If you are doing some audio mastering using Adobe Audition, this tutorial will help you find some great tools that you can use in your mastering. There are lots of tools available, some are built-in to Adobe Audition while others can be added via DirectX or VST plug-ins.

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Some of these tools are not free, so you need to license it before it can be fully operational in Adobe Audition. These are the tools that I am using in my home audio mastering. And I will explain in details some of my tips and favorite settings. But first, below is the audio mastering flowchart I am using:

1. With the release of Adobe Audition CC, Audition is now a 64-bit program. Upgrade any plug-ins that were designed to work in a 32-bit environment to a 64-bit version or use a bridge. To use 32-bit VST plug-ins in a Windows environment, install JBridge.
2. (c) Make sure the following paths are listed under VST plug-in folders (if they are not, add them): Windows: C: Program Files Common Files VST3; C: Program Files (x86) Common Files VST3 Mac: Sys HD Library Audio Plug-Ins VST3 (d) Make sure Rescan existing plug-ins is check-marked, and click on Rescan for plug-ins. Create a new project with a, add a track and load your Waves plugins.

audio mastering process flow chart

Adobe Audition CC. Developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, Adobe Audition CC is a powerful audio processing tool capable of creating various, numerous, and qualitative audio content. It provides the user with the means to mix, record, and restore audio content, and therefore to deliver a top-notch product.

The input of the mastering stage is the 24-bit/96KHz WAV mix down file from the audio mixing process. The first step is the cleaning of the audio file, so there are no strict tools that I am using with this procedure. You can simply cut the extra beginning and end time so that the entire length is reasonable. You can read more details about here.Take note that all the mastering is done in Adobe Audition Edit view:

Tools/Plugins #1: Adobe Audition Stereo widening Effect

In Adobe Audition, go to Effects – Amplitude – Pan/Expand. My favorite preset is “Mastering Width”.

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When to use stereo widening in mastering? This is very helpful if you find the left and right panned instruments to be weak compared to the instruments at the center. Supposing the vocals is too strong in the center while the guitars are deeply buried in the background. You can use stereo widening effect to balance the volume. The effect is that the guitar volume will be brought up to a comparable level to the vocals.

Tools/Plugins #2: Multiband Compressor

Personally I am using the Waves LinMB (Linear Phase Multiband compressor). This is a plug-in so this means you need to install this first to your Adobe Audition software before using it.

When to use multiband compressor?This tool allows you to apply both compression and EQ in the same tool. Compression and EQ are two very important factors in shaping the final sound in the mastering process. You can read these following tutorials for details about this subject:

Tools/Plugins #3: Adobe Audition Parametric Equalizer

This is a built-in tool in Adobe Audition. To use this EQ, go to Effects – Filters – Parametric Equalizer.

When to use Parametric Equalizer? If you like to shape the sound of your audio, you need to use Parametric EQ. You need to assign two settings and that is the amount of cut/boost as well as the Q. If you search for mastering EQ tutorials in this blog; all settings can be implemented using parametric equalizer.

Update 2:

The download link was broken. I fixed it now. Thx to Reini for the hint.

Update:

Vocal doubler vst plugin. I´ve decided to put all the Cool Edit Pro plugins I own into an archive and distribute it here => Download

These plugins are included:

• M4A
• AAC
• MP4
• AC3
• FLAC
• MOD
• OGG
• QT (Quicktime Audio)
• WMA

The plugins work with Cool Edit Pro 2.0 and Adobe Audition.

Download: cool_edit_pro_codecs.rar

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If you´re still a convinced user of Cool Edit Pro or Adobe Audition you may want to convert some m4a files to another format. I found this nice plugin at RareWares and mirrored it here for you.

It uses FAAC 1.28 and FAAD2 2.7.

Happy converting and thanks to the people at RareWares !

Download: cool_faac-1.28-2.7.zip