Downtown Hoedown

When asked, "Where is the largest annual Country conert in the world?", would you say Detroit!??!  You should!!!!

99 point 5 WYCD's Downtown Hoedown is a 3 day concert event, with dozens of national acts, and over 1.2 million people attending this free concert each year, it's over 4 times larger than Fan Fair! This is an example of Terry's TV imaging broadcasted via Jumbotron to those 1 million people, plus the Tigers games at Commerica park that weekend to juice the crowd for WYCD's next contest.

produced and written by Texas Terry Phillips, VO by the amazing John Willyard

Using the partnership of local TV durring 2009's Hoedown, we created this spot to promote and create added value for the sponsors... without whom this free event could not exist.

produced and written by Texas Terry Phillips,·VO by the amazing John Willyard

“Texas Terry takes a very dynamic approach to his creative... He works to make his production exciting, involved, and fun... It's because of that difference that it makes you listen.”

Chris Potter, ABC Radio Networks