- Effects basics
- Using the Effects Rack
- Effect categories
- Amplitude and Compression effects
- Delay and echo effects
- Filter and EQ effects
- Modulation effects
- Noise reduction/restoration
- Reverb effects
- Special effects
- Stereo imagery effects
- Time and Pitch effects
- Third-party effects (VST and AU)
- Using the Effects menu
- Presets and favorites
- Review questions
- Review answers
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Presets and favorites
When you create a particular effect you like, or even a complete Effects Rack configuration with multiple effects, you can save it as a preset for later recall. The preset creation process is similar for both individual effects and the Effects Rack.
Audition also allows you to save more elaborate combinations of adjustments as favorites. Favorites may include not only effects settings, but fades and amplitude adjustments. Favorites can be created in either the Multitrack or the Waveform Editor, but can be applied only in the Waveform Editor.
Create a single-effect preset
Here’s how to create and save a preset for the Amplify effect that boosts gain by +2.5 dB.
Choose File > Open, navigate to the Lesson04 folder, and open the file Arpeggio110.wav.
Choose Effects > Amplitude And Compression > Amplify. Enter +2.5 dB in the Left and Right Gain numeric fields.
Click the Save Settings As A Preset button
to the right of the Presets menu. The Save Effect Preset dialog box opens.Enter a name for the preset, such as +2.5 dB increase, and click OK. The preset name then appears on the Presets menu.
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Create a preset using multiple effects
When you’ve created a combination of effect settings in the Effects Rack that you expect to use a lot, you can save it as a preset.
When the effect settings are as desired, click the Save Effects Rack As A Preset button
in the upper right corner of the Effects Rack, to the right of the Presets menu. The Save Favorite dialog box opens.The Save Effect Preset dialog opens. Enter a name for the preset and click OK. The preset name then appears on the Presets menu in the Effects Rack.
Delete a preset
To delete a preset, choose it from the Presets menu, and then click the Delete Preset button 
to the right of the Save Effects Rack As A Preset button.
Create a favorite using a variety of adjustments
Favorites can include more than effects settings. They can include fades and amplitude adjustments.
Start recording a favorite by doing one of the following:
In the Favorites panel, click the Record A New Favorite button.
Choose Favorites > Start Recording Favorite.
Apply the sequence of effects, fades, and/or amplitude adjustments you want to include in your favorite.
When you’re finished, do one of the following:
In the Favorites panel, click the Stop Recording button.
Choose Favorites > Stop Recording Favorite.
Give the new favorite a name in the Save Favorite dialog box and click OK.
CREATING AND DELETING EFFECTS-ONLY FAVORITES
The procedure for creating a single-effect favorite is very much the same as for creating a preset, but you can do it only in the Waveform Editor.
Once you’ve got the settings the way you want them in the effect dialog box, click the Save Current Effect Settings As A Favorite button
toward the upper-right corner of the effect’s window.Give the favorite a name in the Save Favorite dialog box and click OK.
The new favorite will be listed in the Favorites panel.
Creating a favorite that uses a combination of effects is also similar to creating a preset, and this works in both the Waveform and the Multitrack Editors.
When combination of effects in the Effects Rack is configured as desired, click the Save Current Effects Rack As A Favorite button
toward the upper-right corner of the Effects Rack.Give the favorite a name in the Save Favorite dialog box and click OK.
The new favorite will be listed in the Favorites panel.
When a favorite has outlived its usefulness, visit the Favorites panel to delete it.
In the list of favorites in the Favorites panel, click the name of the favorite you want to delete. The favorite is selected.
Click the Delete Selected Favorites button
at the top of the Favorites panel.Click Yes in the alert box that opens. The favorite is removed from the list.
Apply a favorite
You have to be using the Waveform Editor to apply a favorite.
Open the clip you want to process in the Waveform Editor.
In the Editor panel, select a portion of the clip or make no selection to process the entire clip.
Do one of the following:
Choose Favorites > [favorite settings].
Open the Favorites panel and click the favorite of your choice.
The saved settings will immediately be applied to the selected audio.
